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the Sak Yant's possesseds (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Every year at the Wat Bang Phra temple, 50 km outside Bangkok, a ceremony of devotion and respect for the master monks who follow the Sak Yant Buddhist rite takes place. These are a very ancient magical practice of ritual tattoos that combines aspects of Buddhism with previous animist and Hindu roots. Sak Yant literally means "drawn mantra". During this ceremony attended by thousands of people, some are caught in furious mystical trances which, however, normally resolve themselves when some employees stop the possessed and squeeze their earlobes.
AUTHOR
My name’s Roberto Scordino and I’m a professional photographer born and based in Rome.
I started to photograph only at the end of 2015 but I have worked for a long time with multimedia projects working with multinational institutions and brands and have been a VJ starting in 1999 back to the times of vhs.
For years I have been interested in socio-anthropological research in the world of subcultures.
In the last years I studied photography, among others, with awards-winners photographers like Paolo Marchetti and I am graduated in the Masterclass held by Fausto Podavini and Giovanni Cocco.
I love most landscape photography and reportage as a way of storytelling.
Relatively new at photography I’m working very hard to master all aspect of it.
Awards
IPA 2018 Honorable Mention
TIFA 2018 Honorable Mention
5th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee for Professional Seascape Award (single)
5th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee for Professional Photojournalism Award (series)
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards – Bronze in People categories (series)
Narnimmaginaria 2019 – Portfolio Lecture Awards
2019 Budapest International Foto Awards – Silver in Professional Portfolio
I started to photograph only at the end of 2015 but I have worked for a long time with multimedia projects working with multinational institutions and brands and have been a VJ starting in 1999 back to the times of vhs.
For years I have been interested in socio-anthropological research in the world of subcultures.
In the last years I studied photography, among others, with awards-winners photographers like Paolo Marchetti and I am graduated in the Masterclass held by Fausto Podavini and Giovanni Cocco.
I love most landscape photography and reportage as a way of storytelling.
Relatively new at photography I’m working very hard to master all aspect of it.
Awards
IPA 2018 Honorable Mention
TIFA 2018 Honorable Mention
5th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee for Professional Seascape Award (single)
5th Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee for Professional Photojournalism Award (series)
2019 Moscow International Foto Awards – Bronze in People categories (series)
Narnimmaginaria 2019 – Portfolio Lecture Awards
2019 Budapest International Foto Awards – Silver in Professional Portfolio
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