Dissolving Beauty

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/Environmental
• Photographer
  Alma Bibolotti
• Technical Info
  Lumix Lx 100 - Nikon D 3000 - Adobe Lightroom And Ps
• Photo Date
  2023

When I was in front of Jökulsárlón lagoon and its floating ice sculptures, it left me breathless: enormous ice pieces from the Vatnajökull Glacier, thousands of years old, were slowly floating towards the sea to vanish forever. Recent studies on the response of Icelandic glaciers to changes in temperature show that they could lose 25–35% of their volume in a few years. As a photographer, I think it is a meaningful task to show nature’s fragile beauty and its dramatic condition, to arouse awareness of the importance of a revolution in the way of life and interaction with the environment.

My relationship with photography started when I discovered Edward Weston, Mimmo Jodice, Mario Giacomelli, Lucien Clergue, and many other masters whose works strongly influenced my vision. Photography is an inner journey, vital to me. Much of my work focuses on the language of nature, on my relationship with landscape and the natural world. I aim to render what I feel while shooting, rather than what I witness. I also think that sometimes common objects and simple landscapes evoke parallel worlds where dreaminess and double meaning prevail so that outer space gives voice to my inner gaze.