WINNERS

Billscapes II

  • Photographer
    Lilyan Aloma, United States
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

I began exploring the streets of Manhattan with my camera at the end of 2001. Manhattan, a place where styles intersect, decades collide and cultures converge as the numbers of buildings in our borough explode. And to further intensify the complexity of this landscape there were media driven messages at the turn of every corner. As billboards imposed their presence upon our city I recognized their power to alter our visual frame of reference as they collided with our daily lives.What emerged were unexpected juxtapositions; a remix of visuals that played further with our perception and us.