Lo Sguardo Visibile

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Moving Images
• Photographer
  Luis Marino
• Technical Info
  Vídeo mp4. Duración 1'42
• Photo Date
  2020
• Link
  https://youtu.be/Kdm5p5-CVmk
• Website
  http://www.luismarino.com/

The visible gaze, behind the mask and makeup of Venice's Carnival, has led me to a relationship game between observers. This series of photographies was displayed and catalogued in Spain last January. The writer Antonio G. Ribelles wrote in that catalogue, where talks about the symbology of the eye. The eye is recognised as a superior power in all cultures. Is the eye that sees but simultaneously it enlightens. The photographies show the desire to see without being recognised. The "wall-costume" protects you and makes you powerful for a while.

• Biography
  Luis Marino is a non-conformist painter – you can notice that in his work. He is a rather shy rebel who started his artistic path moving from Mazarrón to New York to live an adventure, to watch what happened there, ultimately to learn. There, he joined the GALA group and he participated in six exhibitions. However, I am well aware – since his work speaks for itself - that Luis doesn’t need, like other artists, to travel to remote or exotic countries to fill his retina, to let his work be influenced. His palette is enriched with the colours of Mazarrón, which are incredibly rich in shades and
• Awards
  Awards 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 Nominated, Professional Fine Art Category, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris. Nominated, Professional Fine Art Category and Abstract Category, Monovisions Photography Awards 5th edition. Nominated, Professional Fine Art Category and Conceptual Category, Fine Art Photography Awards 7th edition. Honorable Mention, Mobile Photography Awards 10th Annual MPA, Self-Portrait. 2 0 2 0 Bronze Winner Fine Art-Moving Images (Professional), and Honorable Mention Portfolio-Fine Art (Professional), Tokyo International Foto Awards. Photo selected in Abstract Online Art Show, organized by Grey Cube Gallery. Juror’s choice, International Photography Exhibition ‘Dis/harmony’, PH21 Gallery Budapest. Honorable Mention, Monochrome Photography Awards, Professional Conceptual Category. Two Honorable Mentions, Chromatic Awards International Color Photography Contest, Professional Still Life. Three Honorable Mentions, ‘Life on Earth’ Art Room Gallery. Honorable Mention, IPA International Photography Awards, Professional Still in Motion / Video, Fine Art. Honorable Mention, Professional Self-Portrait, 4th edition Monovisions Photography Awards. Five photographs selected by the 19th University of Murcia Photography Award. Selected by the International Photography Contest ‘Scapes’ PH21 Gallery Budapest.