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Persistence of Time

An arrangement of planes and vertical axes defines a measured architectural field, where repetition and shadow articulate space and reduce the human figure to scale alone.

Awards

Black & White Photo Contest

2026

Nominee

Architecture

Professional

Persistence of Time

An arrangement of planes and vertical axes defines a measured architectural field, where repetition and shadow articulate space and reduce the human figure to scale alone.

About Artist

Thomas de Franzoni

Photography allows me to translate emotions that words often fail to express. Through light, shadow, and simplicity, I create images that invite reflection rather than observation, where nature becomes a quiet language and every photograph is a space to breathe. I am not interested in recording reality as it appears. I am interested in revealing the emotions that emerge when light touches stone, when water finds its path, or when silence fills the landscape. My photographs are not destinations. They are passages—moments suspended between darkness and light, solitude and hope, inviting each viewer to complete the journey in their own way. Gold Winner Rank #1 Italy - One Eyeland Black and White Photo Awards 2025 Great B&W Photographer - 35Awards Black and White Awards 2025 Photographer of the Year - Architecture, reFocus World Photo Annual (2025) Photographer of the Year - Minimalism, reFocus World Photo Annual (2024) Discovery of the Year - Architecture, Exposure One Awards (2024) Category Winner — Minimalism, Phi Photography Awards (2025) Category Winner - Minimalism, International Artistic Photography Awards (2025) 1st Place — Fine Art, Monovisions Photography Awards (2025) 1st Place — Fine Art, Nexus Photography Awards (2025) 1st Place — Fine Art Architecture, Phi Photography Awards (2025) Gold Winner - Fine Art, One Eyeland (2024) Platinum Winner — Nature / Landscape, EPA European Photography Awards (2024)

Thomas de Franzoni

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Architecture, Fine Art, Landscapes, Minimalism, Nature

Location

Italy

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