PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Art and Part of the Change
FINCA’s motto “Art and Part of Change” is brought to life by a photography exhibit where different views and conceptions about the environment come together. The intervention of humankind is considered the common ground from which nature is altered and the main agent of debate and change. This will take us through various topographies, conclusions, volumes, shapes, the mechanistic and the individual aspects that are brought into play when analysing a photograph or a film as a means of social involvement.
The selected photography pieces were drawn from hundreds of pictures sent by over eighty participants from all corners of the world. This contest is carried out for the second consecutive year along with the film festivals organized by the The DerHumALC Multimedia Institute (IMD) with the support of the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires.
The photograph that best represents the spirit of the FINCA will receive the first award: to be the official image of this edition of the festival. The pictures which embodied each of the thematic sections (Food Sovereignty, Waste and Pollution, Mines and Petroleum, Biodiversity and Sustainability) were also selected to represent them. Other outstanding pieces will be also displayed in recognition of their conceptual and critical approach.
Winners:
- Matt Stoecker (USA) from the series DamNation. Official image of the 2nd FINCA.
- Mauricio Centurión (Argentina), “Ración Refleja”. Renewable Energies section.
- Claudia Castellano (Colombia), “aISLAdos”. Waste & Pollution section.
- Jhonatan Montero (Colombia), No Title. Mining & Oil Extraction section.
- Héctor Gestido (Argentina), “Marcadas”. Food Sovereignty section.
The other pieces that will be also displayed in recognition of their conceptual and critical load are the following:
- Giancarlo Ceraudo (Italy), No Title
- Emiliano Gatica (Argentina) “El viento no recicla”
- Camilo Moreno (Argentina), “Melón”
- Eugenia Zoia (Argentina), No Title
- Giorgio Palmera (Italy), No Title
The GoodPlanet Foundation partakes in the exhibition with the presentation of the “7 Billion Others” project, an initiative by French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, featuring men and women and their testimonies on environmental issues and sustainable growth, which strives to promote reflection about the acknowledgement of others.
An exhibit that puts forward the necessity to see the concept of environment as a collective contruct, where each and every one of us can be “Art and Part of Change”.
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