1st place
gold star award
Antonio Coelho
portugal 
Photo © Antonio Coelho
title
Oceans! Urgent Salvation.
In a way, with these images I intend to approach some themes about the sea. Species extinction, in a metaphorical way, one day we will only have garbage floating on the beaches and in the seas. The trap, the human being is excellent in this and easily catches uncontrolled amounts of fish. Consumption of natural resources and destruction of ecosystems. In the end it would be expected that we would do more for the environment as we subsist and need it. For example to plan possible improvements in production and lebration of animal species that are good for the seas and on the other hand use the knowledge of the evil we have done to try to correct it, as if it is a Yin-Yiang. Use the wrong done to recognize ways to correct and accept that we can improve.
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.
I have participated in many contest and teach photography for students in schools in portugal.
There are some awards:
2017 1st place in still life, at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
2018 and 2020 Portugal National Award at the Sony Awards and commended at the same contest.
2021, a series of my photographs that address the problem of plastic on the environment and food, is an integral part of the exhibition at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
35awards 2016, 2nd place in conceptual.
Monochrome Awards 2017 - 3rd place in conceptual
35awards 2017 best photo project
FAPA AWARDS 2017, 2019 and 2021 Nominee
Umbra awards 2019, 2020 2nd place in architecture
Gold winner PX3 2021, Advertising new talent Gold
MIFA 2021 2nd place and silver
2nd place at VIPA awards,1st edition
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entry description
A title in a way, an alert. We now know that 50% of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans, 50% from the trees in the world. The trees are disappearing and creating an imbalance in such a way that the global temperature has also changed, also increasing the temperature of the sea. In this way we consume the planet's exhaustible resources, we pollute the sea, we consume fish in an unrestrained way and we promote the extinction of species.In a way, with these images I intend to approach some themes about the sea. Species extinction, in a metaphorical way, one day we will only have garbage floating on the beaches and in the seas. The trap, the human being is excellent in this and easily catches uncontrolled amounts of fish. Consumption of natural resources and destruction of ecosystems. In the end it would be expected that we would do more for the environment as we subsist and need it. For example to plan possible improvements in production and lebration of animal species that are good for the seas and on the other hand use the knowledge of the evil we have done to try to correct it, as if it is a Yin-Yiang. Use the wrong done to recognize ways to correct and accept that we can improve.
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.
I have participated in many contest and teach photography for students in schools in portugal.
There are some awards:
2017 1st place in still life, at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
2018 and 2020 Portugal National Award at the Sony Awards and commended at the same contest.
2021, a series of my photographs that address the problem of plastic on the environment and food, is an integral part of the exhibition at the Xposure festival, in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
35awards 2016, 2nd place in conceptual.
Monochrome Awards 2017 - 3rd place in conceptual
35awards 2017 best photo project
FAPA AWARDS 2017, 2019 and 2021 Nominee
Umbra awards 2019, 2020 2nd place in architecture
Gold winner PX3 2021, Advertising new talent Gold
MIFA 2021 2nd place and silver
2nd place at VIPA awards,1st edition
back to gallery
