The Minimalist Photography Awards is excited to reveal the winners of its sixth edition. With more than 3,400 submissions from talented photographers worldwide, this year’s awards have showcased an extraordinary level of creativity and skill in minimalist photography.
Eva Chupikova has been named Minimalist Photographer of the Year for her compelling photo series titled “Anna.” Her series exemplifies the core values of minimalist photography, demonstrating how the art of simplicity can produce deeply moving and visually stunning results.” Eva Chupikova has been awarded the Grand Prize of $2,000 for this exceptional series.
The Minimalist Photography Awards is a significant competition dedicated to celebrating the art of minimalist photography. It aims to recognize and honor exceptional artists working within this genre on a global scale.
Organized by Black & White Minimalism Magazine, the awards stand as a testament to the magazine’s commitment to promoting and showcasing minimalist photography.
The sixth edition of the Minimalist Photography Awards featured 12 categories, judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts: Ute Noll – Owner & Director of Uno Art Space David Burdeny – Professional Photographer Kathrin Koehler – Owner & Director of Immagis Gallery Judith Peyrat – Director of Baudoin Lebon Gallery Milad Safabakhsh – President of Minimalist Photography Awards
Milad Safabakhsh, President of the Minimalist Photography Awards, shared his thoughts on the winners:
“These award-winning images invite viewers to pause, reflect, and appreciate the subtle nuances of the minimalist aesthetic.”
The winning entries, along with all the remarkable submissions, are featured on the Minimalist Photography Awards website.
Visit www.Minimalistphotographyawards.com to explore the full range of award-winning work and learn more about this year’s competition.
The Minimalist Photography Awards extends its deepest gratitude to all participants and supporters. Your enthusiasm and dedication to the art of minimalism continue to drive the success of this annual event.
Multiverses capture the thrill of seeing a single life dilated into countless permutations.
Picture Superman having to choose between versions of the Daily Planet building from six different universes. The windows, fixtures, and designs of the buildings vary, but they’re more similar than different. To which reality does Superman belong? All of them? None?
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The Allure of Living a Radically Different Life What the proliferation of multiverses in pop culture reveals
"Superman’s nerve-racking choice, a typical comic-book scenario, epitomizes the woozy and weighty mood of multiversal fiction. After decades as a common premise in comics, the trope has in recent years taken root in movies, television, and literature. Stories with multiverses turn choice into trippy transit, spiriting characters through realities that differ from their own in slight but significant ways. These journeys through infinity often overwhelm the wee travelers’ psyche. “I want to know whether my decisions matter!” shouts a distraught character in Ted Chiang’s 2019 short story “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom.” At its core, the multiverse is like an omniscient crystal ball that displays all fortunes rather than just one.
Such limitless vision proves fraught in Peng Shepherd’s ambitious new novel,All This & More. The book’s alternate realities abound with traps and secrets that trouble the main character’s quest for self-realization. Shepherd uses the multiverse to explore the ways identity can both form and fragment in a single moment. At the story’s center is a reality-TV show (which shares a name with the book) that offers participants the opportunity to make a series of different decisions from any point in their past and thus pursue a radically divergent life. . ."
By Peng Shepherd PEOPLE Magazine’s “Best Books of July!” Jordy’s Book Club August Pick Gold House Book Club July Pick
An LA Times “Most Anticipated Book of Summer” A Goodreads “Most Anticipated Summer Book” A Lithub “July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book” A Bustle “Most Anticipated Book of Summer” A Town & Country “Best Book to Read This July” An IGN “Must-Read Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book of July” A Gizmodo “July Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Book” Pick A New Scientist “July Best New Science Fiction Book” A Screen Rant “10 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi Books”
“Just when you think you’ve got a handle on where it’s going, something forces you to rethink everything you think you knew. Shepherd’s latest deserves to be a smash hit.”—Booklist
“Expect cliffhangers, plot twists, and existential questions that will linger in your mind, long after you’ve read the last page.”—Bustle
“All This and More as to be on the top of your summer reading list. A powerful, thought-provoking story about the choices we wish we made.”—Town & Country
“A tantalizing and well-knit story.”—Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant, brilliant.”–Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Peng Shepherd… is the real deal.”—Elle
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made… and how far she’ll go to find her elusive “happily ever after.” But there’s a twist: the reader gets to decide what she does next to change her fate. One woman. Endless options. Every choice has consequences.
