3rd place
bronze star award
Jose Laino
spain 
Photo © Jose Laino
title
Surreal lips
This balance between opposing concepts is done with minimal elements and abstracting on a light background, with intent to obtain a clean and direct image that represents a surreal world in a single image, between the real and the unreal.
Since 2009 he excited for digital photography, digital edition and digital manipulation, especially in still life category, self-taught learning and using photography as a means to express ideas in a creative way.
In 2013 Jose Laino presents his recent photographic work to contests for the first time.
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entry description
I intend to convey feelings using elements of surreal imagery, using opposing concepts as real and unreal, hard and sharp in contrast to the soft and smooth, disconcerting scales, the powerful color of artificial material (representing the lipstick manmade) compared to the color of natural material (shell).This balance between opposing concepts is done with minimal elements and abstracting on a light background, with intent to obtain a clean and direct image that represents a surreal world in a single image, between the real and the unreal.
about the photographer
Jose R. Laiño was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 1982 he live in Spain, native country of his parents where he obtained spanish citizenship. He studied architecture and worked for ten years for a national and international architectural offices, making projects, models, photography models, photocollages and 3D models of buildings and industrial design in many competitions winning projects. In these years, his interest in photography was rising, using analog cameras with macro lens to photograph architectural and conceptual models, although his interest in photography comes from many years ago. He has also worked in painting from a very early age, getting the award Novos Valores in Pontevedra Biennial 1991, Spain. He has studied and practiced airbrushing and airbrushing on photography at the Center for the Study of Video and Image in Santiago de Compostela obtaining outstanding rating in his final work diploma.Since 2009 he excited for digital photography, digital edition and digital manipulation, especially in still life category, self-taught learning and using photography as a means to express ideas in a creative way.
In 2013 Jose Laino presents his recent photographic work to contests for the first time.
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