SERGIO GALAN SANCHIS
The Surma women (Series)
DESCRIPTION
This is a series of portraits of Surma women in their village.
The Surma or Suri are an ethnic group of the Southern Nations of Ethiopia. Part of them live in South Sudan.The Surma decorate their bodies with corporals paintings, every sort of elements and with scarification, as an expression of creativity, and a distinctive linked with the group they belong to. But the most characteristic beauty item in Surma people is the insertion of a clay plate in ears and lips, in order to show beauty and get married. The large the plate is more beautiful is the bride and more expensive is the dowry.
AUTHOR
I'm a passionated traveler. I try to catch what amazes me in photographs and writtings.
Some awards:
-2nd place in 5th FAPA (Fine Art Photography Awards), 2019 in category Night Photography.
-3 Nominee mentions in 6th FAPA 2020, in travel category.
-Nominee in 4th FAPA (Fine Art Photography Awards), 2018 in category Street Photography.
-Nominee in 5th FAPA (Fine Art Photography Awards), 2018 in category Open Theme.
-Selected in National Geographic's Daily Dozen (06/18/2018).
-Nikon has included a picture of mine in the NIKON CALENDAR 2020 (Month of Febrary).
-Remarkable artwork in Siena International Awards Photocontest (SIPA) 2017.
-Paris PX3 Prix de la Photographie Gold 2019 and 2020.
-Paris PX3 Prix de la Photografie Bronze 2018,2020.
-Paris PX3,Honorable Mention in 2020, STATE of the WORLD
-3 Honorable Mentions in IPA (Intl Photography Awards) 2019.
-1 Honorable Mention in 2020, IPA (One Shot/Movement)
-Awarded with 3 Honorable Mentions in ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography Awards) 2018.
-Finalist in 2018 SIPA contest.
-Included in Magnum Photography Awards Gallery. (magnum-photography-awards-2017#competition-gallery)
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