Zenith Nature

• Photographer
  Michele Molinari, Italy
• Website
  https://michelemolinari.info
• Instagram
  @micmol.art

The project was born when I bought a drone but I really got a kick out of it during the pandemic, when people were forbidden to travel far from home. Hovering above natural parks and marshes that surround my hometown was, and still is, a way to escape from the ordinary. I used the healing power of photography and my subjective view of nature to counterbalance the loss of control that the pandemic cast upon my and all lives. I concentrate on producing images not immediately recognizable for what they're. Zenith perspective helps in that, as we usually look at nature from below or from aside.

Michele (he/his) is a self-taught artist, longtime photographer, uncomplicated writer based in Mantua, Italy. He lived in Milan, Italy, New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina, slowly shifting from a frantic freelance career in journalism and photography toward a more relaxed routine involving art and nature.
He’s somewhat conceptual. All his works are based on life experience and ordinary moments mixed with a fascination with light, technology and the passing of time.
Michele has a background in Civil Engineering and Biology.
Several of his works belong to galleries and private collections.

Awards 2024
. Bronze Award 1839 Awards: New York and its suburbs (window seat, plz)

2023
. Bronze Award TIFA2023: window seat, plz
. Gold Award BIFA2023: window seat, plz
. 3rd Place IPA2023: window seat, plz
. Silver Award PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: CABA
. Silver Award PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: window seat, plz
. Bronze Award PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: That Sky Book

2022
.Gold Winner Portfolio TIFA: Zenith Nature
. Official Selection IPA2022: Zenith Nature
. Honorable Mention BIFA2022: Zenith Nature
. Honorable Mention MIFA2022: Zenith Nature
. Gold Winner Book/Fine Art BIFA2022: That Sky Book
. Bronze Award MIFA2022: That Sky Book
. Winning Placement / Second Place IPA2022: That Sky Book
. Shortlisted LensCulture Art Photography Awards: 2 photos: Water Chestnut, Fallen Sky
. Semi finals Share the View Int’l Nature Photography Competition: Fallen Sky
. Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards
. Official Selection and Honorable Mention IPA2022 (2 photos)
. Official Selection TIFA: Resting Flamingos

2021
. Honorable Mention PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: Zenith Nature

2020
. Bronze Prize TIFA2020: CABA photobook

2019
. Honorable Mention IPA2019 (2 photos)

2018.
. Honorable Mentions IPA2018: East Canada Horizons (photography serie)

2017
. First Place (Best Film) Nature and Environment in CICFF: Winter Continuous Cycle
. Official Selection Near Nazareth Festival: Winter Continuous Cycle
. Official Selection kleff Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival: Winter Continuous cycle