Milky Way Under Siege

• Prize
• Photographer
  Mauro Mendula, Italy

Capo Ferro (northern Sardinia, Italy). The Milky Way surrounded by
a looming storm. Pano composed by 7 vertical shots.

I was born in 1973, in Olbia (Sardinia, Italy). Since my childhood I have always been fascinated by music (I have studied theory and I still play) visual arts, but first of all photography. I lived the switchover to digital from analog at the end of my College. I graduated in Philosophy with a dissertation about the Aesthetic and Mystical experience. For years I have experienced, on the field, the theoretical and practical implications that the digital image has introduced in photographic art.

Awards - Photographer Mauro Mendula was nominated in Panoramic for the entry entitled Milky Way under siege at 1st Fine Art Photography Awards competition: Honorable Mention.

In 2015 Fine Art Photography Awards received more then 3000 submissions from 77 countries around the world. Winners were selected by highly acclaimed panel of international judges, including: Qingjun Huang, Carolyn Guild, Klaus Kampert, Pini Hamou, Rupert Vandervell, Pongsatorn Sukhum, Kilian Schönberger, Peter Kool, Lara Zankoul and GMB Akash. (http://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2014/amateur/panoramic/hm/279)

- Selected & Published in the KOLOR PANOBOOK 2015.