TITLE: The summer is now behind us...

It looks like the Summer is now behind us and the leaves are falling all around us.
But still, it is always warm.
I Have a prolonged take of the silent, sorrowing Gonzalo staring straight to camera.

AUTHOR: Santiago Martinez de Septien (Spain)

Amateur photographer from Burgos, living in Malaga, Spain with a keen interest in street photography and portraits. Influenced by classic photographers such as Cartier Bresson, Eliot Erwitt, Dorothea Lange, Brassai, Michael Kenna, Garcia Rodero, Ortiz de Echagüe, who changed the way he sees things.

Awards:
IPA-LATIN 2018 "Discovery of the Year", Taking Ballet Lesson
Vienna International Photography Awards 2020. Gold medal, Students Ctg
Minimalist Photography Awards 2020, "Street Photographer Of The Year"
Budapest International Photo Awards 2020. Gold medal, Editorial Ctg
IPA-ES 2017, Silver "Runner" (Sports)
TOKYO-2020 Bronze in Editorial + Family. Jury Top 5 Selection
CHROMATIC AWARDS 2020, 2er prize in people
CHROMATIC AWARDS 2019, 1er prize in fine arts
CHROMATIC AWARDS 2018, 3er prize in fine arts

Finalist
16th Lucie Awards. "Discovery of the Year" Oct 2018 New York
2020 Street Photography Awards 2020

Exhibitions:
Best of Show, New York Oct 2018. Lucie Awards Week
PX3 PARIS PHOTO AWARDS AND IPA 2018/19 ‚FOREMOST‘ EXHIBITION. Jan 2020. Okinawa, Japan.
VIENNA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARD, July 2020, Viena Austria.
Best of Show, Bangkok Nov 2018
Best of Show, Manila, Philippines, Jun 2019​
Best of Show, House of Lucie Los Angeles CA USA May 2019
Blipoint Festival 2019 Barcelona, Spain Oct 2019
XXXIX Concurso Nacional de Fotografía JMHHSS de Gandia , Spain. Feb 2021

Honorable Mentions/Nominations

2021 FAPA "Coronavirus confinement in Spain" (People)
2021 FAPA " Szechenyi Baths" (Street Photography)

2020 Annual Photography Awards. "The summer is now behind us...(Portrait)
2020 Annual Photography Awards. "Coronavirus confinement in Spain, Photojournalism
2020 10th Annual Mobile Photography Awards "Coronavirus Confinement", Photojournalism.
2020 iPhone Photography Awards "Széchenyi, Budapest. (travel)
2020 Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris. "Coronavirus Confinement"
2020 FAPA "Niño. (Look into a child's eyes.)" (People)
2020 Monovisions Photography Awards "The summer is now behind us..." (Fine Art)
2020 Neutral Density Photography Awards "Coronavirus Confinement in Spain" (Photojournalism/History)
2020 RISE International Photography Awards 2020. Bronze Medal "Coronavirus Confinement"

2019 Monochrome Photography Awards "Look into a child's eyes" (portrait)
2019 Monochrome Photography Awards "The last summer" (Conceptual)
2019 FAPA "When Depression Comes in Waves" (Seascape)
2019 Tokyo International Photography Awards. Blinded By The Sunlight " (Children)
2019 Neutral Density Photography Awards "The summer is now behind us..." (Children & Family)
2019 FAPA "Ballet for Kids" (People)
2019 International Photography Awards "Look up Child" (People -Children)
2019 International Photography Awards "The arrival of the troops of the Legion" (Event-Traditions and Cultures)
2019 Monovisions Photography Awards "Taking Ballet Lessons" (Fine Art)

2018 Monochrome Photography Awards "Ballet Lessons" (Fine Art)
2018 Monochrome Photography Awards "Depression Comes in Waves" (Fine Art)
2018 Monochrome Photography Awards "Today is Gone" (Conceptual)
2018 FAPA "Returns" (People)
2018 FAPA "En las Horas Oscuras" (People)
2018 Fusion Art 2nd Black & White International Art Exhibition - May finalist

2017 Monochrome Photography Awards "Amanece en la Toscana" (Landscapes)
2017 Monochrome Photography Awards "My Way" (Conceptual)
2017 FAPA "Road to nowhere" (Travel)
2017 FAPA "Slipping away" (Street Photography)