honorable mention
Antonio Coelho portugal
title
Plastic, one enemy?
However, having a small digital camera, I started to acquire analog equipment and develop the photography learning activity in a self-taught way, using very old and medium format machines. My favorite camera is the Zeiss Ikon Nettar.
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entry description
In recent years we have received the most diverse news associated with climate change but also related to pollution. One of the elements that is most talked about is plastic, whether on land or in the sea, with huge floating islands, we already risk to ingest in our food. The Covid-19 virus has intensified this problem. the weight of the mask, plastic or polymer used in the millions of masks used daily. So plastic can be seen as an enemy, but in reality the real enemy is the human being who uses it but does not recycle it or give it a rule. Just remember that the plastic appeared and led to minimization of consumption, for example in automobiles or even more importantly, in aviation. Today we already eat about 50 grams of plastic a week and we don't notice it, so that in the future we can compromise our health. This series is not presented here in its complete form and intends to address this theme, which was already complex but which in 2019 got worse. We have to be more responsible and think about future generations. I still think that the real enemy is not the plastic but the human being.about the photographer
My name is Antonio Bernardino Martins Coelho, I am from a small village in the north of Portugal, where I live. I am 40 years old, married and father of two girls. I work as an electrical engineer. A taste for painting was evident in me early on, but it was only in 2010 after a trip to Cuba that I became interested in photography, having captured a lot of images.However, having a small digital camera, I started to acquire analog equipment and develop the photography learning activity in a self-taught way, using very old and medium format machines. My favorite camera is the Zeiss Ikon Nettar.
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