This banner consists of images from FLIGHT - a collection of 3 editions:

• Blaze of Glory by Hendro Soetrisno curated by NiftyMetaGirl
• Cleared to Land by Hendro Soetrisno curated by NiftyMetaGirl
• Journey Home by Hendro Soetrisno curated by NiftyMetaGirl

Mankind has looked to the skies in wonder since the beginning of time. Indeed, the miracle of flight has captured the imagination of every generation.

Hendro Soetrisno's driving passion is to capture the majesty of birds in flight. He has worked to photograph not just birds that are endangered, and birds of prey, but also many different types of majestic fowl. Every time he watches them take flight all his senses are aroused. Their miraculous flight creates scenes that get stuck in his mind. These scenes become his dreams.

With his camera and computer he has worked to bring those dreams to reality through his images.

FLIGHT is his most personal selection of fine art images he has ever created. These images are his dreams brought to life. This collection is inspired by children’s books, animated movies, Broadway shows, and Cirque du Soleil.

Even though we now have modern technology that lets us jet around the world. We still need to take time to watch the sky and wonder. The only limit is our imagination.

THE CURATOR

Emma aka NiftyMetaGirl is active in the NFT space as a collector, community builder, avid art supporter, and NFT enthusiast. In the past year many artists have found guidance through the community she co-founded, MetaJungle. She is one of the few female collectors at this time and very supportive of female voices in the space.

THE ARTIST

Hendro Soetrisno is an international award-winning photographer. He is a Master of Photography from PPA, a Master Photographer in Fine Art - Accredited in Fine Art Nature from MPI, and a Master of WPPI. He represented the United States in the World Photographic Cup and brought home the gold medal in the Nature category and the Best of Nations award. He has won over 150 prestigious awards from reputable organizations worldwide including Professional Photographer of America, Wedding and Portrait Photographers International, Master Photographers International, Australian Institute of Professional Photography. He also held several Photographer of the Year titles from various professional organizations.

Hendro is a visual storyteller. His fine art nature images are part of his imagination, where the color of the water is sometimes pink instead of blue, where birds and other animals speak to him when he speaks to them.

His work is a result of more than 25 years of photography, thousands of captures, endless waiting for a single perfect moment followed by months of post production to bring his world of imagination to you.

He started his photography using a medium format film before switching to digital. He was a landscape photographer at the beginning but then his interest expanded to include wedding and portrait photography before settling down in fine art nature.

Upon a suggestion of a friend, he entered his first professional competition in AIPP (Australia Institute of Professional Photography) where he got his first awards. He continued entering other major professional competitions, among them were Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and Master Photographers International (MPI). Not only were those competitions judged by the world's best photographers, he had to compete against them as well and all these have been contributing to his learning progress. He has won at least 150 awards and earned several Photographer of the Year titles from different organizations.

As an acknowledgement, he also earned Master degrees from PPA, MPI, and WPPI. He is an accredited fine art nature photographer in MPI. These are not academic degrees but accumulation of achievements from each prestigious competition.

Upon rigorous selection, he was chosen to represent the United States in the prestigious World Photographic Cup - the Olympics of professional photography. He brought home the gold medal in the Nature category and also won the Best of Nations award.

Apart from competitions, he also mentored some fellow photographers.

His current photography style is a combination of what he learned and experienced as a landscape and wedding/portrait photographer. While landscape is quite dependent on natural light, wedding/portrait can be manipulated using man made. He "lights" his animals using the same principles as how he would light a human either using natural or artificial light.

The event that brought him to his current style was actually a casual conversation with one of the most reputable wedding photographers. He attended his workshop and during a break he told him that he needed to be his own, not just a copy of the photographer. There are a lot of talented photographers and he has to have something that distinguishes his work from theirs. Something that can be recognized as his. He does not want to be a nature photographer. He prefers being a visual storyteller who uses animal fine art to tell his imagination.

He entered the NFT world in mid January 2022. His first series "VIVID" which consisted of 10 images of edition of 1 were sold out in a month.

He run the collective Artists United. Their first project "TOGETHER" was the very first in the history of the NFT photography collective to be curated by a collector with a buy-back guarantee. It was sold out in 3 days.

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.