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Pink and Blue Become You

“Pink and Blue Become You” captures an old wall in Soho layered with torn, fading posters. Through shifts in light, color, and form, the image explores the paradox of being, where decay becomes renewal, destruction yields creation, and contraction brings emergence.

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World Photo Annual

2025

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Non Professional

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Fine Art

Non Professional

Pink and Blue Become You

“Pink and Blue Become You” captures an old wall in Soho layered with torn, fading posters. Through shifts in light, color, and form, the image explores the paradox of being, where decay becomes renewal, destruction yields creation, and contraction brings emergence.

About Artist

Sam Rittenberg

Sam Rittenberg lives and works in New York City and the Dominican Republic. His primary interest is in a photograph's power to convey the infinite and paradoxical nature of being. He is guided by the belief that every picture has the potential to be a portal to that which is ordinarily beyond us. He has earned 101 selections across 27 juried international competitions, including the Annual Photography Awards, Budapest International Photo Awards, Chromatic Awards, Fine Art Photography Awards, International Photo Awards, Neutral Density Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Refocus Awards – World Photo Annual, Refocus Awards – Color Photography, and the Tokyo International Foto Awards.

Sam Rittenberg

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