honorable mention
Simone Arrigoni italy
title
InvEarth. Toxic
"Toxic", the second series of the InvEarth project, focuses on the possible first ancestor of all animal life on our planet: jellyfish, a fascinating and pulsating trap floating into the seas since over 500 million of years, like an immortal ensign of biodiversity. Its fatal beauty is here represented by two species of the genus Chrysaora, with its geometric drawnings adorning the bell, lace-edged arms and long tentacles hiding a miriad of nematocysts ready to sting.
• worldwide exhibitions (Italy, UK, Greece, Belgium, Russia, USA, China, Singapore);
• book and magazine publications (as Image in Progress, Fotografia Reflex, Il Venerdì di Repubblica);
• 105 awards in the most prestigious international photo contests, such as 1st Place in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2017, 1st Place in the Fusion Art's International Contest Skies 2017 (California), 1st Place at New York International Photography and Digital Art Contest 2017, 1st Place in FIOF Italy International Photography Award FIIPA 2016;
• publication of one of his astrophotographies as EAPOD - European Astronomy Picture Of the Day of January 28, 2017;
• appointment as FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador in China 2017.
For further information visit:
www.simonearrigoni.com
www.nikonphotographers.it/simonearrigoni
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entry description
The InvEarth project is composed of several photographic series focusing on nature. Different subjects from flora, fauna, and the ‘four elements’ (water, earth, fire and air) were chosen as exemplary symbols of planet Earth. These were shot focusing on specific features, then developed in black and white, finally turned into negative images. The lack of color represents our world’s intrinsic dichotomy, the incessant dance between day and night, light and shadow, and yin and yang that has always marked the passage of time and the advance of evolution. The latter, the primordial principle governing life on Earth, is symbolized here by the negative reversal of the shots. This graphic process was carried out in memory of film, which for years represented the essence of photography, before being almost completely supplanted by digital formats"Toxic", the second series of the InvEarth project, focuses on the possible first ancestor of all animal life on our planet: jellyfish, a fascinating and pulsating trap floating into the seas since over 500 million of years, like an immortal ensign of biodiversity. Its fatal beauty is here represented by two species of the genus Chrysaora, with its geometric drawnings adorning the bell, lace-edged arms and long tentacles hiding a miriad of nematocysts ready to sting.
about the photographer
Simone Arrigoni (Rome, 1973) is a classical pianist, freediving world champion (he set 21 World Records in the sea, lake, under the ice and with dolphins), and an awards-winning photographer with:• worldwide exhibitions (Italy, UK, Greece, Belgium, Russia, USA, China, Singapore);
• book and magazine publications (as Image in Progress, Fotografia Reflex, Il Venerdì di Repubblica);
• 105 awards in the most prestigious international photo contests, such as 1st Place in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2017, 1st Place in the Fusion Art's International Contest Skies 2017 (California), 1st Place at New York International Photography and Digital Art Contest 2017, 1st Place in FIOF Italy International Photography Award FIIPA 2016;
• publication of one of his astrophotographies as EAPOD - European Astronomy Picture Of the Day of January 28, 2017;
• appointment as FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador in China 2017.
For further information visit:
www.simonearrigoni.com
www.nikonphotographers.it/simonearrigoni
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