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Honorable Mention BIFA 2019 Editorial / sports

Underwater Rugby Colombia - Submerged Scrum

  • Photographer
    Camilo Diaz
  • Agency / Studio
    Camilodiazphotography
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Editorial / sports

Nov 7, the Colombia Underwater Rugby team meets in the last training camp before the 2018 junior world championship. Juan Jose la Verde 20 years old, works driving a truck with his father, they supply vegetables to several markets of Medellin, just like. Every night has his desire to be a World Champion training 2 hours with his underwater family. The Junior World Championship took place in Oberhausen Germany where Colombia is crowned World Champion and Juan Jose goal top scorer of the Championship.

Camilo Diaz, born 1981 in Medellin, Colombia, studied Visual Arts at the National University of Colombia and further Fashion Photography, Advertising and Film Studies at various Universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His artistic work focuses on the intimate portrayal of people and their immediate lives and surroundings. More than a depiction, his photographs reveal an intimate discovery and allow shared momentum. His subjects are not strangers but rather people with whom he enters a story.