honorable mention
Sandro Matarrelli italy
title
Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark
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
While taking these photos in The Ancient Beech Forest of the Cimini Mountains I had a sense of bewilderment, a strange feeling that accompanied me along this journey. It was almost natural to think of the beginning of Dante's Inferno "Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost." I then visualized this metaphor in my shots and in the year that marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, this is a small tribute to a great characterabout 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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