WINNERS

Take Notice

  • Photographer
    Olivier Tuinier, Netherlands
  • Prize
    Silver Winner in Life Style/Street

Take Notice is an ongoing personal series in which I document small, often overlooked scenes I encounter in the streets. I’m drawn to the unspectacular and the unfiltered. Take Notice lends its name to one of the Five Ways of Wellbeing. Within this framework, Take Notice refers to the practice of paying attention to the present moment and to one’s surroundings, based on the idea that increased awareness helps people reconnect with their environment and find meaning and value in everyday life. My photographic series can be seen as a visual translation of this principle.