TITLE: Timeless Gem

An exquisite piece of iceberg rests on the black volcanic sands of Diamond Beach, Iceland. The intricate texture and shimmering facets of the ice evoke a sense of timelessness, contrasting against the motion of the currents of water that lead these pieces of iceberg into landing on Diamond Beach. This photograph captures the fleeting beauty of nature, highlighting the delicate balance between permanence and transience in our environment. To take this picture I decided to go for a long exposure to make some reference of time passing. This piece of ice is ready to melt after thousands of years of being part of a glaciar.

AUTHOR: daniel lopez (Guatemala)

Daniel Lopez (30) was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1991. He lived in Guatemala City until his high-school graduation in 2010. After graduation he lived in Antigua Guatemala for one year and then decided to go to film-school in Vancouver at Vancouver Film School. After one year of this intensive Film Production Program he went back to Guatemala and started taking lots of pictures and working in the small and independent film industry of Guatemala. After taking so many pictures he made an expo in Antigua Guatemala and sold more than 20 different copies in 2015. He took a path were he ended up being the director of photography of one of the biggest documentaries made in Guatemala called "Serpiente Emplumada", also in theaters it was the most seen Guatemalan production in 2018. Daniel has worked on more than 4 feature fiction films as part of the camera team always. In 2019 he made a big expo with 8 different artists and sold more than half of the pictures he brought to this expo. And in 2021 he was the director of photography of another big documentary called "La Cuenca De La Serpiente", but this time it was a 3 episode series, which is still in post production. Daniel continued to submit images to international contests and now he feels he is on the right path to start submitting even more pictures to contests and maybe even win something.