Plastic is the greatest threat to the global marine ecosystem.
This AI-generated image is inspired by the birth of Venus, the famous renaissance painting by Botticelli, which idealizes beauty and celebrates the birth of a new humanity. In our modern world, I imagine Venus being born again from a trail of plastic waste, a hope that contamination of the seas is not irreversible.
My name is Giuseppe Santangeli (1970, Italy). I am a father, an engineer and a photography enthusiast. I am not a pro, but I have been exploring photography for over twenty years. I prefer performing arts, reportage and black and white, but I always try to challenge myself in different ways.
Awards I have been recently awarded with honorable mentions at the reFocus World Photography Awards, the London Photography Awards in the “special - diptychs” and “travel” categories, and the Monovisions Awards in the “photojournalism” category. In 2022 I was awarded 2nd place at the Monochrome Awards in the “photojournalism” category, and got an honorable mention at the Annual Photography Awards in the “fine art” category.
I received national recognitions and exhibited at the prize “the shape of the sacred today” in Milan Design Week, with maestro Oliviero Toscani. My work has been featured in Photo Project Pro “Shots to tell” and “Spoleto Calling” (2021), among others.
