Flooded Arena

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/sports
• Photographer
  Camilo Diaz
• Website
  http://www.camilodiaz.com.co

Inhale. Dive. Drift into the fog of war of two teams in a submerge room. To be champions in an extreme sport in which the adrenaline and emotions of the game are enjoyed in silence. The Colombian national team is honing their skills for the most important tournament in this discipline: the Underwater Hockey World Championship in Australia 2017.

• Biography
  Camilo Diaz, born 1981 in Medellin, Colombia, studied Visual Arts at the National University of Colombia and further Fashion Photography, Advertising and Film Studies at various Universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His artistic work focuses on the intimate portrayal of people and their immediate lives and surroundings. More than a depiction, his photographs reveal an intimate discovery and allow shared momentum. His subjects are not strangers but rather people with whom he enters a story.
• Awards
  2019 1.st place category sports / category Profesional / International Photography Awards IPA 2018 2.nd Place, category Profesional_Sport / Tokyo International Foto Awards TIFA Honorable Mention, Professional / Tokyo International Foto Awards TIFA Honorable Mention, Professional / International Photographer of the Year IPOTY | London 2017 1.st place, category Open_Motion / Sony World Photography Awards | London Honorable Mention, category Profesional / International Photography Awards IPA 1.st place, category National Awards / Sony World Photography Awards | London 2.nd place, category National Awards / Sony World Photography Awards | London 2016 Honorable MentionPeople-Portrait_P / category Profesional / International Photography Awards IPA Honorable Mention, category Profesional Editorial_Sport / International Photography Awards IPA Honorable Mention, category Profesional Editorial_Sport / International Photography Awards IPA 1.st place, category Natural Light / In Water Photographer of the Year | London 1.st place, category Apnea Sport / In Water Photographer of the Year | London 1.st place, category Compact Camera / In Water Photographer of the Year | London 2015 2.nd place, category Profesional_Sport / International Photography Awards IPA Overall winner, In Water Photographer of the Year | London 2.nd place, Water / The 1st international contest/exhibition of photography the elements | Spain 3.rd place, category Sports in Action / Coina Photo Challenge 2014 Finalist, Portrait / National Geography Photo Contest