Five ICM fine art photographs about the first moment when sunlight turns the forest into a world of gold.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 — golden autumn forest with tall tree trunks and sunlight glowing through the canopy, ICM fine art photography by Oleksandr Shapovalov.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 — luminous orange and copper autumn trees dissolving into violet light, ICM forest wall art by Oleksandr Shapovalov.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 — golden foliage and dark branches moving through red, orange and deep blue autumn light, ICM photography by Oleksandr Shapovalov.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 — golden autumn canopy and a dark tree trunk surrounded by clear blue light, ICM forest photography by Oleksandr Shapovalov.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 — luminous golden leaves and orange branches suspended in vivid blue forest light, ICM fine art photography by Oleksandr Shapovalov.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun
There is a moment in childhood when the sun is not simply light. Seen through nearly closed eyes, it becomes warmth, colour and movement — a shimmer that changes the familiar world before the mind has time to name it.
This series returns to that way of seeing. The forest is not presented as a fixed landscape. Trees appear as living presences, their branches and leaves opening into radiance, shadow and memory. Gold moves through blue. Orange breaks against violet. A dark trunk becomes a path into light.
Each photograph is created in camera through intentional camera movement, or ICM. During the exposure, a controlled movement of the camera allows the trees, light and colour to stretch, overlap and dissolve into one another. The images are not assembled as digital collages. Their shifting depth and painterly atmosphere are created at the moment of capture, while the final colour refinement preserves the radiance of the forest.
The works move between observation and memory. They are forest photographs, but also images of an inner experience — the quiet wonder of looking at the sun and seeing the world become briefly unfamiliar.
The five works can be collected individually or shown together as a warm autumn wall art series for contemporary interiors, private collections and gallery presentation.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1
The first work is the most forest-like of the five. Tall trunks rise through a dark lower ground while sunlight gathers in the upper canopy, turning the centre of the image into a vertical passage of gold. Blue and green remain at the edges, holding the warmth inside the frame. It feels like the first discovery of a forest seen through narrowed eyes: familiar trees, transformed by radiance.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 — ICM forest photograph with golden sunlight between autumn trees.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 — detail of vertical trunks and golden autumn light in an abstract forest image.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 — close detail of yellow leaves, blue branches and camera movement in layered sunlight, ICM photography.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 — detail of warm gold and green foliage dissolving into a shadowed forest floor.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 framed above a dining table in a bright interior — golden autumn wall art.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 above a bed in a calm bedroom — golden tree photography for an interior collection.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #1 displayed above a white sofa — warm forest art for a contemporary living room.
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Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2
The second work is filled with copper, orange and violet light. The trees almost disappear inside the glow, leaving only traces of trunks and branches beneath the colour. This is the most intimate work in the series: less a view of the forest than the sensation of looking toward sunlight until the edges of the world begin to shimmer.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 — ICM photograph of orange autumn light and dissolving forest branches.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 — detail of bright orange leaves and violet branches in layered autumn light.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 — close detail of a luminous golden canopy with dark tree forms beneath it, ICM photography.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 — detail of copper foliage and red branches dissolving into a warm abstract forest field.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 above a pale sofa in a light living room — orange and gold autumn wall art.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 on a dark blue wall above a sideboard — warm ICM forest print for a modern interior.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #2 displayed beside a dining area — copper tree photography for a contemporary home.
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Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3
The third work turns the childhood memory toward red and blue. A pale golden opening appears inside a field of rust, violet and deep blue, while the branches move outward like marks made by light itself. The image is more dramatic than the second, but its centre remains tender: a small area of brightness held inside a changing forest.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 — ICM photograph of golden light breaking through red and blue autumn trees.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 — detail of yellow leaves and red branches moving through deep blue.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 — close detail of pale foliage layered over rust-coloured forest forms, abstract autumn photography.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 — detail of warm gold and orange leaves suspended in a red woodland atmosphere.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 above a desk in a modern home office — red and gold autumn wall art.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 displayed near a bright kitchen and dining area — contemporary forest photography print.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #3 on a white wall beside a dining table — abstract golden tree artwork for a modern interior.
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Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4
The fourth work is the clearest encounter with the tree as a living presence. A dark trunk rises through gold, ochre and blue, while the canopy breaks into small fragments of light. The composition feels open and vertical, as if the viewer has stepped beneath the branches and looked upward into the exact instant when the sun reaches the leaves.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 — ICM forest photograph of a golden canopy against clear blue light.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 — detail of bright yellow leaves and blue sky between autumn branches.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 — close detail of orange foliage, violet shadows and layered tree forms.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 — detail of a dark trunk rising through gold and cobalt autumn colour.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 above a bed in a dark textured bedroom — golden forest wall art.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 above a sideboard in a warm contemporary interior — autumn tree photography print.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #4 displayed over a bed in a light bedroom — blue and gold wall art for a calm interior.
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Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5
The fifth work opens the series into the brightest blue. Gold and pale yellow foliage rise through a cool field of sky, while orange branches and darker ground keep the image from becoming weightless. It feels like the memory at its most expansive: the forest illuminated from within, still recognisable, but transformed by the intensity of looking.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 — ICM photograph of golden leaves and orange branches in blue forest light.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 — detail of yellow foliage glowing against vivid blue, golden autumn photography.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 — close detail of orange leaves and fine branches layered across blue light.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 — detail of blue forest atmosphere with scattered gold and rose foliage.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 above a dark armchair in a contemporary room — blue and gold autumn wall art.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 above a pale sofa in a minimal living room — luminous autumn forest artwork.
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun #5 above a pale sofa in a minimal living room — luminous autumn forest artwork.
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Limited-edition fine art photography by Oleksandr Shapovalov
For collectors, galleries and interior projects
Childhood — I’m Looking at the Sun is available as signed limited-edition fine art photography. The five works can be collected individually or presented together as a warm autumn wall art series for a gallery, private collection or contemporary interior.
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Oleksandr Shapovalov — multiexposure fine art photography made in camera. Abstract forest wall art for collectors, galleries and contemporary interiors. Dortmund, Germany.