Beach Silhouettes

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Moving Images
• Photographer
  Matty Karp
• Photo Date
  2020
• Link
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i8r5ujclO8
• Website
  http://www.mattykarp.com

Slideshow and video of aerial capture of people sunbathing and playing soccer at Tel Aviv Beaches. The vertical capture causes the eyes to focus on the silhhouettes and not on the real people.

• Biography
  Matty Karp Photographer Israel matty@concordventures.com Following a successful career in management and Venture Capital I turned to Photography. I studied Art's history and philosophy and attended numerous workshops. I try to create photos that have direct visual impact that engages the spectator seducing him to closely observe them and hopefully stimulate a thought process. I have won numerous prizes in international photography contests. These include 3 Gold,3 Silver,15 Bronze and 128 Honorable Mentions in International Photography Awards (IPA),PX3,One Eyeland, Photographers Forum, Color
• Awards
  PX3-2 Gold -4 Silver -6 Bronze -14 Honourable Mentions International Photography Awards (IPA)-1 Gold -1 Bronze -69 Honourable Mentions One Eyeland Awards-1 Silver 3 Bronze -3 Finalist Epson Pano awards- 1 Silver 6 Bronze One Eyeland Black and White- #1 Israel's Top Ten Black and White Photographers 2019 2 Bronze,2 Finalist World's Top Ten Black and White Photographers 2019 Photographers Forum- 1HM -2 Finalist Color Awards-5 Honourable Mentions -21 Nominees Black and White Spider Award-4 HMs 3 Nom Smithsonian-2009 Finalist 2017-Finalist Fine Art Photography Awards-7 Nominees. 2019 Critical Mass-Finalist