TITLE: The imperfect

With this simple photo of 3 garlic I tried to express the concept of imperfection. In a world where beauty and perfection are considered an essential requirement for living well, who or what is imperfect is seen as a subject to be eliminated at all costs, to be hidden, to be discarded, not even to be taken into consideration because it is not meets the approved aesthetics. The three garlic in the photo want to be a tribute to imperfection, demonstrating that beauty can go beyond the canons dictated by the mass media.

AUTHOR: Barbara Leoni (Italy)

Passionate about photography since childhood, but only in recent years have I started to actively practice it by following courses and workshops always experimenting with new techniques.

International call from the New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA): Monochrome 2024, Third place and selected image by the Jury

Chromatic Photography Awards 2024 Nomination in Amateur "Abstract" Honorable Mention

ND Awards International Photography Contest 2024 3rd Place in People: Children

National Photographic Competition “Together for Pennapiedimonte” (CH) Second place in the “La Pietra Protagonista” section 2024

Monovisions Photography Awards 2024 category “Portrait ” Honorable Mention
Monovisions Photography Awards 2024 category “ Conceptual” Honorable Mention


10th Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 Nomination in Amateur “Portrait” category

Chromatic Photography Awards 2023 Nomination in Amateur "Abstract" Honorable Mention

Collective exhibition at the Bottini dell'Olio library (Livorno), 1st Festival of Female Photography "L'altra donna" 2023 Special Mention

9 th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2023 Nomination in Amateur “Conceptual” category
9 th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2023 Nomination in Amateur “Nudes” category
9 th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2023 Nomination in Amateur “Fine Art” category

Monochrome Photography Awards 2022 category "Portrait" Honorable Mention

Monochrome Photography Awards 2022 “Conceptual” category Honorable Mention

ONE SHOT project - Let's tell the world in one shot, organized by FIAF (Italian Federation of photographic associations) selected photo 2022.

Monovisions Photography Awards 2022 category “Nude” Honorable Mention

Collective exhibition at Palazzo Ferrajoli (Rome) organized by the Pages Publishing House February 2022

Monochrome Photography Awards 2021 category “Portrait” Honorable Mention

LXV Basilio Cascella Award “A riveder le stelle”, Ortona (CH) 2021 Finalist photo

IX Edition of the "Andrea Pierotti" competition, with the theme Nature: colors and shapes of the micro / macro world, 2019 Photo selected and exhibited at the Palazzo Comunale di Pietrasanta (Lu)

19th photo contest “Obiettivo Animali” organized by the Costaphoto Photographic Group01, 2019, two reported photos.

Competition organized by the "Tuscan Entomological Group" (FI), 2018, First classified.

Photo review "Circuit OFF" exhibition Portfolio "Ada" at "Pizzeria Marameno" (Lu) 2018

Photo exhibition "Circuit OFF" exhibition Portfolio "Life in the hands" at "Franco Montanelli" (Lu) 2017

Photo review "Circuit OFF exhibition Portfolio" A world of color "at" Lucca Glam "(Lu) 2016

Competition "Words and Images" section "Sport: passion ... photography" in Mellana di Boves (CN), 2014, Second classified.

Collective photographic exhibition at Palazzo Vitelli "The family of woman", Pisa, later replicated in Lucca in the Agorà center, 2014

National photography competition "An instant of water" organized by the Unesco club of Tolentino (MC), 2013 First place