ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This photograph was taken the day after the 2017 inauguration. The protest was a response to the political temperature, as well the valid concerns of future infringements on women’s rights. Just before sunset looking down 42nd St. In Midtown Manhattan, there are people protesting with signs as far as the eye can see. And all one can hear is the unified chant of “…this is what democracy looks like!”.

AUTHOR
BIO
Nabil West has spent the better part of his life in Brooklyn, NY as well as several other cities, working in various art scenes. In 2009, he had a life changing accident that placed him in intensive care. After multiple surgeries and rehab, West had a near-full recovery. The accident had a profound impact on how he views the world and his time in it, providing a reminder that time can be short. "Life is best spent appreciating it's beauty, apparent and hidden". West not only appreciates this beauty, but attempts to capture and share in his fine art photography that he only began sharing with the world as recently as 2022. Before his most current work if Iceland in Grayscale, Nabil had already started presenting his work with almost no alterations, embracing the image's natural beauty. Now more than ever, his photography has moved in the direction of abstract, often textured, with a painted quality captured in a way that only he does.

He now runs a fine art gallery (N.West Gallery) in New Canaan, CT, and lives a private life nearby. Nabil maintains an almost non existent presence on social media, primarily driven by a belief that relationships bear the most fruit through direct interaction. Nabil was nominated by the IPA for Photographer of the Year, which brought him to Carnegie Hall to be recognized. In addition, he had the honor of receiving the International Photography Awards 2023 Event Photographer of the Year for his NYC Women's March 2017 photograph.

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