Portrait: 2nd Place Winner 2023 (professional)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
“I'm on a mission.
My world is dying, everything around me loses life force.
Everything fades away and the battle for survival is turning into hatred and pain.
I travel in search of a solution. I have no destination, there is no point of arrival. I move around trying to capture the essence of rebirth.
There is a gap in front of me, I think it's a door: through it... suddenly a wave submerges me. I am about to drown and I know that I have to swim hard to emerge from these strange and rushing waters. I close my eyes and when I open them again I find myself floating on a body of water.
I don't know where I am, this new world is different from mine.
I'm tired, but with the little strength I have left I try to emerge from this sea. I think my journey cannot end with a surrender. My only purpose is to be able to save my fellow men, my mind is pervaded only by this goal.
I wander through unknown and hostile lands. The heat suffocates me and that big star on the horizon burns my skin. I'm about to give up. My appearance has changed, my shape is no longer the same. I know it's still me, even if I have a hard time recognizing myself.
At one point, bordering on desperation, I notice something: a light calls me insistently, it scares me, but at the same time it fascinates me.
Slowly I approach.
The voice of the light becomes more and more intense. My body shakes.
Here she is!
That light takes possession of me, it enters by tearing my skin. No pain. I can perceive serenity and harmony. My body has new energy. It pervades me, it flows
AUTHOR
"The photography does not show reality, it shows the idea that I have"
My name is Giandomenico Veneziani. I’m an Italian Photographer. I approached photography since I was young but for the last two years I'm professional photographer. I learned over time the techniques and the infinite possibilities of artistic creation. The photographic experimentation finds wide expression during my travels. I was inspired by people, their stories, faces, emotions. The photography for me is an important mean to share feelings and stories of people I photograph. It's the same now as in the past. I get inspiration especially from painting, books and movies.
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