The Musician

• Prize
  Silver in Advertising/Music
• Photographer
  Samuel Mélia
• Technical Info
  Panasonic Lumix GH5s - LUMIX G VARIO 12-35/F.2.8
• Photo Date
  20-21 December 2020

A musician only feels good when he joins his instrument... but before playing, he has to re-tame it each time (as if it were the first time). Here, the pianist seems to be trying to soothe his instrument so that the two become one, offering themselves completely to each other, in order to produce the most symbiotic music possible... I chose for this series an intimate atmosphere, taken with a short focal length, very close to the subject. The same ratio is respected for each photograph for homogeneity.

• Biography
  Samuel Mélia was born in France, starting with studies in jazz music (saxophone), he then turned to photography. Samuel appreciates photographs of different genres, so he enjoys the work of Andreas Gursky as much as Annie Leibovitz, Saul Leiter or Sebastião Salgado.
• Awards
  - People's Vote Award in World Photo Annual 2023 Category Portrait. - Bronze Winner in Budapest International Foto Awards 2021 (BIFA), Category Advertising-Music. - Silver Winner in Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 (TIFA), Category Advertising-Music. - Gold Winner in Moscow International Foto Awards 2022 (MIFA), Category Advertising-Music. Honorable Mention : - Honorable Mention in People Category in 5th edition of MonoVisions Photography Awards. - Honorable Mention in Moscow International Foto Awards 2022 (MIFA), Category People-Portrait.