Laura Symes, Everything the Sun Touches (CREATIVE 2025)

This image combines a vineyard landscape with a translucent overlay of a grapevine leaf collected from the same location. Shot in late autumn, the scene is layered to evoke the quiet transition between harvest and dormancy. The leaf becomes both subject and symbol—its veins mirroring the rows below, its colours echoing the light of the season. The golden sunburst represents the warmth still held in the land, while the remaining patch of green at the base of the leaf hints at life persisting within change. This is a celebration of life.

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