Meek, play-it-safe Marsh has just turned forty-five, and her life is in shambles. Her career is stagnant, her marriage has imploded, and her teenage daughter grows more distant by the day. Marsh is convinced she’s missed her chance at everything—romance, professional fulfillment, and adventure—and is desperate for a do-over. She can’t believe her luck when she’s selected to be the star of the global sensation All This and More, a show that uses quantum technology to allow contestants the chance to revise their past and change their present lives. It’s Marsh’s only shot to seize her dreams, and she’s determined to get it right this time. But even as she rises to become a famous lawyer, gets back together with her high school sweetheart, and travels the world, she begins to worry that All This and More’s promises might be too good to be true. Because while the technology is amazing, something seems a bit off.… Reviews “This is such a wonderful tale: it has a fascinating cast of characters, a can’t-miss idea, and a story that is absolutely spellbinding. It’s one of those novels that, just when you think you’ve got a handle on where it’s going, something forces you to rethink everything you think you knew. Shepherd’s latest deserves to be a smash hit.” — Booklist, starred review
“If you were the type of kid who loved the choose-your-own-adventure books, Peng Shepherd’s newest, All This and More, has to be on the top of your summer reading list. A powerful, thought-provoking story about the choices we wish we made.” — Town & Country
“In All This and More, a disillusioned, 40-something woman participates in a gameshow that promises to grant her a second chance. If it’s anything like Shepherd’s previous books, expect cliffhangers, plot twists, and existential questions that will linger in your mind, long after you’ve read the last page.”— Bustle
“Shepherd returns with another clever novel that plays with time and space. …Marsh’s fate is in [your] hands.” — Los Angeles Times
“In Shepherd’s imaginative latest, [w]hichever path readers take, they’ll find a tantalizing and well-knit story.” — Publishers Weekly
Overview
Notes From Your Bookseller
What if you got a do-over for your entire life? This unique take on a choose your own adventure story asks what it means to create change — and whether or not you should. This is perfect for readers who loved the big-heartedness of Emma Straub's This Time Tomorrow.
From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made… and how far she’ll go to find her elusive “happily ever after.” But there’s a twist: the reader gets to decide what she does next to change her fate.
One woman. Endless options. Every choice has consequences.
Meek, play-it-safe Marsh has just turned forty-five, and her life is in shambles. Her career is stagnant, her marriage has imploded, and her teenage daughter grows more distant by the day. Marsh is convinced she’s missed her chance at everything—romance, professional fulfillment, and adventure—and is desperate for a do-over.
She can’t believe her luck when she’s selected to be the star of the global sensation All This and More, a show that uses quantum technology to allow contestants the chance to revise their pasts and change their present lives. It’s Marsh’s only shot to seize her dreams, and she’s determined to get it right this time.
But even as she rises to become a famous lawyer, gets back together with her high school sweetheart, and travels the world, she begins to worry that All This and More’s promises might be too good to be true. Because while the technology is amazing, something seems a bit off.…
Can Marsh really make her life everything she wants it to be? And is it worth it?
Perfect for fans of Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library and Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, bestselling author Peng Shepherd’s All This and More is an utterly original, startlingly poignant novel that puts the reader in the driver’s seat.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy has again urged allies to allow his country to use Western weapons to attack deep inside Russia.
On Friday Zelenskyy spoke at Ramstein air base in Germany where representatives from some 50 countries had gathered for talks hosted by US defense secretary, Lloyd
Austin. Zelenskyy later met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks in Frankfurt.
Zelenskyy wants to secure more weapons to help his nation push the Russian invaders off Ukrainian territory.
00:00 Zelenskyy meets with allies in Germany
01:20 DW speaks with retired US Army Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges, former Commander of the US Army in Europe
Ukraine wants the green light to use Western weapons to launch attacks deep inside Russia. Some European countries are on board, but the US remains reluctant.
Ben Hodges, a former commander of the US army in Europe, told DW that this was a mistake.
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