1st place
gold star award
Gianfranco Barollo
italy 
title
URBEX
I learned to exploit my state of mind to create photographs that give emotions .... because what I would like is to convey a part of me through my way of photographing. I would like my photographs to talk about me, my experience and my present. Photography is a symbiosis between technique and soul ... photography is art and through it I would like to express the man I am, it is my way to communicate.
Loving to photograph and discover abandoned places also implies a deep respect for the latter, for their history and for their experience that exudes in every corner and in every point the camera is directed.
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entry description
“Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints”: this is the first and most important rule that unites photographers who are dedicated to Urban Exploration, the exploration of buildings and structures built by man, now abandoned, in search of traces of the past. Camera adventurers, attracted by the charm that these places emanate and moved by the desire to revive the stories of those who lived in these places. What unites the members of the UrbEx "community" is respect for a label, a code of conduct designed to protect abandoned places. Yet, it is this same label that prevents UrbEx from revealing the coordinates of structures and buildings, to prevent the latter from being stormed by the general public. Therefore, an aura of mystery and secrecy surrounds the "urban explorers", giving their images a fascinating and enigmatic auraabout the photographer
I started photographing what happened to me without paying much attention to the details, then I learned to dwell on what I saw ... to dwell on every little detail, intoxicated by the beauty that surrounds us and that often escapes a distracted eye.I learned to exploit my state of mind to create photographs that give emotions .... because what I would like is to convey a part of me through my way of photographing. I would like my photographs to talk about me, my experience and my present. Photography is a symbiosis between technique and soul ... photography is art and through it I would like to express the man I am, it is my way to communicate.
Loving to photograph and discover abandoned places also implies a deep respect for the latter, for their history and for their experience that exudes in every corner and in every point the camera is directed.
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