Fine Art 2nd place winner

Towards Intimacy is a project that explores small moments in the lives of fictional characters, inspired by real processes that occur in their personal spaces.
In these intimate environments, life inexorably continues its course, producing events that can mark turning points, trigger significant changes, or on the contrary , trap individuals in recurring patterns.
This series serves as a window into the essence of these profound internal experiences: stories of transformation, gratitude, and loss.
It captures moments that redefine people’s worldviews and their capacity to adapt into new conditions. Through large-format staged photography, the project offers a visual exploration of the deeper intimacies and reflections of individuals.

César Guardia Alemañi (Argentina, 1994) is a photographer and director of photography. He studied cinematography at Universidad de Cine in Buenos Aires and later on at La Femis in Paris. He has worked on projects in Argentina, Mexico, United States, Peru, Paraguay, France, and Belgium, spanning Fine Art photography, feature films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos.
His staged large-format photographs focus on human nature and its most internal processes: introspections, confrontations, and the complexities related to interpersonal relationships.
He has won the 2024 IPA Non Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year Award with his series Towards Intimacy. Currently he is represented by GalleryLabs, with which he will exhibit at Pinta BAFoto Art Fair in Buenos Aires this october.