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Echoes from the sea

A photo I took at sea waves in the Shetland archipelago with the ICM technique

Awards

Color Photography Contest

2026

Honorable Mention

Abstract

Non Professional

Echoes from the sea

A photo I took at sea waves in the Shetland archipelago with the ICM technique

About Artist

Valentina Parente

My journey with photography started when I was a child, curiously watching my parents take pictures during our holidays with their film cameras, and even trying them. Becoming a teenager, I started taking pictures with digital cameras and I became passionate about travel and reportage photography, ending up writing and curating pictures for an online blog for a few years. However, I have always been an outdoor girl and loved being in nature, so it feels almost natural for me to slowly start photographing landscapes and when I discovered long exposure it was love at first sight! Today my photography is mainly dedicated to long exposures with some abstract and details. In 2022, I started to get interested again in film photography, so I went back to my roots and nourished that passion as well. For me photography is something that makes me feel completely like myself, I couldn’t imagine my life without a camera, so I am always open to new projects and to learn everyday more.

Valentina Parente

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Film/Analog, Fine Art, Landscapes, Minimalism

Location

Italy

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