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Awards

One Shot Photo Contest

2022

Gold

Film & Alternative Process

Non Professional

Honorable Mention

Portrait

Non Professional

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About Artist

Thales Banzai

Thales Banzai started making VHS short films in 1999 when he was 9 years old in a small town south of Brazil, and with 15yo, he founded his production company, Banzai Studio. He has already screened his films in different projects among celebrated Brazilian festivals, such as Festival do Rio, Curta Cinema, Festival do Minuto, Curta-8, and the global streaming channel Nowness. Over the years, Photography, something that started as a hobby, took more importance for Thales. He illustrated a book of poems from a Brazilian writer, Pamela Araujo, and created his personal projects, where he uses his background in films and documentaries to bring short stories to life through non-linear photographic narratives. He lives between São Paulo/Brazil and Los Angeles/USA, where he works directing and producing films, developing long-format fiction projects, and collaborating with other writers and directors.

Thales Banzai

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Portrait, Street

Location

Brazil

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Honorable Mention
Nominee
Thales Banzai

Thales Banzai

Abstract

Silver
Yasu Matsumoto

Yasu Matsumoto

Film & Alternative Process

Gold +1
Honorable Mention
Jonathan Moller

Jonathan Moller

Fine Art

Bronze
Leila Grian Middleton

Leila Grian Middleton

Film & Alternative Process