Karl Lindsay took this Manifest Creative Arts Festival-winning photograph in the Eastern Province capital of Mambwe, Zambia, in 2013.

Judge Aaron Bellette, a lecturer in photo media at Avondale College of Higher Education, described God Is Able as having “layers of meanings and elements for the viewer to explore.”

So, what’s the story behind the photograph?

“I first saw the shop the day before shooting the photograph,” says Karl, who entered the Avondale Fine Arts Photography competition at Manifest this year. “I thought, That would look awesome under a starry night sky.”

Fortunately, starry night skies are common in Zambia and Karl got his shot.

“It makes the perfect statement,” he says.

Karl used a Nikon D600 with a 14-millimetre lens and a 30-second exposure to capture the stars and the Milky Way.

—Brenton Stacey, co-convenor, Manifest Creative Arts Festival

Brenton Stacey

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Brenton Stacey

Brenton is Avondale University’s Public Relations and Philanthropy Officer. He brings to the role experience as a communicator in publishing, media relations, public relations, radio and television, mostly within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific and its entities.