Icarus Moonward: A Self-Portrait

Photographer

Marcel van beek

Category

Fine Art Photography - Conceptual

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2026

Country / Region

Germany

‘Icarus’ is a conceptual self-portrait that explores the boundary between creative ambition and personal fragility. Captured strictly in-camera, the work utilizes the ancient myth as a metaphor for the artist’s own journey through the industrial and natural ‘soulscapes’. By deconstructing the human form into a play of light and metallic textures, the image transcends literal representation. It is a visual dialogue with the self, where the desire to soar meets the cold reality of the material world, reflecting a state of transition and the search for an ‘Otherworld’.

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Photographer / Company

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Category

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Country / Region

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Professional
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Photographer / Company

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Category

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Country / Region

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Professional
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Photographer / Company

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Category

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Country / Region

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Photographer / Company

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Category

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Country / Region

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