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Honorable Mention BIFA 2024 Analog / Film / Fine Art

Babel

  • Photographer
    Angel J. Sánchez
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Analog / Film / Fine Art

Babel is much more than cold, grey buildings; it’s the empire of isolation. Paradoxically, in an era of unprecedented technological advancement for communication, we are more isolated than ever. Babel is a territory of misinformation and confusion, driven by information overload, spurious interests, fake news, and the absence of critical thinking. It’s the X-ray of a society devoid of humanity. In this universe, people are manipulated by algorithms and systems that crush critical thinking, feeding our loneliness and disorientation in a world that is increasingly confusing and devoid of meaning

Bachelor’s Degree in ICTs and Advertising from the UPV-EHU, University of the Basque Country. My life has always been linked to photography in one way or another. Thanks to my work for several advertising agencies, I have had the opportunity of collaborating with great fashion and advertising photographers such as Alejandro Cabrera, Michael Wray, Michael Shelley, Paco Navarro, Toni Riera, etc. from whom I have learnt a great deal and kept feeding my passion. But my interest in photography dates back further into the past. Going back to my childhood, I still recall how I used to play to capture