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Honorable Mention BIFA 2026 Architecture / Historic

Anatomy of Triumph

  • Photographer
    Ieva Gaile
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Architecture / Historic

Taken beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, this image focuses on the monument’s internal structure rather than its symbolic meaning. The upward angle compresses the arches and ornament into a symmetrical, almost anatomical form, shifting the monument from a historic landmark into something more abstract and imposing.

I‘m a 29-year-old lawyer from Vilnius, Lithuania. Despite following a different career path, I never lost sight of my childhood dream to become an architect. As I wandered the city streets, especially during the pandemic, I rediscovered my love for shaping the space according to my taste and understanding through photography. It allows me to play freely with forms, angles, and relationships of different structures without the constraints of functionality that come with architecture. Rather than taking a documentary approach, I use reality as my canvas and create my own interpretation of space

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