Night Photography nominee

Panoramic of a beach in Paraty - RJ, the sea and the sand illuminated by small bioluminescent bacteria almost invisible to our eyes but visible through the camera. The sensation of walking through the sand and see her blinking, as if little fireflies inhabit the sands of the beach is indescribable. In Brazil, this bioluminescence is caused by bacteria that produce blue-green light and is much smoother and weaker than those caused by bioluminescent plankton that are used to see in photo's that run over the Internet with a very strong blue tone.

Ricardo Takamura is a Brazil-based conceptual photographer specializated in long exposure and nature photography, and manifests surreal realities in his landscapes images.