Over.State

• Prize
  Bronze in Book/Fine Art
• Photographer
  Ilias Georgiadis
• Agency / Studio
  Blow Up Press
• Technical Info
  Camera used: Olympus om2n
• Photo Date
  Book launch: September 21, 2019
• Website
  https://www.blowuppress.eu

A story of a young and lost person trying to feel free and find love. An emotional exploration of the human condition. An effort to understand how we express freedom, intimacy, closeness; how we seek true connection with the inner self and the other. Ilias shows us around his world in which photo camera is the link between reality and imagination, day and night, life and death. From moments of self-destruction to finding a new self. A personal photographic diary that sheds new light on the generation of contemporary 20-year-olds, with their problems, choices and life decisions.

• Biography
  Established in 2012, BLOW UP PRESS is a boutique style publishing house focused on contemporary photography, known from such publications as doc! photo magazine (quarterly mook dedicated to contemporary documentary photography) and DEBUTS (yearly publication presenting the most talented emerging photographers). BUP also publishes monographs by emerging as well as already established photographers. This includes two books so far: 9 Gates of No Return by Agata Grzybowska and Death landscapes by Hubert Humka. Three new books will be published till the end of 2018.
• Awards
  Magazine Visual Editor of the Year 2018 for Aneta Kowalczyk for doc! photo magazine @ 75th POYI competition For 9 Gates of No Return by Agata Grzybowska: * WINNER – Photo Book of the Year – Grand Press Photo 2018 * WINNER – Photo Book of the Year – Plebiscite Fotopolis & Digital Camera 2017 * SILVER – Photo Book / People – Moscow International Foto Awards 2018 * Honourably Mention - Professional: Book, Documentary - International Photography Awards 2018 * Official Selection for Photo Book Exhibition – Athens Photo Festival 2018 * Official Selection for Photo Book Exhibition – Month of Photography Los Angeles 2018 * Shortlisted for the Best Photo Book of the Year International – PHotoEspaña 2018 For Death Landscapes by Hubert Humka: * Honourably Mention - Professional: Book, Other - International Photography Awards 2018