21/07/2026
𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 🥳
We are pleased to announce that 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 is the winning project of Collectible Shots – A Journey Beyond the Visible, the open call exclusively for members of Exhibit Around and Dotart / Exhibit Around APS, held in collaboration with the gallery in Trieste.
Collectible Shots was created to support photographers in their professional journey, offering them the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work in a gallery.
The final selection was entrusted to a jury composed of Peter Iancovich, Alessandra Spigai, Alessandra Calò, Fabrizio Cicconi, Annalisa Foti and Daniele Berto.
🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝 by Alma Bibolotti was inspired by her fascination with Monet's Nymphéas and by the observation of water lily ponds, reinterpreted through the lens of the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. Eschewing sharp focus, the images transform reflections, light and natural forms into metaphors for a space suspended between reality and abstraction. Soft tones and cool colours create a dreamlike, melancholic atmosphere, evoking the nostalgia of a "floating world."
The Lilies Pond by Alma Bibolotti will be exhibited at Passage Arte Contemporanea during Trieste Photo Days 2026, alongside 𝐀/𝐑 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚 𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 by Giulia Natalia Comito, winner of the 2025 Portfolio Reviews, and Alessandra Spigai's sculptures from the series 𝐋𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢.
giulianataliacomito.it
spigai.eu/muse-interiori.html
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👏 We are also pleased to award two 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, which will be exhibited at the Mercato Coperto during Trieste Photo Days 2026:
🎖️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 by Umberto Verdoliva explores the distance between lived time and longed-for time, portraying relationships and everyday moments as fragile, suspended presences. Blurred landscapes and nocturnal lights create a world poised between reality and imagination.
🎖️ 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐦 by Markus Born is a long-term photographic project that investigates historical memory, migration, and humanity's relationship with nature through a documentary black-and-white visual language. The result is an evocative and open-ended body of work that reflects on belonging and the idea of a return that is never fully achieved.
www.born.photo
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🌐 Read the full article on our website: https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/news/the-lilies-pond-by-alma-bibolotti-wins-collectible-shots-a-journey-beyond-the-visible