A button is sewn by nature itself like a living fabric. The image
relates two worlds, the natural and the artificial. The wisdom of
nature and the human culture, intertwined.
Jose Ramón Rodríguez Laiño was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 1982 he live in Galicia, Spain, native country of his parents where he obtained spanish citizenship. He studied architecture and worked for twelve years for a national and international architectural offices, making projects, models, photography, photocollages and 3D models of buildings and industrial design in many competitions projects that have won prizes. In these years, his interest in photography was rising, using analog cameras with macro lens to photograph architectural and conceptual models, although his interest in photography comes from many years ago.
He has also worked in painting from a very early age, getting the award Novos Valores in Pontevedra Biennial 1991, Spain. He has studied and practiced airbrushing and airbrushing on photography at the Center for the Study of Video and Image in Santiago de Compostela obtaining outstanding rating in his final work diploma.
Since 2009 he excited for photography, as well as for digital edition and digital manipulation, especially in still life category, self-taught learning and using photography as a means to express ideas in a creative way.
Since 2013 Jose Laiño presents his recent photographic work to international contests for the first time, obtaining awards and recognitions from various juries by relevant people from the photographic industry in different countries.
Awards AWARDS
2014
· Monochrome Photography Awards 2014. London, United Kingdom.
4 Honorable Mentions Pro.
· One Eyeland Photography Awards 2014. Chennai, India.
Silver Award, 2nd Place "Amateur Photographer of the year".
Golden Award "Photographer of the year" in Amateur Advertising.
1 Gold and 3 Silvers.
· Neutral Density Photography Awards. London, United Kingdom.
2nd Place, Silver Star Award.
· Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA 2014). Moscow, Russia
1st Place and 5 Honorable Mentions.
· International Photography Awards (IPA 2014). Los Angeles, EE. UU.
1st Place and 3 Honorable Mentions.
· Prix de la Photographie (PX3 2014). Paris, France.
1 Gold , 5 Silvers, 1 Bronze and 4 Honorable Mentions.
· People's Choice Awards (PX3 2014). Paris, France.
3 Second Places.
· Graphis Photography Annual 2014. New York, EE. UU.
Finalist
2013
· International Photography Awards (IPA 2013). Los Angeles, EE. UU.
1st Place and 10 Honorable Mentions.
· 1st International Digital Photo Salon "Illa de Menorca" Spain
CEF Gold medal in B&W section and Finalist in Color section.
· One Eyeland Photography Awards 2013. Chennai, India.
2 Bronzes.
PUBLICATIONS
· MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY Annual BOOK 2014. (Soon)
London, United Kingdom. 2014.
· IPA Annual BOOK 2014. (Soon)
The Lucie foundation. Los Angeles, EE. UU. 2014.
· PX3 Annual BOOK 2014.
París, France. 2014.
· One Eyeland Annual BOOK 2014.
"Best of the best photographers". Chennai, India.
· dZoom WEB.
Article-Interview "Learning from Jose Laiño". Spain, 2014
· IPA Annual BOOK 2013.
The Lucie foundation. Los Angeles, EE. UU. 2014.
· One Eyeland Annual BOOK 2013.
"Best of the best photographers". Chennai, India.
· One Eyeland MAGAZINE.
Issue Nº4. Chennai, India 2013.
· One Eyeland MAGAZINE.
Issue Nº3. Chennai, India 2013.
· Cultura Inquieta WEB.
The platform for music & the arts. Spain, 2012.
· Caborian WEB.
Photographic technique. Spain, 2011.
EXHIBITIONS
2015
Solo exhibition - NOVA ART
NOVA Restaurant lounge (Michelín Star). Ourense, Spain.
2014
· Solo exhibition - OUTONO FOTOGRAFICO FESTIVAL 2014.
"Naturalezas Vivas" in María Pita House Museum. A Coruña, Spain.
· Solo exhibition - OUTONO FOTOGRAFICO FESTIVAL 2014.
"Naturalezas Vivas" exhibition in Ars Lumen Fotografía. Ourense, Spain.
· Group exhibition - MIFA 2014 WINNERS
Projection in FotoLoft Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2011
· Group exhibition - OUTONO FOTOGRAFICO FESTIVAL 2011.
ExtremeShooters colective proyection. Ourense, Spain.
· Group exhibition - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROXECTA 2011
ExtremeShooters colective proyection. Vilagarcía, Spain.
· Group exhibition - AL ANDALUZ PHOTOFESTIVAL GRANADA
ExtremeShooters colective proyection. Granada, Spain.
2010
· Group exhibition - FOTOGENIO 2010
ExtremeShooters colective proyection. Murcia, Spain.
· Group exhibition - CABORIAN CONGRESS
Laboral university. Gijón, Spain.
