“Autumn in the Vineyard” considers the infinite and cyclical nature of beauty and being. The subject of the photograph is of a neglected and aging wall found on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Color, light, and compositional shifts were used to reveal the protean nature of its existence and beauty - and by reference, the ever changing nature of all that exists and the beauty of all things.
Sam Rittenberg lives and works in New York City and the Dominican Republic. His primary interest is in the ability of a photograph to express the infinite and paradoxical nature of being. He is guided by the idea that every picture has the potential to be a portal to that which is ordinarily beyond us. Twenty of Mr. Rittenberg’s works have been recognized in international competitions, including the Annual Photography Awards, Chromatic Awards, Fine Arts Photography Awards, International Photo Awards, Neutral Density Awards, Refocus - World Photo Annual, and the Tokyo International Foto Awards.