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Shared Lives by Yuri Santin

The mist was running over its waters, hiding and revealing the island and its church. With silence permeating the air, the Bled lake is a sleeping giant during its Autumnal mornings. The Pletnas, moored and chained by the dock, were resting after a long day of work.

One can imagine these unique boats, moved by oars, filled with joyful people, talking, laughing, and enjoying a moment together.

They turn into a small world of shared lives while sliding over these placid waters.

When you’re forced to share a small space with strangers, you need to bring out all your empathy, understand what the true meaning of sharing is, and know how to all exist together, respecting each other every day.

No matter what the size, we need to build communities where inclusion is the main goal.

These boats are an example of how natural it can be to feel united despite our differences when the most important thing is to enjoy our moments together .

CURATOR NOTE

Spend their days working and their nights parked together. I love the composition and how these boats frame the view.

THE ARTIST

Yuri Santin is a travel and reportage photographer from Italy. After spending years at his day job, while pursuing his passion for photography, he has recently decided to turn a passion into a job and start a photography career.

While traveling or exploring his surroundings, he aims to show not only what he has seen, but also learned, in an attempt to transmit the culture linked to those places and their unity.

Creator

Artists United

artistsunited.eth

Artists United

A collection of photographers like the world has never seen.

A group based on diversity – language, race, age, ability/disability, years in the field, life experiences, and area of specialty.

26 photographers. 12 countries.

Speaking different languages - in both words and images. Landscape, travel, portrait, drone, adventure, fine art, wildlife, and even astrophotography. The intention was to assemble a diverse group – as diverse as possible. Pulling from every corner of the world.

Along the way, something happened. Something that could only happen in 2022 with the benefits of Discord, Zoom, Web3, Google Translate, NFTs, and modern-day enabling technologies. Working together around the world is now just like best friends meeting at the local coffee shop. Despite our differences, we’ve united. Our collective has become a fun and familiar place to relax. Day by day we’ve built greater friendships, made of sharing jokes, photography tips, favorite recipes, and lots of laughter. Many days the only thing we are serious about is our work.

We’ve combined our collective strengths. With a common bond of photography, we have helped each other learn and grow. Like a close family we have faced sickness and health, marriage and new life, loss and death, joys and sorrows, computer crashes and file sizing issues, dealings with young children and aging parents. Late nights, long days, crazy deadlines, and dealing with at least a dozen different time zones. When asked what makes us unique, the best answer is a miraculous, “we all get along?”

Even though many of us have not yet met face-to-face, and maybe never will, we have indeed become family.

So, in one way, we have failed miserably. We intended to be diverse. Different in every way. Instead, we win. Turns out we are much more alike than different. All navigating this crazy thing called life.

Working as artists to tell our stories through photography.

With a single, united passion.

Properties

Rights

Extended Editorial

Artist

Yuri Santin

Curator

AlphaTrilogy

Location

Slovenia

Genre

Travel

Edition

1 / 1

Dimensions

4000x2670

Filetype

JPG

License

Extended Editorial

Can be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of participants. The license includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works.

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