Photomanipulation nominee

I had an enormous fun producing this image which is inspired by my all-time favourite film, the Sci-Fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The premise is simple: emulate the moon excavation site where the Monolith was found but with a contemporary twist in which the scientists are silly and vain. Instead of studying the mysterious monolith, they choose to take a selfie in front of it.

Producing this image was an elaborate exercise which took several weeks to conceptualize and execute. It was a proper challenge which pushed my technical know-how and creative juices to the maximum.

Slovenian born Beno Saradzic is a multi-specialist visual artist with residence in Dubai, UAE.
Beno is known in professional circles as a film director and producer, editor, conceptual and pre-visualisation 3D artist, and photographer – among others. Beno attracted tremendous public attention in recent years through his virally shared time-lapse films, and is increasingly known as a fine art photographer, successfully conveying his passion through ambitious, unique and effective visuals. Beno is a Canon Explorer for Europe & MENA countries as well as brand ambassador for NiSi filters. His work was featured in many international publications, newspapers, blogs and photography portals.
He is a winner of numerous of international awards in the field of photography, time-lapse cinematography and film production. Most notable among them is the Emmy Nomination in 2014 for his achievements in time-lapse cinematography for the BBC's ‘Wild Arabia’ TV series. In 2015, Beno won a Gold World Medal at the New York Film Festival for his work on the film commissioned by the Abu Dhabi government and as a producer, he won a Silver Dolphin Award in the 2014 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards.