Alexandru Valentin Duta
Where the ocean speaks and stories come to life
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Alexandru Valentin Duta Underwater Photography
Beneath the waves lies a world few people ever get to see. Through a creative and cinematic lens, I capture the beauty, mystery, and emotion of marine life.
As a scuba diver and photographer, I explore the ocean through light, movement, shape, and texture, creating images that invite curiosity and a deeper connection with the underwater world.
Why Black & White?
By removing colour, I focus on what can easily be overlooked beneath the surface — form, contrast, movement, and emotion.
My black-and-white work presents marine life in a different way: not only as vibrant and beautiful, but as mysterious, elegant, and timeless.
Thank you for joining me beneath the waves.
Ancient dancer I - Void
SOLACE
A photographic journey into our places of solace.
A long-term photographic project exploring the places, people, memories and states of mind where we find peace, meaning, or escape.
(Soon more on long-term project)
Chapter 1 : Inspiration - My place of Solace
I would like to ask you to take a moment and imagine...
We live our daily lives. We have habits, responsibilities, hobbies, things that push us forward. Moments of happiness, moments of grief, and everything in between.
But sometimes, we dream about another place.
For each one of us, that place is unique.
It could be a mountain or a valley.
It could be an addiction.
It could be a person.
It could be a hobby, a memory, or simply a state of mind.
For me, it is the other side of the world, beneath the surface of the sea.
Submerging into the dark sea at midnight, without any light.
Descending into that darkness, I enter a void. A silent moment, alone and far away from the noise of the world.
And then, suddenly, an alien encounter.
A alienated creature appears in front of me.
We remain there, facing each other, for a moment.
I turn off my torch.
With the absence of any light, I am surrendered to the darkness.
For a moment, I forget that I exist.
Glowing plankton begins to appear around me, surrounding both myself and this ancient, alien like creature.
The dark void transforms into an otherworldly experience into the space between stars.
I am somewhere else.
There is no noise.
No responsibility.
No past or future.
Just darkness, light, and this ancient dancer moving through the void.
That moment is my solace.
Ancient dancer II - Cadence
Ancient dancer III - Echo
Ancient dancer IV - Emerge
Ancient dancer V -Ascend
Ancient dancer VI - Reflect
Ancient dancer VII - Flow
Ancient dancer VIII - Levitate
Ancient, weightless, eternal, still dancing through time!
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