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Eric Pijnaken
France Honorable Mention Abstract Professional "REACHING FOR THE MOON" PIJNAKEN-ERIC_REACHING FOR THE MOON Unveiling life behind the appearances is the thread through the photographic works of Eric Pijnaken. Photographing already as a child Eric Pijnaken won at the age of 19 years a silver award in the Dutch National Photo Contest with images of Rotterdam metro under construction, the city where he was born. After a journalistic carreer he settled in South-French Ardèche where he had time and energy to develop his photographic works, and soon he has been invited to exhibit in France, Holland , Greece and Switzerland. He won in 2016 a Bronze Award of Tokyo International Foto Awards (Tifa) with series of photo collages « The Torn World » and in 2018 three Silver and one Bronze Award(s) from Tifa with series « God's Blessing of Trump Curses the World » and « The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle». In Spring 2019 photographer Paulo Nozolino inspired him for a new series on which he worked a year, titled « Dancing in the Emptiness » photo collages in black & white, with which he won several silver awards from amongst others New York Photography Awards, and Muse Photography Awards. The first photos of this series have been exhibited in Arles, France, by « Les Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles ». Also with his new series « Blue Vacuity » (entirely in blue) he won a 2022 Silver Winner from Muse Photography Awards. |
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