1st Place winner
Beatnik
DESCRIPTION
An extreme macro portrait of a horsefly taken with two retro lenses: SMC Takumar 200mm f/4, which was made in 1982, and a retro lens Zenitar-M 50mm f/1.7, made in 1982, as one lens. This photo is a part of a project "Portraits of insects", which has a purpose to show usual insects from unusual angles. AUTHOR
Irina Petrova is an internationally published and award winning photographer and artist. She specializes in wild life micro-photography and science fiction inspired installations organically integrating living and artificial entities. A unique feature of her work is she only uses retro manual focus lenses to share the wonders of the world. She has won a substantial number of awards and prizes, including 3 recent awards in BIFA 2020, winner of FEP Awards 2021 Nature Golden Camera and ND Discovery of the Year in category Nature 2019. 