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Reflected Light

Verl Adams

Japan

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This is a photograph that I took and then rephotographed. It’s a portrait of my professor, mentor and friend who was an artist and one of my best subjects. He always inspired me to experiment and to push aesthetic boundaries. In that spirit, I made this image.

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Nominee

Portrait of an Artist

This photo is of an architectural light study (physical model) that I made. The color comes from sunlight reflecting off orange surfaces on the back, as it filters through the space. It was inspired by colored sunlight I observed in nature, reflecting off orange canyon walls, in the Southwestern US.

Honorable Mention

I’m an architect and a photographer. The Pantheon in Rome is one of the oldest and most inspiring buildings in the world. It has been visited by many and photographed countless times. My goal as a photographer was to capture it in a unique way that I was seeing and experiencing it as an architect.

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The Roman Pantheon