This photograph was shot in Buenaventura, a coastal city and the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean. Although the port accounts for more than 50% of Colombian trade, most of the population is affected by a very high level of poverty. Many stories are told in one single image. Feelings of frustration, indifference, preoccupation, boredom. People disconnected from each other.
Andres Rozo is a professional designer, photographer and professor. He Studied Design and worked for agencies for some years, later he got involved in the academic world and decided to teach, so his career continued by studying an MA in Design and Art and later a research based MFA in Design. Photography came a little late, but for the last few years it has become his profession. Since 2008 his artistic career started with a video mapping installation, later came another and also various itinerant photography exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Awards 2020 Winner (Honorary Mention) - Official Selection in Photography - Encuentro de Imagen MMXX,Querétaro, Mexico.
2019 Winner - Selected to represent Colombia at the 15th photography day exhibition in India.
2019 4 nominations for Fine Art Photographer of the Year in FAPA, Professional category.
2019 Finalist - 25 Concurso Latinoamericano de Fotografía Documental “Los Trabajos y los Días”.
2018 Grant Winner - Convocatoria de Estímulos a Proyectos Artísticos y Culturales,GOBERNACIÓN DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA.
2018 Finalist - 25th Colombian Biennal of Photography.
2018 Finalist - 24 Concurso Latinoamericano de Fotografía Documental “Los Trabajos y los Días”.
2016 3rd prize Fauna category - XII Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2016 3rd prize Flora category - XII Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2016 Finalist Human Portrait category - XII Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2014 Finalist Fauna category - X Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2012 1st prize Flora category - IX Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2012 1st prize Fauna category - IX Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2012 Finalist Human Portrait category - IX Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
2011 1st prize Flora category - VIII Concurso de fotografía El Foton.
2011 2nd prize Flora category - VIII Concurso de fotografía El Foton.
2011 2nd prize Solidarity category - VII Concurso de Fotografía El Fotón.
