MAROC mon amour 2024

Morocco is full of highly intense and expressive elements: colour is saturated and dazzling; light reveals and is warm. Shadows and lights infuse the daily routine of the Moroccan people, who live in the medina, the old town, under a sun that shines high and mighty over the horizon and over the sharp architecture. Often the shadows that envelop or are about to envelop the depicted characters acquire a symbolic strength. These shadows embed what remains private of the local people, the reality that there are vast limits to the gaze of the stranger…

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Giancarlo Zuccarone

Italy

https://www.zuccaroneprina.com/

Giancarlo Zuccarone is an Italian photographer, contributor of Art Commerce (Photo Vogue). He graduated in Cinematography and Filmmaking at the "Roma Tre University" in Rome, Italy.
He focuses especially on travel and street photography, and his photos has appeared in magazines such: National Geographic, Skylife, Life Framer, Dodho Magazine, Eyeshot Magazine, Travel & Leisure.
His work has been exhibited in London, Brussels, Miami, Milan and Rome. In 2021 Bruce Gilden (Magnum Photos) chose one personal image for "The Real People" photobook, a tribute project to his career.
Awards: Maghreb Photography Awards – 2nd and 3rd Place; TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) – 2nd Place; PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) – Silver Medal; Nikon Photo Contest – 3rd Place.