UP HALLEY AA

• Prize
  Silver in Press/Travel/Tourism
• Photographer
  antonio gibotta, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  29\01\2019
• Studio
  CANON AMBASSADOR
• Socials
• Website
  http://ag.antoniogibotta.com

On the occasion of Up Helly Aa, teams of about a thousand men, wrapped in a vast, wonderful range of Viking clothes, pour into the dark streets of the Shetland capital. At the stroke of 19.30 the ringing of the bells announces the beginning of the event: the torches are on fire, and the surprising, dazzling procession,
winding half a mile aft of the Guizer Jarl, it lights up with pride.
The Guizer, a metaphor for Viking prisons, will culminate with a sudden bonfire, fed by the thousands of torches thrown by squads.

• Biography
  Nato a Napoli, rappresentato dalla agenzia Controluce. Nel 2014 la National Geographic ha inserioto una fotografia nel libro "Stunning Photographs". Vincitore del POY ,World Press Photo, Magum Photography Awards, PDN PHOTO ANNUAL e 2°al SIPA AWARDS. Nel 2018 è al secondo posto della Sony Professional Competition e tra i cinque finalisti di W. Eugene Smith nella fotografia umanistica. Canon Ambassador
• Awards
  2015: Menzione D’Onore al Contest Americano "BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS" giuria presieduta da membri della Magnum, Contrasto, F.lli Alianti . 2015: Vincitore Assoluto al FIPA ” Fiof Italy International Photography Awards”. 2015: 1° Classificato al FIPA ” Fiof Italy International Photography Awards” nella categoria Storia. 2015 : Vincitore assoluto categoria “Storia” al FIPA ” Fiof Italy International Photography Awards”. 2015 : 2° Classificato categoria “Ritratto” al FIPA ” Fiof Italy International Photography Awards”. 2015 : 1° Classificato al “ Wedding Photographer of the Year 2015 ” 2015: 2° Classificato all’ 8th Annual International Color Awards tenutosi a Beverly Hills (USA). 2015: Nonorable Mention al International Photography Awards 2015 : Honorable Mention nella categoria Storyboard ottenuto al Siena International Photography Awards. 2016 : 3° Classificato al POY PICTURE OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL categoria Feature Picture Story 2016 : 1° Classificato al FIPA Italy International Photography Awards nella categoria Reportage 2016 : 1° Classificato al FIPA Italy International Photography Awards nella categoria Reportage Movie Awards 2016 : 2° Classificato al FIPA Italy International Photography Awards nella categoria Storia 2016 : Rientra tra le 21 storie multimediali esposte al 5th LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism in Germania 2016 : Finalista al World Report Aword 2016 : Honorable Mention nella categoria Storyboard al Siena International Photography Awards. 2017 :Second place at the World Press Photo Contest in the category People stories. 2017 : MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017 Jurors’ Picks 2017 : Second Place at the Siena International Photography Award 2017 : Silver 2017 Press / Feature Story at the The Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2018 : FIOF International Photography Awards Vincitore Assoluto 2018 : Finalsit at W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography