Landscape nominee

The Dolomites in Italy, also called the "Pale Mountains” due to the pale gray color of their rocks, which resembles that of the moon's surface, have always inspired a sense of awe and fear in the people who lived at their foot, giving rise to incredible stories and legends. These "straight from the camera" photographs were taken in the Tre Cime Natural Park, from the Auronzo Refuge to Tre Cime di Lavareto.
I chose to capture these images in black and white to emphasize the imaginary dialogue between lights and shadows, between real forms and the phantasms created by my imagination.

Elena Raceala is a semi-professional Romanian photographer and currently works as nurse at the County and Emergency Clinical Hospital Constanta.
She discovered her passion for photography in 2013 during a trip to Naples and since that moment, part of her, lives through photography. She loves to travel and document every place she passes through.
Along the way, Elena Raceala has sought her own style, trying to express her emotions and artistic vision through works with surrealist or poetic inclinations.
Part of her wants to express herself, to conquer more of what is still in the power of nothingness, and the other part to collect what is already represented.
Representative for her are black and white works in which photographs of the street or everyday life are transformed, creatively using light and shadows, spaces, and lines, into creations with an own surrealist vision.
She has won awards and mentions in some of the best-known international photography competitions. Over the years she has had numerous group exhibitions, and two solo exhibitions, in Constanta and Bucharest, and her photographs have been selected in various photo albums and prestigious photography websites.