Dubai By Night

• Photographer
  Giovanni Sonsini
• Prize
  Silver in Architecture / Cityscapes

Photo taken from a terrace of a skyscraper in Dubai

• Biography
  I’m a non professional photographer keen on landscape, architecture and travel photography. I have a degree in mechanical engineering. My passion for photography began at my ninth birthday when I received a gift from my uncle a simple but beautiful Kodak Retinette and then I began experimenting by myself with apertures, shutter speeds and so on. Since then I have continued to take pictures although during the university studies as well as many very challenging work periods had a negative impact on my photographic work. In the last ten years I started to take pictures with some assiduity-
• Awards
  2016 - Siena International Photo Award - Awarded with the prize "remarkable artwork" 2017 – 10th International Color Awards (Los Angeles) - Awarded with 1 “Honorable Mention” and 9 “Nominations”. 2017- 3th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA - London) - Awarded with 6 “nominations”. 2017 – 11thPrix de la Photographie (Paris) - Awarded with 3 “Honorable Mention”. 2017 – Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA) – Awarded with: “Gold”, “Silver” , “Bronze”, 2 “Honorable Mention”. 2017 – 15th International Photography Awards (New York) – Awarded with: 5 “Honorable Mention”. 2017 – 12th Black & White Spider Award (Los Angeles) – Awarded with: 4 “Nominations”. 2017 – Neutral Density Photography Awards – Awarded with 12 “Honorable Mention”. 2017 – Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) – Awarded with 2 “Honorable Mention”. 2017 – International Photographer Of The Year (IPOTY - London) – Awarded with 4 “Honorable Mention”. 2018 – International Photography Awards One-Shot Harmony (New York) – Awarded with: 2 “Honorable Mention”. 2018 – 11th International Color Awards (Los Angeles) - Awarded with 3th prize “Honor of distinction”. , 4 “Honorable Mention” and 8 “Nominations”. 2018 – 4th Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA – London) - Awarded with 10 “nominations” 2018 – Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA) – Awarded with: 2 “Bronze” and 5 “Honorable Mention”. 2018 – 12thPrix de la Photographie (Paris) - Awarded with: 1 “Bronze”. 2018 – 16th International Photography Awards (New York) – Awarded with: First Prize and 6 “Honorable Mention”. 2018 – Neutral Density Photography Awards – Awarded with 3 “Honorable Mention” 2018 – 13th Black & White Spider Award (Los Angeles) – Awarded with: 1 “Honorable Mention” and 2 “Nominations” 2018 – Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) – Awarded with: 1 “Silver” 2019 – 12th International Color Awards (Los Angeles) - Awarded with 2th prize “Merit of excellence” , 2 “Honorable Mention” and 4 “Nominations”.