honorable mention
Sidarta Corral ireland
title
De Rocas, Arena y Agua
He received an alternative education at active primary schools with a focus on the arts and home-schooling. He later went on to learn the art from acclaimed photographers and professors at the renowned university for Fine Arts, Universidad Veracruzana, such as Teúl Moyrón, Fernando Meza, Héctor Vicario and Sergio Maldonado. He has worked as a graphic designer and photographer for his family business and organic produce for many years, as sports photography for white-water river rafting companies in Veracruz, and as a freelance commercial photographer for tourism, real estate, theatre and portraits for the Goethe Institute.
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entry description
The project is a personal interpretation of the dramatic landscape of the Irish coast. It consists captured in digital format high resolution images, using neutral density filters to achieve long exposures even during the day creating an almost unreal atmosphere giving a sense of melancholy and loneliness but also showing the incredible beauty of the rugged landscape as common in this European island. Digital post processing is limited to certain adjustments in Photoshop and converting to black and white using Silver Effex Pro 2.about the photographer
Sidarta Corral, born in Mexico City in 1972, grew up in the Veracruz state capital Xalapa and on a family organic farm in the nearby municipality of Xico. His vocation as a photographer started at young age when he stated using a Mamiya 35mm and reading photography books belonging to his Mother. He grew up very close to nature and was surrounded by opportunities to capture images in the mist forest in the mountainous region of Veracruz.He received an alternative education at active primary schools with a focus on the arts and home-schooling. He later went on to learn the art from acclaimed photographers and professors at the renowned university for Fine Arts, Universidad Veracruzana, such as Teúl Moyrón, Fernando Meza, Héctor Vicario and Sergio Maldonado. He has worked as a graphic designer and photographer for his family business and organic produce for many years, as sports photography for white-water river rafting companies in Veracruz, and as a freelance commercial photographer for tourism, real estate, theatre and portraits for the Goethe Institute.
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