PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY DIMITRIS MAKRYGIANNAKIS

Photo of the month for March 2024 by Dimitris Makrygiannakis, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Dimitris about the photo:

“ My father died 2 months ago. A tremendous punch in my stomach. And still recovering from it. 2 weeks after his death we had a booked trip with my wife and son to Albania. Until the last day we could not decide if we would travel there, due to the circumstances, but finally we decided that it could do as good to get away. This photo was shot in Durres while on a sight-seeing walk with my family. It gave me a smile in these difficult times. Also, while my father was fighting for his life for a few months before he died, I used an expression that is rather a personal invention than something we use in greek language. I used to say that he is fighting like a dog. I consider this photo a sign from the universe and a symbol for a happier future. “

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY EFI LONGINOU

Photo of the month for February 2024 by Efi Longinou, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Efi about the photo:

“This photo was taken in Schwerin, Germany. On the weekends, I leave Berlin mainly to be close to nature and continue the personal photo project I've been working on for the last few years. When I got to the city, it started to rain, but that didn't stop me. I visited a palace there and then started walking along a lake. When I was nearing the end of my walk and began to hurry towards the car, I saw something that caught my attention. I noticed a large white frame in the distance, and I looked into it as I approached. An older woman posed with a young girl for a photo. What a beautiful picture, I thought! A souvenir photo of grandmother and granddaughter in a white frame in the middle of nowhere.

“Rahmen”

Schwerin, 2024.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY GUSTAVO MINAS

Photo of the month for January 2024 by Gustavo Minas, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Gustavo about the photo:

‘This photo was taken on January 8th of this year, the anniversary of the coup attacks on government, Congress and Supreme Court buildings in Brasília - our own version of the attacks on the Capitol. To mark the date, the government placed these constitution books in giant size in front of the buildings. It was a rather cloudy day, but I decided to take a bike ride around the Esplanada to see what was happening, and this was one of the photos I took.’

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY EFI LONGINOU

Photo of the month for December 2023 by Efi Longinou, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Efi about the photo:

“This photo is part of an ongoing project I am working on, "Songs from the Second Floor." Berlin, 2023.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY RAMMY NARULA

For November 2023, 2 photos shared the first place for photo of the month, as voted by BME members. This is the second of the 2 photos, by Rammy Narula.

Some words from Rammy about the photo:

“The light in Thailand begins to change toward the end of the rainy season in October. The few months after that is my favorite time of year to make pictures. The sky has less clouds, and the Sun has less place to hide just before it sets. The closest thing to “Golden Hour” that we get seems to breathe new life to the city each time it happens. I love colors and shadows and always look for interesting ways they come together in ambiguous ways. I loved the orange of these buildings and the shapes created by the shadows. The bird flying in was a bonus I wasn’t expecting but ended up making the photo feel more complete.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY DIMITRIS MAKRYGIANNAKIS

For November 2023, 2 photos shared the first place for photo of the month, as voted by BME members. This is the first of the 2 photos, by Dimitris Makrygiannakis.

Some words from Dimitris about the photo:

“I visited Prague for my 10th of 11th phototrip there in October 2023, I have lost count of how many times I have been in this beautiful city. I would stay 2 weeks and in the middle of that stay I would teach a workshop. I arrived in Prague with many things going on in my mind and my life and a belief that I would not be able to concentrate on photography. I even was thinking upon my arrival that this might be my last visit in Prague. But Prague had other plans for me. I had some beautiful photographic days. This photo is a reminder of those days. Thank you Prague, I feel like home there. And I am happy to be coming back in 2024.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY DIMITRIS MAKRYGIANNAKIS

Photo of the month for October 2023 by Dimitris Makrygiannakis , as voted by BME members.

Some words by Dimitris about the photo:

The Coypu also know as Nutria is a large semiaquatic rodent. Plenty of Nutria reside on the shore of river Vltava in Prague. That night I was actually photographing the swans on the shore when suddenly I saw the Nutria holding a carrot. I was kind of amazed to see the fine way it was holding the carrot and I decided to try to make a photo. I am quite compulsive when I shoot to always look through the viewfinder but here it was impossible. So I nearly placed the camera on the ground, in a short distance from the Nutria. The rest was pure luck, the frame that turned out this way, and the focus too, as I was shooting in auto focus mode. I welcome luck in my photography of course, but I prefer my compulsive way, to be able to feel that the photo is a 100% result of my mental effort.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY DON HUDSON

Photo of the month for September 2023 by Don Hudson, as voted by BME members.

Some words by Don about the photo:

This photo was taken at the annual Flag Day event in a small town near where I live in Michigan. I've photographed this event for about 5 years now, and It is one of several events that I have been photographing as part of a self-assigned project that I began in 2009. I get to perhaps half a dozen of these small town parades and community festivals in a given year. Probably the primary fascination for me is how the local population chooses to dress and reveal themselves at these public social events.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY EFI LONGINOU

Photo of the month for August 2023 by Efi Longinou, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Efi about the photo:

“The moon glade

It's late July, and we're on vacation and walking along the coast. My daughter is cheerful, runs, dances, and plays with stones and gravel. She asks me why tonight the moon is big, if this path on the sea is a sparkling road that leads there, if the fish can fall asleep with such light if we only that night and no other night can sleep on the moon because her legs are tired and she cannot walk to the hotel. Finally, while she usually doesn't want me to photograph her, she asks me to take a photo of her next to the moon.

Greece, 2023.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY ZISIS KARDIANOS

Photo of the month for July 2023 by Zisis Kardianos, as voted by BME members.

Some words from Zisis about the photo:

"My photography often swings between description and abstraction. And where in the former it's more deliberate and composed, it is in the later that feels, and probably is, more intuitive and spontaneous. This image is the capture of a fleeting impression shaped by silhouettes and reflections on the windows of a bus, somewhere in Athens city centre."

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY GUSTAVO MINAS

For June 2023, 2 photos shared the first place for photo of the month, as voted by BME members. This is the second of the 2 photos, by Gustavo Minas.

Some words from Gustavo about the photo:

“I was alone in Mexico City coming back for a festival in Villa Hermosa, Tabasco. Many people had advised me about taking care with the streets at night, but they felt much safer than in Brazil, so I took the chance to wander after sunset and try some photos with artificial lights. This scene was very close to the apartment I was staying in. I just saw the couple under this mysterious light and tried my luck. I like the ambiguity of the resulting images and the fact we can only guess what they were up to.”

PHOTO OF THE MONTH BY NIKITA TERYOSHIN

For June 2023, 2 photos shared the first place for photo of the month, as voted by BME members. This is the first of the 2 photos, by Nikita Teryoshin.

Some words from Nikita about the photo:

“I took this picture last November in Istanbul at a military museum. Actually I was looking for some cats, to take pictures of them being out of focus with a jet or tank in the background for my new project "the empire strikes back" about modern Turkey. I didn't find any cats and even asked a soldier there for help finding some cats. The only thing he told me was, that I have to pay additionaly for my camera which they did not recognize at the entrance before. I was a bit disappointed of the visit and saw this motif shortly before leaving - a proud eagle and a rusty construction site fence. It also directly reminded me of the cow picture by Pau Buscato, which I bought as a print some time ago. So the visit was not a complete fail.”