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Beyond the Smoke

Photographed from Morro dos Ventos, Chapada dos Guimarães, this black and white image captures layered mountains veiled by smoke from fires. Trees in the foreground symbolize nature’s resilience, contrasting with destruction’s silence. A reflection on ecosystem fragility.

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Photographer of the Year Contest

2025

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Nature

Non Professional

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Landscapes

Non Professional

Beyond the Smoke

Photographed from Morro dos Ventos, Chapada dos Guimarães, this black and white image captures layered mountains veiled by smoke from fires. Trees in the foreground symbolize nature’s resilience, contrasting with destruction’s silence. A reflection on ecosystem fragility.

About Artist

Bruno Spadoni

Bruno Spadoni is a Brazilian photographer with a deep appreciation for the dialogue between light, landscape, and emotion. A medical doctor by training and an explorer by nature, he approaches photography as a form of reflection — a way to capture silence, scale, and the poetry of the natural world. His work spans black and white and color, often inspired by the timeless aesthetics of Sebastião Salgado and Ansel Adams. Through carefully composed images, Bruno seeks to evoke contemplation and reveal the emotional depth present in the world’s most remote and majestic places.

Bruno Spadoni

Photographic Areas of Focus

Landscapes, Nature, Travel

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Brazil

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