Myths and Legends
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Christy Lee Rogers – United States (US)
Honorable Mention in FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Title:
Myths and Legends
About the Photos:
Photographed underwater at night, my works inhabit a realm where darkness and light converge—where myth and reality intertwine. Beneath the surface, movement slows, gestures expand, and the boundaries between the physical and the spiritual begin to dissolve.
Through my use of water, colour, and light, I hope to reinterpret ancient archetypes—heroes, lovers, seekers—as modern emotional figures, suspended in moments of grace, turmoil, and longing. By merging past and present, my aim was to reflect on the universal truths that connect us across time: the struggle for identity, the courage to love, and the yearning for something beyond ourselves.
These enduring human stories, once told to explain the world, continue to play out beneath the surface of our modern lives—reminding us that myth is not something lost to history, but something living within us still.
Through my use of water, colour, and light, I hope to reinterpret ancient archetypes—heroes, lovers, seekers—as modern emotional figures, suspended in moments of grace, turmoil, and longing. By merging past and present, my aim was to reflect on the universal truths that connect us across time: the struggle for identity, the courage to love, and the yearning for something beyond ourselves.
These enduring human stories, once told to explain the world, continue to play out beneath the surface of our modern lives—reminding us that myth is not something lost to history, but something living within us still.
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