MARINA SPIRONETTI

The results of 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year have been announced this week. I was delighted to find out that both my finalist images made it to the very final cut and won a second place and a highly recommended mention in the Smart Shot category of the awards, dedicated to photos taken with a smartphone. I am particularly proud as this is the third year in a row that I end up being one of the winners of such a prestigious award. Photographers from 142 countries submitt

Yes, I know - It's been a while since I last updated this blog ... The last few months have been very busy travelling and working on new, exciting photographic projects. There have been some pretty good news as well - for the second year in a row I had the pleasure of being among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year. Last December this picture was awarded second place in the Food - Flavours of the World section. The image was taken at a wedding I attended durin

Very good news - my picture story about Sardinian carnival traditions won second prize in the first edition of the Tokyo International Foto Awards. The winning images - which can be seen here - are part of an ongoing project about traditions in the island of Sardinia, Italy, with special attention to the inland sub-region of the Barbagia. The images were taken in February 2016 and document the carnival traditions of four villages of that area; the "Boes et Merdules" in Ottana