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The False Illusion

Pollution is a real problem that affects us all. There are often attempts to camouflage or minimize this problem, creating the illusion that it is a distant problem, but in fact we are facing it already today and we leave with a great disadvantage to solve it at this moment.

Awards

Color Photography Contest

2023

Silver

Conceptual

Professional

The False Illusion

Pollution is a real problem that affects us all. There are often attempts to camouflage or minimize this problem, creating the illusion that it is a distant problem, but in fact we are facing it already today and we leave with a great disadvantage to solve it at this moment.

About Artist

André Boto

André Boto, born in 1985, a freelance Photographer from Portugal working in following areas: Conceptual/Creative, Commercial, Architecture, Interiors, Industrial, Decoration Projects, Portrait and Post-Production in Photoshop. Degree in Decorative Arts and courses of Advanced and Conceptual Photography in "Oficina da Imagem". I was always interested in arts and design, devoting much time to the drawing. For him, it´s really challenging to create/re-create our own worlds based on optical illusion, and he is fascinated by Surrealism and by author like M.C.Escher and René Magritte. Main Achievments: 2023 - ICC 8th Annual International Photographer of the Year 2023, Canada. 2023 - European Professional Photographer of the year 2023 by FEP, Belgium. 2022 - Overall winner of the Cosmos Awards 2023, Greece. 2022 – Overall Winner of the Creative Photo Awards 2022, Italy. 2022 – Grand Prize Winner of the International Environmental Photography Contest 2022, USA. 2022 – Illustrative category winner in the FEP – European Photographer of the Year 2022. 2022 – Gold Medal in the London Photo Awards 2022, UK. 2021 – Overall Winner of the "World's Top 10 One Eyeland Photographer 2021. 2021 – Overall Winner of the WPE Awards 2021, France 2021 – Platinum Awards in Muse Photography Awards 2021, USA. 2021 – 1st Prize in Product Category of the Creative Photo Awards 2021, Italy. 2020 – Gold Medal in the San Francisco Bay International Awards, USA. 2010 – FEP - European Photographer of the Year 2010

André Boto

Photographic Areas of Focus

Advertising & Commercial, Architecture, Fine Art, Food & Drink, Interiors, Other, Still Life

Location

Portugal

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