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Light Years

Manuela Proietti

Italy

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Across The Universe is the story of a birth of a Polaroider

“Images of broken light which dance
Before me like a Million eyes
They call me on and on
Across the universe
Thoughts meander like the restless wind
Inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe”.

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Bronze

Across the Universe

Light Years tells of losses and solitude. Of journeys undertaken and new horizons. Of painful and extraordinary experiences. Of research and longings. Of how sometimes it is necessary to go far away, get lost and then find ourselves and finally reunite with what completes us. Double-exposures self-p

Silver

Honorable Mention