Photomanipulation 3rd place winner

The focus of the Fine Art Of Resilience project is Mother Earth in the form of the Greek goddess of nature Gaia, who we encounter in every picture in a new form. Gaia always appears timelessly youthful and beautiful to us, but in reality she is not well.

All images are classic Photoshop compositions that were created by hand over weeks of very complex detailed retouching (WITHOUT any use of artificial intelligence).

In Photoshop I retouch using the painting techniques of the Old Masters such as sfumato, trebenism and chiaroscuro to merge my photographs with paintings.

PAUL SZIMÁK
Professional Photographer from Burgenland / Austria

INTERNATIONAL AWARDED IN THE CATEGORIES PORTRAIT / FINE ART / DIGITAL ART in 2023+2024:
+ IPA: FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024
+ WPMO: WORLD MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2024 (Silver Trophy / Vice World Master)
+ FEP 2024 / FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARD 2024
+ EPEX Espana Photo Award 2023 (Silver Trophy)
+ Member of Team Austria at WPC WORLD PHOTOGRAPHIC CUP 2023
+ Austrian State Prize for Professional Photography Pannonia 2023 (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
+ VIEPA Vienna International Photo Award 2023
+ BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2023-2024

Several Solo Exhibitions in Austria

Each summer I'm offering my Studio at Müllendorf / Austria for free to photographers, models, make-up artists and musicians and videographers in order to give them a room and opportunity to create art. During the last years this has became so popular that even rather well known and internationally multi-awarded photographers from abroad are visiting my place to share their love, passion and knowledge about photography with young artists. The event is completely free and non-profit based in order to show as many people as possible how much fun, life- and mindchanging it is to fall in