The Force of Nature series is comprised of mosaics of closely cropped photos of the body layered with found photos of natural disasters. Natural disasters are used as a way of expressing forces out of our control, while body parts express the personal and visceral. Together these combined images explore themes of chaos and control, love and loss, inner turmoil and outer calm, exposure and concealment. When viewed from a distance, these images are experienced as one thing, and yet another when viewed up close.
— Marcella S. Davis
Award winnerForce of NatureIn this unique series, Marcella S. Davis overlays mosaics of closely cropped photos of human bodies with found photos of natural disasters, raising a multitude of questions about nature, chaos and control.View Images
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Force of Nature
In this unique series, Marcella S. Davis overlays mosaics of closely cropped photos of human bodies with found photos of natural disasters, raising a multitude of questions about nature, chaos and control.
Force of Nature
In this unique series, Marcella S. Davis overlays mosaics of closely cropped photos of human bodies with found photos of natural disasters, raising a multitude of questions about nature, chaos and control.
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We are thrilled to announce the winners of LensCulture’s first ever Black & White Photography Awards! Discover 39 incredible artists who are creating monochrome images across different genres and in diverse cultures worldwide.
Dreams
By reconstructing scenes and settings from her subjects’ dream journals, this photographer transports us into the unsettling dimension of nightmares and reverie.
Experimental Relationship
Pixy Liao started using her boyfriend as a “prop” in her photos, but that evolved into an ongoing 12-year project documenting their unconventional relationship, resulting in some eye-opening images.
Photographing Judy Zhu
Across nearly a decade’s worth of candid imagery, this photographer created a melancholic story of what it means to be a modern woman.
American Bedroom
Travelling through the US one bedroom at a time, Barbara Peacock gives us an intimate glimpse of the American experience.
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A complex, multi-layered series that confronts the swirling questions of identity, womanhood, and the fundamental assumptions of portraiture.
Planta Sapiens
Do plants have “personalities”? These stark still-life portraits of plants attempt to portray a wide range of human-like characteristics in their subjects.
Streams and Glaciers
Shot in Iceland and southern Patagonia, these photographs abandon scale and perspective in favor of creating meditative, sublime reminders of our constantly shifting world.
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