Honorable Mention
Etnea Road and the Volcano Etna
DESCRIPTION
The photo shows an urban landscape view of the city of Catania, with the historic center crossed by the Via Etnea, and in the background Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. AUTHOR
Born in Catania in 1983. He discovers the photographic language, at the second year of university during a course in History and Techniques of Photography. In 2006 he attended a photojournalism laboratory directed by Angelo Di Giorgio in the Faculty of Communication Sciences in Catania, where he graduated with a thesis on acting techniques in theater, cinema and television. He specializes in Advertising and Institutional Communication at the Faculty of Communication Sciences and Economics of Reggio Emilia, a city where he lived for about four years. In the 2012 he returned to Catania, and resumed his passion for photography by enrolling in a creative advanced photography course directed by the photographer Rosaria Forcisi at the Artea Cultural Association of San Gregorio di Catania. In 2013 he collaborated as a photographer and event planner with the Artea Cultural Association and took care of the setting up of painting and photographic exhibitions together with Rosaria Forcisi.
In 2014 he met the Officina Fotografica school and attended two workshops on architecture and urban landscape photography held by Massimo Siragusa, and a reportage with the photographer of Milan Alessandro Grassani. In the same year he attended a social photography and journalistic course with the editions of the young Sicilians and a seminar with the photographer Tano D'Amico at the GAPA association in Catania. From this experience will be born the photographic collective "Social Click",with whom he collaborates and manages the communication, realizing some reports and taking care of the organization of the exhibitions.