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Harbor of Dreams

Paul Brouns

Netherlands

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Omnizorg in Apeldoorn (NL) is a shelter for the homeless, drug addicts and people with psychiatric disorders. In addition to this noble function, the façade expresses a bright and uplifting playfulness through the colourful window shutters in different positions.

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People's Vote

Silver

Union of Diversity

When seeing a row of small harbor houses in the South of Sweden, my imagination was triggered to create a whole mountain out of them. Near the water I only kept one young woman, seated next to her boat. It could be a scene of a Wes Anderson movie or a story you as the viewer can make up.

Honorable Mention

When looking up onto a facade, I envisioned creating a column of air in between four walls. The multi-colored repetition of the shutters in different positions is duplicated on all sides, which gives the composition a pleasant visual and spiritual confirmation.

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Breathing Space

Out of my series LA Tapestries in this composition I was inspired to play with a sequence of shots taken in a single alley in Los Angeles' Venice Beach. I started putting layer upon layer, playing with the repetition of colors, lines and shadows in an almost abstract Urban Tapestry.

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Nominee

Venice Beach Fugue

It's any kid's dream to have so much Lego at your disposal you can climb on top of it. The climbing boy must have felt like that at the Lego House in Billund, Denmark. Although these are just outside stairs, not made of the toy blocks, it is a nice appetizer for the full experience inside.