honorable mention
Michele Martinelli italy
title
Living in the steppe
They adapt naturally to the environment, despite the crudeness, and receive in return life and prosperity: they are the nomads of Mongolia.
A temperament forged by immobile territories that cancel space and time with new dimensions of the spirit, where freedom, pursued and built with pride and hard work, is a sacred privilege.
An inheritance handed down perhaps by those indomitable warriors who, following the charismatic leader Genghis Khan, created one of the largest empires in human history.
In 2015 I obtained a master in photojournalism and documentary photography at “Fondazione studio Marangoni” in Florence.
Sensitive to the communication through the artistic expression, I discovered my passion for the photography just few years ago.
Togheter with my innate curiosity as a traveler who I am, photography changed my life giving her a deep meaning.
Travelling and transmitting traditions and emotions by a picture means offering an emotional and cultural heritage for the posterity, fixing the memory of the humanity’s roots; as far as I’m concerned travelling is the most powerful way of knowledge.
I’m particularly keen on the anthropologic and environmental aspects and I really love the world and anything which is part of it. With my photographs I try to capture the sensations given by light which involves everything.
The human being and his traditions, all around the world even in the most remote corners of the planet, deeply fascinates me.
“I personally consider this world just like a great book full of stories which I’m just trying to attach some illustrations”.
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entry description
Silence is the protagonist of the boundless spaces that cross the horizon.They adapt naturally to the environment, despite the crudeness, and receive in return life and prosperity: they are the nomads of Mongolia.
A temperament forged by immobile territories that cancel space and time with new dimensions of the spirit, where freedom, pursued and built with pride and hard work, is a sacred privilege.
An inheritance handed down perhaps by those indomitable warriors who, following the charismatic leader Genghis Khan, created one of the largest empires in human history.
about the photographer
I was born in Pietrasante (Lucca) on Aug. 29,1979 and I currently live in Lucca where I work as a restorer of cultural goods.In 2015 I obtained a master in photojournalism and documentary photography at “Fondazione studio Marangoni” in Florence.
Sensitive to the communication through the artistic expression, I discovered my passion for the photography just few years ago.
Togheter with my innate curiosity as a traveler who I am, photography changed my life giving her a deep meaning.
Travelling and transmitting traditions and emotions by a picture means offering an emotional and cultural heritage for the posterity, fixing the memory of the humanity’s roots; as far as I’m concerned travelling is the most powerful way of knowledge.
I’m particularly keen on the anthropologic and environmental aspects and I really love the world and anything which is part of it. With my photographs I try to capture the sensations given by light which involves everything.
The human being and his traditions, all around the world even in the most remote corners of the planet, deeply fascinates me.
“I personally consider this world just like a great book full of stories which I’m just trying to attach some illustrations”.
back to gallery