Recreational Animals

• Photographer
  Eleonora Pecorella, United Kingdom
• Website
  http://eleonorapecorella.com

A visual reflection about animals in captivity, following the
transformation of old recreational zoos into a committed to
conservation and education places, now paradoxically passed off
as loyal tools to preservation.
Today animals are still in cages, no matter how natural they look
like.

• Biography
  Eleonora Pecorella was born in Rome in 1973. Upon completing a degree in history of art, she undertook postgraduate work at the University of Rome. She has been working in Contemporary Art for many years, curating and coordinating exhibitions, shows and projects. In London, where she lives and works, she attended photography courses at Saint Martins College of Art and Design. After two years of work, while she attended a course at the Rome Botanic Garden and a plant and flower photography course at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, she had exhibited her work in her first solo show Botanical Beauty at the Imperial College of London â?? South Kensington in May-June 2010. Recently she has had the Honorable Mention form the 2010 International Photography Award and shown in the group exhibitions La Foto Rupestre at the Church of Santâ??Agostino in Faleria and Il Bello fa bene at the Archiginnasio of Bologna.
• Awards
  2015 - VIII International Color Awards, Winner in Aerial category, plus 3 Nominations in other categories - Lens Culture Portrait Award, Finalist _PX3 Prix de la photographie, Honorable Mention for the project Recreational Animals 2014 - Moscow Foto Awards, third place in Self Portrait category - Premio Celeste, Milan Italy, finalist - New York Centre for Photographic Art: New Creativity Honorable Mention for: Distribution #15 - 7th Photography Master Cup (International Color Awards) Nominee in Fine Art Professional: The Place where I dissolve my inner conflicts - Depression Nominee in Portrait Professional: Margherita 2013 - International Prize Massenzio Arte Selection for the exhibition for the series "Another Point of View" - London International Creative Competition Honorable Mention for the project "Another Point of View" - International Photography Awards One Shot: One World Honorable Mention in Places category for the entry “Sorrento” Honorable Mention in Things category for the entry “Venezia” - Nikon Photo Contest 2012-2013 First round selection for the series "Reflections" 2012 - Mine, l’esplosione del Sé Winner for the project "Another Point of View" - International Photography Awards_One Shot: Spaces Honorable Mention in Spaces – Inside category for the entry “The space where I dissolve my conflict_Sexuality.” Honorable Mention in Spaces – Inside category for the entry “The space where I dissolve my conflict_Depression.” Honorable Mention in Spaces – Inside category for the entry “The space where I dissolve my conflict_Huffiness.” Honorable Mention in Spaces – Inside category for the entry “The space where I dissolve my conflict_Rage.” Honorable Mention in Spaces – Inside category for the entry “The space where I dissolve my conflict_Sexuality.” 2011 - Px3 Prix de la photographie
 Official selection in the category Portraiture Children 2010 - International Photography Awards Honorable Mention in the Flower category for the entry "Hibiscus "