Losing Herself

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Special Effects
• Photographer
  Antoinette Castro
• Technical Info
  Canon EOS 5 D Mark III
• Photo Date
  17 March 2020
• Website
  http://www.antoinettecastrophotography.com

This image is part of a series of pictures I am currently making to convey a sense of transition I am experiencing in my life on an emotional level. I work in three layers, carefully selecting the pictures which make the final image, to create a sense of being in different realities, which accompany my thoughts.

• Biography
  I was born and raised in London, where I read Pure Mathematics at Bedford College, University of London. My interest in photography began after seeing Robert Mapplethorpe´s controversial exhibition at the ICA. Soon it became my passion. Although I worked full-time in the finance sector, I attended numerous evening and online classes in Photography. A few years ago I gave up my full-time work, to set up a studio as a freelance portrait photographer and have time to study towards my photography degree. My area of interest, besides portraiture, is staged and narrative photography.
• Awards
  The Cloud Appreciatino Society UK, published and selected my work to exhibit in the States. Shortlisted by the Royal Photographic Society in their Review of the Year 2016 competition and International Print and Book Exhibition 160. Selected by the Royal Photographic Society to exhibit my photobook, "Portraits from Inside" and accompanying prints, in their Companion Print Exhibition and Open International Book Exhibition 2016. My work has been published in the RPS DIG digital Newsletters 2018 & 2019, as well as selected amongst the top 30 for the RPS Print Exhibition 2019. Received an Honorable Mention in the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2017 awards. Selected by the BJP for their Open Walls Arles Competition 2018. Granted a gold award by the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017, in the category "Personal-Project" and a bronze award in 2019, in the category, ¨People¨ My work has been used in other publications, including author photographs and book covers.