Wedding In The Slum

• Photographer
  Eduardo Lopez Moreno
• Agency / Studio
  Social Photoghrapher
• Technical Info
  Leica M10, 35 and 50 mm
• Photo Date
  2016
• Website
  https://eduardolopezmorenophoto.com

A young girl gets married in a slum in Surabaya, Indonesia. The family spends the equivalent of the salary of the year to have a fancy wedding and unforgettable setting. I was walking the streets of Surabaya and I heard music and celebrations from a nearby neighbourhood. I walked along train tracks and I reached an unexpected wonderful setting, the wedding of young couple. as I arrived, people were so kind they invited me to join the party and allowed me to take some pictures.

• Biography
  I am an architect, with a master in sociology and PhD in urban geography. I studied photography nearly 40 years ago. I am preparing a book of photography entitled “Streets of the World and Their People” with short narratives accompanying the photos. I am a social photographer. ( I like to travel and meet the world with its streets and its people, but the part that responds to my interest, my vision and philosophy of life. These images are a look at someone's world, a journey into their space and their life; an attempt to build a a story without affection, but part of a social commitment.
• Awards
  17 honorable mentions, International Photography Awards 2016. 1 2017 in the One Shoot: Climate Change Competition. Director’s Award 2017, Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize in Street Photography, 6 photo nominations (2017) First place in the International Photography Awards 2017, USA, Non-Professional Event: Social Cause. Bronze medal in the Paris Photo Prize (Px3) 2017 for the Press- Featured Story “Collective Pain”. First Place in the PHOTO+, PDN Faces Photography Contest 2017, New York. 6 honorable mentions in the Monochrome Photography Awards 2017, Category people. First prize, Smart Arts category of Digital Camera's Photographer of the Year competition 2017 (mobile). Second place, Black and White Photographer of the Year competition 2018, Black and White Magazine and Fujifilm. Black Box Gallery, Black and White 2018 Competition, winner photo. Early Entry winner 2017, PDN, Rangefinder, WPPI, One Life International photography competition. Aline Smithson Juror’s Selection for the ONE 2017 Call, New York Center for Photographic Art. Third place, Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2018, Character Study. Sony World Photography Awards (2018), ‘Commended’ photo on Portraiture Category. Silver Medal, Editorial, General News, Tokyo International Photo Awards (2017). ‘Winner Photo Mark of Excellence’, Black and White ‘I Shot It’ Leica Competition. Honorable Mention, Mono-Kromatic competition, Minnesota, 2018, USA Third Place People, International Photography and Arts Community, Zebra Black and White Competition First place ‘35 Awards – 100 Best Photos of the Year 2017 and 3 place best photohtapher Royal Photography Society, short-listed, International Photography Exhibition, 2018 Gold in Editorial-Conflict / Bronze in Editorial-Photo Essay / Silver in People-Children / 1st place winner in Editorial. Moscow International Photo Awards 3rd Place, Event – Social Cause, International Photo Awards (IPA), curated by Catherine Edelman