SAM RITTENBERG
Step Shadows; Shadows on Steps, Columbia University

"Step Shadows; Shadows on Steps, Columbia University" transforms the shadows of handrails falling across white concrete steps into an abstract study of form. Contrast and a minimalist palette reduce a familiar place to its essential shapes. What remains is a composition built from line, light, and negative space. The interplay between apparent solidity and underlying fragility reflects the universal paradox of all things existing in a simultaneous state of creation and destruction.

Author
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 been recognized with 61 selections across 13 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.

Website
samrittenberg.com

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