Travel 2nd place winner

Japan is a unique, multifaceted country with a millennial culture and tradition.
The beautiful architecture of the ancient temples are extraordinary.
The contrast between modernity and tradition is almost unique.
In this project, I focused on mystical Japan.
I exposed it in the invisible light of the infrared spectral region, with a professional digital camera, modified as an infrared camera.

Miguel Franco Botticelli is a professional Filmmaker, Architecture and Art Photographer.
He is of German nationality of Spanish/Italian descent.

As an Architecture and Art Photographer he specialized in the historic processes of photography, which are hand-crafted. These processes he studied at the George Eastman Museum, Rochester, USA, and also in Germany. His specialties are the Carbon Print Process and the Platinum Print Process.

Exhibitions

2020 European Cultural Centre (ECC), Venice, Italy – Six month exhibition „Time, Space, Existence“ at Palazzo Mora, in the context of the Venice Biennale 2020.

2018.19 Arte Laguna Prize / at the Arsenale di Venezia, IT. – Group exhibition in Photographic Art.

Awards

2024 Budapest International Photo Awards (BIFA) Silver Winner
2024 ND Awards 3rd Place Bronze Star Award
2024 LE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3) Bronze Medal
2024 International Photography Awards (IPA) Four "Honorable Mentioned" and eight "Official Selection" in professional categories.
2020 LE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (PX3) Bronze Medal