TITLE: My land and my memories

The Sicily I describe is not the one on postcards. It is a land of silences that speak, of waiting, of hard work, of light that glides over the hills from the morning sun until sunset or moonrise.
Through my lens, I try to listen to it—this land—rather than describe it.
I move through barren countryside and tidy fields, among abandoned villages and the creatures that inhabit them. Here, I feel at peace and connected to the nature that surrounds and inundates me.
Every shot becomes a fragment of life, but also of memory, like an ancient breath that comes back to life in the present.
This project was born from a deep, visceral connection with my island and with those who loved it with me. Here, there was no need to build anything: I simply observed, waited, welcomed.
And I conveyed, in photography, what my land wanted to show me.

AUTHOR: Antonella Cunsolo (Italy)

Born in Sicily in 1974. She graduated in Psychology in Rome and specialized in psychotherapy.
She began with landscapes, to arrive at Portraiture, a field in which she followed several workshops with Italian and international Masters.
The projects she carries out move on the border between art and psychology. She is the author of two books: “Io non muoio” and “Noi siamo bellezza”.
With a conceptual language, she is working on a series of photographic projects aimed at giving shape and face to complex issues such as mental distress, anxiety, depression, dissociation, eating disorders, trauma.
He has received numerous awards in national and international competitions. He has exhibited in various galleries and museums. His latest work, "Oceano Borderline," has also been screened internationally and in Rome's most important museums.

Publications and awards

• 2025 1 st Winner IPA (International Photo Awards ) Contest, People/Other Category
• 2025 Gold Winner Budapest International Photo Awards, Fine art/Other Category
• 2025 1st Place Cromatic Photography Awards, Conceptual Category
• 2025 1st Place Premio Strati Creativi Fotografia of Strati D’arte Gallery, Rome
• 2025 Silver Winner New York Photography Awards, Fine Art/Open Theme Category
• 2025 2ND Place ND Awards, Special/Open Theme Category
• 2025 Silver Winner Tokyo International Photo Awards, Fine Art/Other Category
• 2025 Jury Top 5 Selection Tokyo International Photo Awards
• 2025 Finalist Dodho Color Awards
• 2025 Finalist Dodho Fine Art Awards
• 2025 Finalist World Street Photo Awards
• 2025 Finalist Roma Fotografia Photocall and selected for the exhibition at the Etru Museum, Rome
• 2025 Selected for the “Rome Fotografia Future” projections in the museum circuit
• 2025 Lensculture Editors’Pick for the Online Competition Gallery Art Photography Awards 2026
• 2025 Honorable Mention Vienna International Photo Awards, Black and White Category
• 2025 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2025 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Conceptual, PortraitCategory
• 2025 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards, Conceptual Category
• 2025 Honorable Mention Monovision Awards, Conceptual Category
• 2025 Semifinalist Urban Photo Awards, Projects & Portfolios Category
• 2025 Honorable Mention ND Awards, People/Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable Mention Annual Photography Awards. People, Portraiture Category
• 2024 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2024, People-Portrait Category
• 2024 Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Gold Winner Tokyo International Photo Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023/2024 Nominee Fine Art Photography Awards, People Category
• 2023 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Portrait Category
• 2023 Finalist Hipa Contest, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention IPA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Honorable Mention BIFA Contest 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 Finalist Imago Photocontest Orbetello (GR) 2022, Portrait Category
• 2022 5TH Place Winner HIPA Contest 2021-2022, Portrait Category
• 2022, Honorable mention Monovision Awards, Nature and Wildelife Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Monochrome Photography Awards. Portrait Category
• 2021 Honorable Mention Chromatic Awards, Fashion and Beauty Category
• Dicembre 2020 Publication on Digital Photo Professional