More than two dozen photographers, a dozen countries, an age range of nearly 40 years (possibly more, but some won’t tell), multiple languages, and varied styles. Our team consists of members from around the world. We include photographers from Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Northern Ireland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and the United States.

What could possibly bring this diverse group together? There’s only one thing in the world strong enough to do that: a deep love for photography.

Our collective was formed on the intentional basis of being DIFFERENT - different artists with different backgrounds, different races, languages, ability/disability, ages, and genres.

When the theme was announced there was a collective sigh, literally heard round the world. In all honesty, the theme of TOGETHER presented a challenge to nearly every single person on the team. From landscape, travel, nature, astro, portrait, fine art, urbanscape, and conceptual photographers, we’ve all literally spent the past two years ALONE.

World conditions have left everyone in isolation. The thought of “TOGETHER” was at the same time refreshing and terrifying. A few members panicked, some laughed, some left, most cringed at the thought. But in the end, the theme of TOGETHER has brought us TOGETHER.

We’ve dug through our archives, shot new images, edited like crazy, and shared critiques. Then we went back and started all over again!

This collective is the labor of our love, created with laughter, fun, and friendship. With our members spread over at least a dozen time zones, meetings were sometimes varied, crazy, and broken into smaller parts depending on the parts of the world. When you think about that accomplishment alone, accomplished with a bunch of creatives no less, you realize the depth of the loyalty to the project, to the team, and to each other.

Long late nights filled with love, laughter, jokes, craziness, and support have been the backbone of this project since the beginning.

For members of the team who are just beginning their NFT journey, it is an honor to be included with seriously talented photographers, who have been secretly discovered to be just normal people. We are all photographers but we don’t act like competitors. The community and support have been the stuff of legends. We want everyone to make it. Together as a team, we have been able to celebrate victories, face challenges, share as we have won awards, been represented by galleries, sold limited edition fine art prints, and are helping ensure everyone on our team is kicking it in the NFT world.

Through it all there is one common theme: every single member shares the same passion for photography. When asked what the best part of our team is, one member replied, “Love, kindness, love, happiness, love!”

Or, as they say in Ireland, the craic!

CURATOR: AlphaTrilogy
    

ARTISTS

  * Armand Sarlangue
  * Daniel Viñé
  * Dima Chatrov
  * Donna Martinez
  * Ekrem Şahin
  * Elena Liseykina
  * Emre Bostanoglu
  * Enrico Fossati
  * Eric Boniakos
  * Gianluca Podestà
  * Hendro Soetrisno
  * Houston Vandergriff
  * Jidhun M.G.
  * Joffrey Briaud
  * Kat Livengood
  * Kristen Valent
  * Kristin Piljay
  * Leslie Spurlock
  * Mustafa Aydın
  * Pam Voth
  * Paul Killeen
  * Paul Moon
  * Sabine Weise
  * Sara Zanini
  * Xose Casal
  * Yuri Santin

TOGETHER by Artists United curated by AlphaTrilogy

Nature is a master. She teaches us to live.

Especially in the evening, when the sounds of the world are beginning to quiet. The calm helps tidy your mind. You perceive sensations that are normally slumbering. You engage with your inner self; isolating yourself and your thoughts. Walking along these fields is a magical experience. Nature painted this for us. While you're wandering, searching for insight, you can find meaning here among the flowers. Suddenly the last hit of colors breaks the clouds, like an idea. It runs through the unconscious and lights up something extraordinary. That something suggests that you're not alone. You don't fight the burden of life merely relying on your own strength. These sunflowers, compact and calm, have the awareness that together nothing could be too much to deal with, or could be too strong to give up against. If you look carefully, there is always a friend or lover to count on. You have only to observe and wait for that ray of light that points to the buddy with whom you’ll make the journey of life. Together.

CURATOR NOTE

It seems that everyone loves sunflowers. You don’t think of them in any sense as alone. You think about them in fields. Together. If a tree could talk, would it tell us that these sunflowers, working together, provide it with comfort and support? That is what I see.

THE ARTIST

Gianluca is a creative landscape photographer based in northern Italy. His epic images use nature to help “paint” his vision. He has always been fascinated by American authors. He brings their "American style" into his photography and to the location where he’s going, which is a little bit tricky! But step by step, following tutorials, video lessons, and making mistakes day after day, he has finally created what today he can call his “signature style."

He has won numerous competitions and received many nominations during his career (MIFA, Epson International Pano Award, ND Award, Trierenberg), His work has appeared in many publications and magazines, both online and in print. Now, after almost 6 years of photography, he is still searching for new ways to convey creativity. His special focus is on capturing the beauty of nature combined with a drop of fantasy.

Gianluca is simply a guy who likes to discover new locations. He feels most free surrounded by Mother Nature. Through his photos, he portrays what both his eyes and his heart feel when he’s in the field taking pictures.

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