amateur category
Follow me (Single)
DESCRIPTION
A woman walks on the beach during the international kite festival in Dieppe, Normandy, France. The city celebrates this event since 1980 and welcomes a thousand professionals from the five continents. It is considered as one of the largest festival of its kind in the world and makes a great photographic playground.
AUTHOR
Amélie Louys is a Danish/French photographer (1977) currently based in Dieppe, France.
She has worked as a EU cultural project manager for ten years in Barcelona while spending her free time traveling with her camera in-hand. This gave birth to several documentary projects and travel series. In the last years, she developed her vision towards fine art photography. She finds her primarily source of inspiration during her long meditative walks. She is attracted by these places that convey intriguing and surreal narratives. With a keen eye on composition and a minimalistic approach, she turns small moments into timeless imagery.
AWARDS 2021
FAPA: Silver medal (series) and Nominee (single), travel category.
IPA: 2 honorable mentions
ND: 2 honorable mentions
Lens Culture Art Photography Awards : editors’ picks (Competition Gallery)
EXHIBITION 2021
Foley Gallery, one-night group show curated by Feature Shoot (NY)
Galerie Orion, Espace de la Mer, Plage de Pourville (FR)
Les Âmes Art, Art market, Dieppe (FR)
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury (VT), juried exhibition"Composed"
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
(2019) Photo projection and artist talk about "Carrer Julià" project at Can Basté Foto a la Fresca, Barcelona (ES)
(2018) Touring exhibition of The Hidden Face of Today's Colombia (COL), (IT), (ES), UK)
She has worked as a EU cultural project manager for ten years in Barcelona while spending her free time traveling with her camera in-hand. This gave birth to several documentary projects and travel series. In the last years, she developed her vision towards fine art photography. She finds her primarily source of inspiration during her long meditative walks. She is attracted by these places that convey intriguing and surreal narratives. With a keen eye on composition and a minimalistic approach, she turns small moments into timeless imagery.
AWARDS 2021
FAPA: Silver medal (series) and Nominee (single), travel category.
IPA: 2 honorable mentions
ND: 2 honorable mentions
Lens Culture Art Photography Awards : editors’ picks (Competition Gallery)
EXHIBITION 2021
Foley Gallery, one-night group show curated by Feature Shoot (NY)
Galerie Orion, Espace de la Mer, Plage de Pourville (FR)
Les Âmes Art, Art market, Dieppe (FR)
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury (VT), juried exhibition"Composed"
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
(2019) Photo projection and artist talk about "Carrer Julià" project at Can Basté Foto a la Fresca, Barcelona (ES)
(2018) Touring exhibition of The Hidden Face of Today's Colombia (COL), (IT), (ES), UK)
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