The Ramesseum
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PrizeHonorable Mention
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PhotographerPatricia Mora, Spain
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StudioPatricia Mora Photography
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Bird's eye view of the mortuary temple of Ramesses II, also known as Ramesseum, from a hot-air balloon. The aerial point of view allows to really appreciate the plan of the temple with all its different spaces: the pylons separating the courtyards, the hypostyle hall, the sanctuary at the end, and all the surrounding structures such as the palace (bottom left), the cultic areas or granaries and storage rooms (top and top right respectively). Aerial photography has proven to be a useful tool in archaeology that has been widely used, for instance, to detect structures hidden under the ground.
Born in Barcelona in 1983. While doing her degree in History, specialized in Egyptology, she discovered her passion for photography and studied photographic technique and professional lighting in Barcelona. She decided to combine both passions for a living, working as an archaeological photographer in Egypt. She has been working with national and international archaeological projects in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan since 2006. She has exhibited in Jaén and Alcalá de Henares, with the topics of the results of the Spanish archaeological projects she currently works with in Egypt.
Awards IPA 2021. People - Other. Honorable Mention. Series: "Digging the past".
IPA 2023. Nature - Landscape. Honorable Mention. Single: "Pyramids and horses".
BIFA 2023. Science - Other. Bronze winner with the series "Unearthing the past".
BIFA 2023. Nature - Landscape. Bronze winner. Single: "Pyramids and horses".
BIFA 2023. Nature - Aereal. Honorable Mention. Single: "Life and death".
BIFA 2023. Portrait - People. Honorable Mention. Single: "The poultry seller".
BIFA 2023. Architecture - Buildings. Honorable Mention. Single: "A sacred place in Cairo".
TIFA 2023. Sciene - Other. Silver winner with the series: "A mummified human heart".