Street 1st place winner

As much as it can be shown that shadows obey the simple laws of optics, there is something elusive about their appearance. They are part of our environment, but they appear and disappear from our sight; they are elusive and mutable. We tend to conceive of our world as stable but with shadows it is different because they do not seem to belong to the real world. We cannot touch or grasp them. What if we are merely shadows? Mere spectators of this world? Shadows among shadows? 'Spectators' opens to this creative provocation.

Nicola Fioravanti (b. 1985) started his photography at 23. He has been featured in internationally distinguished publications and his images have been used by Alibaba, Canon, City of London, Etihad, European Union, Oxford University, Pantone among others. His work has been exhibited internationally and has been awarded at Canon 'Come and See', Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris ( PX3 ), International Photography Awards, ND Awards and Sony World Photography Awards among others. Nicola is based in Paris.