Conceptual nominee

The topic of mental health is very delicate and difficult to deal with also because it includes a variety of disorders with boundaries, not always well delineated, ranging from neurosis to psychosis.
"Borderline Ocean” aims to describe those situations of mental suffering (transient or permanent) that are placed between neurosis and psychosis and that are characterized by: alterations of identity with a markedly and persistently unstable image and perception of oneself; desperate efforts to avoid abandonment (real or imagined); unstable and intense relationships that alternate between idealizing and devaluing the other person; chronic feelings of emptiness,
It is a condition where the reality test is compromised, where the image and perception of oneself are markedly and persistently unstable, where the prevailing defense mechanisms are those centered on splitting: a condition in which evil and good ( represented by the 2 white and black spheres), good and bad cannot be integrated, oscillating between love and hate, between idealization and devaluation or persecutory experience, without being able to find a balance, with inevitable serious repercussions on the self-image and interpersonal relationships.

Born in Sicily in 1974.
She begins with a passion for the landscape, passing through Street Photography and Reportage, to arrive at the Portrait of which follows various workshops with Italian and international Masters including Giovanni Gastel and Mustafà Sabbagh. She then continued his studies on Fashion Photography and Post Production at the prestigious Kaverdash Academy of Photography in Milan, where she further refined lighting, shooting and editing techniques.
Awards:

• 2024 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2024, People-Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Gold Winner TIFA, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee FAPA, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee FAPA, People Category
• 2023 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Finalist Hipa Contest, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention IPA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Finalist Imago Photocontest Orbetello (GR) 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 5TH PLACE WINNER HIPA CONTEST 2021-2022, Portrait Category
• 2022, Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Nature and Wildelife Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Fashion and Beauty Category