Powerful portraits

2024 is an important year for Siena International Photo Awards (SIPAContest) as they will celebrate their tenth anniversary. But before the big day, or shall we say a month of remarkable exhibitions that will run from September 28 to November 24, SIPA announced their Creative Photo Awards 2024 Nominees. So, while we await the winner announcement ceremony on September 28th, we can all take a look at the beautiful photos submitted this year.

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Dallas-based artist Alexis Franklin considers her digital renderings a reinvention of the expected. “I’ve always seen the world through a filter that brings vibrance and excitement to things most people wouldn’t notice, and that’s something that I really want to have come across in my work,” she says of her expressive paintings. Through facial expressions,Continue reading "Vibrant Digital Portraits by Artist Alexis Franklin Emphasize the Nuances of Emotions"

As a young girl, artist Margaret Bowland's favorite books and songs told stories about love and life, stories that condition girls to expect certain things out of life and want to be a certain way. Ideas about love, beauty, and personal identity are at the heart of her 19th century-inspired oil paintings, covered here. In particular, her portraits often feature the same African American girl named "J", grandly styled with her face painted white, and attended to by white servants. She makes a…

I’ve sometimes shed tears for love, As they aren’t the sign of the deserted island, But a place with all the populace. I cried when he wasn’t there, To hold me in my dismay, When …

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Photography has many tips and tricks of the trade used both by amateurs and famous photographers - the many uses of light, perspective, darkness, exposure, and many other bits are what makes beautiful pictures. All of that wouldn't come to one unified look without shadows though as they are what gives the image depth or in some cases, changes the view entirely. Also, they're free, they're everywhere, and there's no limit to what you can do with them if you have the know-how.

Faces, strong emotions with stark stories. A Portrait should more or less convey the character and mood of the person and a good portrait will always make you deliberately look at it again. In this