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Claudio Allia
ABOUT WORK
"I experiment a mental and emotional involvement that sometimes ends up revealing within a few hours or even after months of research; that's why my approach with photographic works, can provide various levels of interpretation and transfiguration, levels of expression and communication which in my views may evolve through the use of simple symbolisms up to a complex plot of metaphors and surreal paroxysms.
I love to imagine myself as a tipsy tightrope walker, who staggering travels on the thin line which separates the real from surreal."
CAREER
Freelance awards winning photographer Claudio Allia understands the power of vision: as a trained medical eye-specialist, he has always been fascinated by the underlying processes behind the way we view the world. Since early eighties he has focused most of his creative juices in the music field as music writer and indie jazz/electronic/classical music producer, using his film camera to capture travels and people images.
In 2005 , fascinated by the digital advent, Claudio started to experiment with new visual and creative approaches into the photographic world, spacing from pure fine art series through surrealistic or conceptual projects up to documentary/reportage bodies of work.
Since 2009 Claudio has focused some of his photographic projects on the reality/surreality evident in the Mathare Valley Slum of Nairobi (one of the poorest of eastern Africa) where over 500.000 people fight everyday with high dignity for their elemental human rights. Through photo exhibitions, book publication and print sales, Claudio is trying to support some ongoing humanitarian fundraising projects in Mathare.
ALSO FEATURED IN
AWARDS
2011 - INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (USA)
* First Place winner in Advertising Self Promotion (no-pro) Category
* Second Place winner in Fine Art Other_ FA (no-pro) Category
* Two Honorable Mentions in Special Digitally Enhanced and People Other_P Categories
2011 - PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (FRA)
* Two Gold Awards in Press Category (Performing Arts and Sports)
* Silver Award in Advertising (Other AD) Category
2011 - 6th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (USA)
* One Honorable Mention in Photojournalism Category.
2011 - PHOTO ANNUAL AWARDS (Czech)
* Honorable Mention in Emotions Series Category.
2011 - KL PHOTO AWARDS (Malaysia)
* Portrait Individual Category Finalist
2011 - NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL (USA)
* Featured Artist at the "Provocation" juried contest
2011 - Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Portrait & People AWARDEES (UK)
* Gold Award.
2011 - Worldwide Photography Gala Awards STORYTELLER AWARDEES (UK)
* Honorable Mention and Finalist.
2010 - EXHIBIT-A INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION (AUS)
* Awarded Emerging Photographer of year 2009-2010 and Photojournalism category winner.
2010 - CELESTE PRIZE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
* Photography & Digital Graphics Finalist.
2010 - LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION (UK)
* Photography finalist.
2010 - INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (USA)
* First Prize winner in Deeper Perspective and People:Lifestyle (no-pro) categories.
* Third Prize winner in People : Lifestyle (no-pro) category.
* Two Honorable Mentions in Special FX category and one in Deeper Perspective.
2010 - PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (FRA)
* First Prize winner in Photojournalism and Portraiture categories.
* Third Prize winner in Book Proposal (Series Only) category.
2010 - APPLIED ARTS Photography & Illustration Awards (Canada)
* Awards Winner in Unpublished/Personal Photography - Series
2010 - RENAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHY 2010 (UK)
* Freshfields Prize Winner.
2010 - KL PHOTO AWARDS (Malaysia)
* Top 10 Story Finalist .
2010 - IPA's "FACING 2010" (USA)
* 3rd Place Awarded
2009 - INTERNATIONAL APERTURE AWARDS (USA)
* Silver and Bronze Awards in Abstract/Illustrative Category
2009 - LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION
* One Honorable Mention for "Androids" series.
2009 - INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (USA)
* Three Finalist Nominations and Honorable Mentions.
2009 - PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (FRA)
* First Prize in "Self Promotion" and "Advertising" categories.
* One Honorable Mention for "Back Home"
2009 - PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP (USA)
* Two nominations in People category
2008 - INTERNATIONAL APERTURE AWARDS (USA)
* Bronze Award in People category
2008 - BLACK & WHITE SPYDER AWARDS (USA)
* Two nominations in Fine Art and Silhouette categories.
2008 - INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (USA)
* Three Honorable Mentions in "Advertising - Self Promotion", "People-Children" and "Special Effects" categories.
2008 - PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS (FRA)
* First Prize winner in no-pro "Fine Art -Digitally Enhanced" category.
* One Honorable Mention for "Androids" serie
2007 - INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS (USA)
* Second Prize winner in no-pro section "Special Effects" category.
* Three Honorable Mentions in "Special FX" and "Digitally Enhanced" categories
2006 - VENICE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST (Italy).
* Golden and Silver Medals in "Street" and "Communication (color)" categories
EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Collective Exhibition "Producing Censorship". La Fabbrica del Vapore Milan (ITA) / September 15 - 29.>br/>
2011 - Galerie Huit Photography Open Salon collective exhibition themed "Transience". Galerie Huit - Arles (FRA) / July 8 - September 18>br/>
2011 - Collective Exhibition themed "Through a lens: Inspiration or Desperation". Coastal Arts League Gallery & Museum - Half Moon Bay (USA) / July 1 - August 1 >br/>
2011 - PX3 Collective exhibition at Espace Dupon - Paris / June 29 - July 13. >br/>
2011 - KL Photo Awards Individual Portrait Finalists collective exhibition - White Box Gallery, MAPKL, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) / April 19 - May 4.>br/>
2011 - New York Photo Festival "Provocation" collective Exhibition - Power House Arena NY/
March 26 - April 17.
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2010 - Celeste.Prize Final exhibition & awards at The Invisible Dog - Brooklyn NY / December 11 -13.
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2010 - Solo exhibition "Wheelchair Dreams" Palazzo della Cultura - Catania (Italy) / December 4 - 19.
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2010 - Solo exhibition "A Trip through visions and dreams by Claudio Allia" at Dassera Art Space - Athens (Greece) / November 26 - December 30.
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2010 - Collective exhibition "Consumption" at the Center for Fine Art Photography - Fort Collins (USA) / July 2 - 24.>br/>
2010 - KL Photo Awards - Top Ten Story Finalists exhibition at Annexe Gallery - Kuala Lampur (Malaysia) / May 20 - June 6.
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2010 - Renaissance exhibition in the Gallery of the Hospital Private Members Club - London (UK) / April 20 - 21. >br/>
2009 - Solo exhibition "Surrealia" at SIKANIE Centro di Arti Visive - Catania (Italy) / 6 December - 6 January. >br/>
2009 - PX3 Collective exhibition at Espace Dupon - Paris / June 26 - 30. >br/>
2008 - PX3 Collective exhibition at Galerie Acte 2 - Paris May 6 / June 13.>br/>
2008 - Collective art exhibition "Art Biologic" at Limner Gallery Hudson (NY) / March 1 -14.>br/>
2008 - Collective art exhibition "Punto di Fuga del Pensiero" at Ars Habitat Genoa (Italy) / March 31 - June 30.>br/>
2007 - Duo exhibition titled "Esplorazioni" at Galleria Vecchio Bastione Catania (Italy) / May 30 - June 30>br/>
2006 - Collective exhibition V.I.P.C. 2006 Venice International Photo Contest - Venice, Santa Maria della Pietà / December 8 - 22.>br/>