Photomanipulation nominee

Italian cosplayer in a forest contest, to impersonate a student of the Slytherin House (Harry Potter saga). Some elements have been digitally edited, in order to emphasize the motion effects and lights. Base image was shot with Sony A7III and Sigma 50mm f1.4 art.

Vincenzo Fratepietro was born in 1982, in Puglia, a region in the South of Italy. He loves to play and experiment continuously, and has curiosity for social photography. ln 2016 he represented Italy as an Italian ambassador of FIOF, during the International festival of photography “Photovisia”, wich took place in Krasnodar (Russia). In 2017 he ranked third at the international photographic contest “FIIPA” in the “street category” for the amateur section. In november 2017, trough the International Department of FIOF, he is on show with other italian ambassadors at the Lishiu International Photography Festival, one of the most important Asian photo event. In 2018 he received two honorable mentions at the international photographic contest “FIIPA” in the “conceptual" category for the amateur section. In the Sony World Photography Awards has been selected as "commended" among 320000 participating images from over 200 countries in the world in the "open" section "culture". In the 35 Awards has been selected as "top 40 Italy photographer" among 103 thousand people from 160countries, a total of 257 thousand photos have been submitted.