/ 2017 / Portraiture / Wedding

Bajuni marriage

  • Prize
    Silver in Portraiture/Wedding
  • Photographer
    Gianfranco Ferri, Italy
  • Studio
    HM

during a Bajiuni wedding, a Somali Kenyan ethnicity dedicated to
prayer and to Islam, you can see so many bizarre things compared
to a western marriage: one of these, is 'the custom of the maid to
put a bunch of shillings in the suit while the bride waits altar her
future husband who will come 'dancing reggae ....

Born in 1969, he loved photography and travels since he was a child. He suddenly started feeling the necessity of realizing his passions with increasing constancy, trying to catch the depth into random moments of anybody’s life, drawing them as freely and spontaneously as possible. He could also be defined as the creator of a great quantity of masterpieces, that have nature’s astonishing world as protagonist, capturing impressive scenes tough the reflex eye. Furthermore, as a tireless rover, he realized many reportages during his travels in Jordan, Cambodia, Thailand, UAE, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Morocco, Tunisia, UK, Poland, Spain, Germany, USA and Canada.




Awards MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2017
3rd place winner category events

PARIS PX 3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAFIE
1ST place winner category people /book proposal
2ND place winner category wedding
honorable mention category people

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2016
1ST place category winner people
gold winner subcategory people/children
10 honorable mentions category
people/lifestyle/wildlife/
architecture interiors/editorial photo essay/portrait

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2016
3rd place subcategory winner people/wedding
10 honorable mentions category nature /wildlife/people/culturefine art portrait/lifestyle/fine art landscape/family/editorial conflict

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS 2015 ONE SHOT TEME COMPETITION ” THE FAMILY OF MAN ”
2 honorable mention category childhood/youth

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS 2015
3 honorable mentions category people /children /event / tradition and cultures

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2015 :
3rd place category winner editorial / conflict
9 honorable mentions category people/culture/lifestyle/fine art portrait//children/fine art landscape