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Sam Rittenberg

Sam Rittenberg

Walls

“Walls” explores the cyclical nature of being through six images of weathered walls from the Dominican Republic to Soho. Color, light, and shifting elements were used to evoke the interplay of decay and renewal - a meditation on beauty, transience, emergence, and the oneness of all things.

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Color Photography Contest

2025

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Conceptual

Non Professional

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Abstract

Non Professional

Walls

“Walls” explores the cyclical nature of being through six images of weathered walls from the Dominican Republic to Soho. Color, light, and shifting elements were used to evoke the interplay of decay and renewal - a meditation on beauty, transience, emergence, and the oneness of all things.

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 idea that every picture has the potential to be a portal to that which is ordinarily beyond us. He has earned 81 selections across 17 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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