3rd place
bronze star award
Sandro Matarrelli
italy Photo © Sandro Matarrelli
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Back to the future 2020 - Rome Colosseum
Although he had always been fascinated by the world of images, the encounter with actual photography is recent. In the summer of 2019 he decides to enter the world of photography with personal studies and then enroll in a basic course. From there he never stopped, first following an advanced course and then completing his studies with a professional course. The passion and desire to explore the
world of photography push him to constant updates through various courses and workshops, which have shaped his natural propensity towards the world of Street Photography. In 2022 he joined the Magazzino 120 and Collettivo 42 groups of Viterbo which push him to the new challenge towards a search for authorial photography.
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entry description
The shot was taken a few days after the lockdown ended. The Colosseum is the background to a distinguished gentleman who, with his mask and his scooter, travels the path that belonged to the Emperors. The scooters are a novelty of this year of Roman mobility so for me this photo represents a bit the summary of this year. Starts from the past and ventures into an uncertain future.about the photographer
Sandro Matarrelli was born in Switzerland on 8 June 1976 from Italian emigrated parents. He spent the first 10 years of his childhood in Switzerland. Back in Italy, the difficulty of having to overcome the trauma of a new life leads him to develop a certain innate propensity for everything related to art and creativity. However, he continued his studies following another great passion of his, technology, graduating as a computer expert. After that, having to carry out his compulsory military service, he decides to enlist as a volunteer in the Italian Army, a choice which then became a life given that he continues to serve as a non-commissioned officer in the Italian Army to this day. His work has taken him to the main theaters of war over the last 30 years, bringing together and understanding, among other things, people, cultures and realities that have enriched his personal experiences.Although he had always been fascinated by the world of images, the encounter with actual photography is recent. In the summer of 2019 he decides to enter the world of photography with personal studies and then enroll in a basic course. From there he never stopped, first following an advanced course and then completing his studies with a professional course. The passion and desire to explore the
world of photography push him to constant updates through various courses and workshops, which have shaped his natural propensity towards the world of Street Photography. In 2022 he joined the Magazzino 120 and Collettivo 42 groups of Viterbo which push him to the new challenge towards a search for authorial photography.
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