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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
The hidden gemstones

Originally from mainland France, I have lived and worked in French Polynesia for more than 35 years. I like to photograph minimalist scene and more and more abstract subjects linked to water and sea I’m especially fascinated by the small details of the natural scenery that surrounds me, these little things that we don’t always see at first glance and that disappear so quickly, the time of a wink. I’m fascinated by these fleeting and ephemeral moments that are offered to us by the ocean.

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Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: papara, French Polynesia
Copyright: © brigitte bourger