TITLE: Hypnotic escape

The staircase in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (IL) taken with unusual camera angles to simultaneously play with its shapes and lights, creating symmetrical and opposite eyes, or strange views that remind Escher's works of art.

AUTHOR: Simone Arrigoni (Italy)

Simone Arrigoni is a classical pianist, multiple Freediving World Record holder and successful photographer. He holds more than 170 awards in the most prestigious International Photo Contests, such as the 1st Prize in NTU 2017 by Singapore's Nanyang Technological University & National Geographic. He was appointed FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador in China 2017-2019 and has been Underwater Photography Festival Ambassador since 2019. His works have been published in books, magazines and catalogues, as well as being collected and exhibited worldwide, from USA to Japan via Europe and China.

Awards:
- 1st Prize and "Jury Top Five Selection" in the International Photography Awards IPA 2021, category "Nature - Other"
- 1st Prize "Special Best New Talent of the Year" in the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020, category "Special"
- Gold in the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020, category "Special"
- 1st Prize in FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards 2020, "category "Nature"
- Grand Prize Winner "Best of Show" in Grey Cube Gallery's International Art Contest Sky 2020
- 1st Prize in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature"
- Gold Award in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Underwater"
- Gold Award in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Seasons"
- Gold Award in MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Underwater"
- Gold Award in TIFA Tokio International Foto Awards 2018, category "Nature - Underwater"
- 1st Prize in NTU International Photography Awards 2017 by Singapore's Nanyang Technological University & National Geographic
- Gold Award in TIFA Tokio International Foto Awards 2017, category "Architecture-Interiors"
- Gold Medal in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2017, category "Architecture"
- 1st Prize Best in Show in the Fusion Art's International Contest Skies Art Exhibition, Palm Springs (California) 2017
- 1st Prize in the New York International Photography and Digital Art Contest 2017
- 1st Prize in the FIIPA Fiof Italy International Photography Awards 2016, category "Architecture"