honorable mention
Jose Luis Mendez Fernandez spain
title
Courage and resistance - A spartan race series
In this photographic work effort, struggle and desire for improvement that pervades every athlete manifests. A challenge that faces individually, with high morale and sense on the goal . And in sport , companionship is the fundamental element for achieving the goals. A helping hand where to get support and momentum that is needed to meet the stretch.
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entry description
It is known that action photography in every tenth of a second counts. Every little moment can be decisive to express a situation , a gesture or a completely different emotion . This is where comes in psychoanalytic photographer's eye observing and defragmenting each interval of continuous present , scanning the character he portrays to catch him in his most unexpected corporal expression, one that reveals their deepest psyche from an emotional catharsis induced by extreme physical exertion.In this photographic work effort, struggle and desire for improvement that pervades every athlete manifests. A challenge that faces individually, with high morale and sense on the goal . And in sport , companionship is the fundamental element for achieving the goals. A helping hand where to get support and momentum that is needed to meet the stretch.
about the photographer
Biography: He has shown a vast sample of his works and his career as a guest in over a hundred on-line galleries and forums all over the world. His work has been featured in many magazines devoted to avant-garde art, photography & digital art from Spain, the United States and Australia. The appreciation for the quality of his works is present on the many occasions when his creations have been awarded a prize or honourable mention, as well as when they have been selected in competitions and artistic events both in Spain and abroad (MAC21 art-e-mail International Contemporary Art Fair Marbella Spain-, International Festival PIXXELPOINT in Slovenia, ARTEXPO Bari 2002, Asia Digital Awards 2002 in Fukuoka (Japan), Biennial of Arts in Tenerife Spain-, SIGGRAPH 2003 San Diego (USA), 5th International Digital Salon from Cuba, Biennial of Florence Italy-, etc).back to gallery
