Gold in Sports/Extreme Sports / 2025 / Sports / Extreme Sports

• Prize
  Gold in Sports/Extreme Sports, 1st Place winner in Sports
• Photographer
  Angel Sanchez, Spain
• Website
  https://www.angeljsanchez.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/angeljsanchez.photo/

The image was taken during the final of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Championship in Bilbao on October 14, next to the Guggenheim Museum. In it, a diver rises above the museum’s angles, forming his own angle, establishing an analogy between his body and the museum’s silhouette. The goal is to highlight this analogy, emphasizing the scale between man and the building, with the man redesigning his habitat, projecting himself onto the structure.

The image was captured by measuring the lights to extract detail from them, while in post-processing, the shadows were brightened and the contrast wa

Since childhood, photography has been my way of seeing the world. I played at capturing moments by quickly closing my eyes, creating images in my mind. Over time, this became my passion.
I graduated in ICT and Advertising from UPV-EHU and have worked with renowned photographers like Alejandro Cabrera, Michael Wray, and Toni Riera. From 1980 to 1982, I trained in analog photography at the "El Desván" cultural association in Bilbao.
For me, photography is a way to express emotions and discover authentic beauty everywhere

Awards Member Sociétaire du Salon d Automne. Paris, since January 2019
Finalist HIPA Award Humanity 2020 – 2021 | April 2021
Featured Artist Phographize Magazine, Especial Issue Monochrome, March 2022
Finalist Sienna Creative Photo Awards| May 2022
8º 35 Awards | ART Photography Photographs top 1, top 5 y top 10, Top 4 Photographers , January 2023
Winner Platinum London Photography Awards (May, 2024)
Golden Winner European Photography Awards (August, 2024)
Tokio International Awards (Tifa) Silver Winner Portfolio-Fine Art and Bronze Winner Fine Art-Other (January 2025) Honor mention at IPA AWARDS 2025