Portrait nominee

The Christian and military order of Santa María of Spain, originally from the 13th century, reborn in Cartagena thanks to the inspiration emerged in the country of the rising sun.
It was one of the military orders that later was created during the reconquest.
Founded by initiative of the king, and not of any king, it was of Alfonso X, El Sabio.
The first, organized around the fleet; the first to have a admiral; the first and only to have four venues and
the first to be titled " from Spain ", when not yet Spain existed as a project political beyond mere geographical reality that was already Hispania. And it was born in Cartagena and has been restored in Cartagena.
The Order was instituted like the Order of Calatrava where were part of it clergymen, knights and other lay friars.
They want to recover the authentic spirit of the Christian chivalry, the are men ready to play life for an ideal.

Trained as University Expert in Photography, Senior Technical Specialist in Telecommunications, Image and Sound. In 1998 he began to work in press photography and has worked in different regional newspapers during more than 10 years. He has made specific publications in national newspapers like El Mundo, El País, La Gaceta, La Vanguardia, 20 Minutos, Sport, ABC and magazines XL Semanal, Sterling Magazine, Época, Don Balon, Ser Padres and Cosmopolitan. He now works as a freelance photographer under the trademark Qapta.es. He has been a correspondent in the area since 2001 at Marca, a contributor to the OptaSport, Tass, Pacific Press and Alamy. He is a member of the ANIGP-TV (National Association of Press Photographers). He has conducted and coordinated the photographic edition of the book “Una Historia, una Fiesta” published by the Federation Troops and Legions, and “Rise, the last voyage of the submarine Peral” published by the Naval Museum of Cartagena. Finished 2nd in the X National Photographic Creation Award “Luis Ksado” with the report “Lorca reborn”, finalist in the III International Festival of Sport Communication LFP, finalist XLVI edition of the Army, and second prize at the XII Awards Book edition of the magazine Superfoto Práctica.