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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Clouds on Earth

The goal of the project is to depict through photograms* the emergence of the Solar System, formed from a large rotating cloud of interstellar dust and gas, the formation of planet Earth, the appearance of clouds and oceans on it that formed the conditions of life. When creating photograms, it is important to convey meaning, to display fantasies and reflections on the topic of the emergence of life on planet Earth from the smallest particles of the Solar System. *Photogram is an image obtained by a photochemical method, without the use of a camera. The object is placed on photographic paper or film and illuminated with a lamp so that its shadow falls on the photographic material. A specific feature of the photogram is that at the moment of exposure the light It is not reflected from objects, but passes through them. Opaque objects are captured on the photogram in the form of light silhouettes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Minsk, Belarus
Camera: iPhone 12 Pro
Copyright: © Angelina Mantsevich