Hello everyone!

Today's newsletter highlights news about Light Artists from around the NFT space - new collections, personal news, and other info about the art. With this new format you an stay up to date with what is going on with our curated artists beyond what is happening at Light.art. We will also sprinkle relevant news and information about the Photography NFT market in general from time to time. We hope you guys like it and do feel free to reach out to me directly with any feedback. 

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Latest from the Podcast

In the last two episodes of Light Artists podcast, Frederick spoke to Todd Anthony and Ebuka Mordi about their art, their motivations, process and a lot more.  

Check out the episodes: 

Todd Anthony

Ebuka Mordi 

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Artist News

Armand Sarlangue was awarded Photographer of the Year by Sienna Drone Awards 2022 for "Big Bang" . 

Ryan Wilkes won the Canadian Geographic Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in the Aquatic Life category for the garter snake hunting in the sea

Giovanni Piliarvu is closing a Kickstarter campaign for his new book, Tokyo Conversations. To be self-published, the flip cover photobook hit its funding goal within 3 1/2 days

Tristan Le Blennevec launched an AI collaborative project using his architectural photography as seed. The first of its kind on Ethereum. The collection "Dream Cities" sold out in pre-sale

Ebuka Mordi has a new class on Skillshare called “Portrait Photography: The Photographer’s Guide to Capturing Mood + Emotion”

Alex Dawson and Tobias Friedrich won 1st and 3rd place respectively on Scuba Dive Magazine’s annual Underwater Photo Contest Wide-Angle Category

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New Collections by LightArt Artists

Victoria West released an innovative  “dynamic portrait” NFT on the Tezos blockchain where the community of NFT holders collectively decides on the final image. 

Omar Z. Robles launched a new collection in his City series on Foundation. City-Countours Taking a different approach to street photography, this collection focuses on the play of light and shadow in the City

Ricardo Braz launched his genesis on SuperRare in partnership with the Artifact Gallery. The series focuses on Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, one of the most fantastic and underappreciated natural wonders of his native Brazil. Two of the three pieces already sold. 

Iristography will launch a new collection “Lucid Dreams" on 26 Oct 2022. Collectors will have the option to choose an NFT or physical print. The remaining option will be burned. The introductory tweet explains. 

MOAL launched “Sometimes I Feel Sad”, a photography/music collection about men's mental health, and in particular his own struggles with it. The collection consists of 25 photos and one music video.

Collectors of the photograph will get a free edition of the music video.

https://moalphotography.com/sifs

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