Castles of Umbria

• Prize
  Bronze in Advertising/Travel/Tourism
• Photographer
  Stefano Pasquini
• Website
  http://www.stefanopasquini.com

the photos are part of a project that I am developing about the medieval fortresses and castles of Umbria.

• Biography
  Stefano Pasquini lives in Umbria (Italy). Since 2021 he has transformed his great passion for nature into a job, carrying out the professions of photographer and hiking guide full time. It focuses particularly on landscape photography, with particular reference to the Umbrian landscape. Some of his photos appeared on some of the main Italian newspapers (Repubblica, L'Espresso, il Messaggero, Friday of the Republic,) during advertising campaigns on the Umbrian and Sibillini Valleys and during a national advertising campaign organized by the LIPU .
• Awards
  2025 • PX3 Paris Photo Prize - Silver winner (Portraiture / Others) • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo - Bronze winner (Nature / Macro) • BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards - Silver winner (Nature / Landscape) • Exposure One Awards – Silver winner (Landscape) 2024 • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo - Gold winner (Fine Art / Landscape) • IPA International Photography Award, Los Angeles – 3rd prize winner (Events / other) • EPA European Photography Awards – Gold winner (Landscape / Nature) • MUSE Photo Awards – Platinum (Events / Other) Gold (Fine Art / Abstracts ) Silver (Nature / Seasons) 2023 • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo – 2 Honorable mentions • IPA International Photography Award, Los Angeles – Honorable Mention • New York Photography Awards – Gold winner (Fine Art) • EPA European Photography Awards – Gold winner (Fine Art) 2022 • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo – Silver winner (Advertising/Travel-tourism) • MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow – Honorable mention (Fine Art – Landscape) • Trierenberg Super Circuit – 7 photo admitted for exibition 2021 • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo – Official Selection 2020 • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo – Bronze winner (Advertising / Travel-Tourism) • BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards, Budapest – 3 Honorable Mentions 2016 • MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow – 2nd Place winner (Nature/seasons), 3rd Place winner (Nature/ Landscapes) • TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo – 2 Honorable Mentions • PCA Balcan Dream – winner in Travel and Monochrome sections 2015 • MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow – Absolute winner: New Talent of the year. First place in Advertising category • IPA International Photography Award, Los Angeles – 8 Honorable Mentions 2014 • IPA International Photography Award, Los Angeles – 3rd place winner (nature/sunset); 3rd place winner (advertising); 8 Honorable mentions