The Girl and The Goddess

• Prize
  Bronze in People/Children
• Photographer
  Patricia Mora
• Agency / Studio
  Patricia Mora Photography
• Technical Info
  Leica Q2, Iso3200, 28mm, F.10, 1/30
• Photo Date
  27th July 2025

A museum, a mighty goddess, a small girl in a dress. 37 years later and 7000km apart. Visiting the Museo Egizio in Torino I entered the room Galleria dei Re (Gallery of the kings) and saw her listening to her audio guide close to the statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. Immediately my thoughts flew to my favorite Erwitt's pic at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, could I re-create it? She stood next to the statues, and a dream came true.

Born in Barcelona in 1983. While doing a degree in History, specialized in Egyptology, she discovered her passion for photography and studied photography and professional lighting. She combined both passions for a living, working as an archaeological photographer in Egypt, with national and international archaeological projects in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan since 2006, and photographing daily life in Egypt during her working stays in the country. She has exhibited in Jaén (Spain), Alcalá de Henares (Spain) and Cairo (Egypt).