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Arkaitz Morales Leal, Spain (1981)


All photography reflects a part of our soul, perhaps for this reason the search of a personal style in which I can shape my interests, has led me to evolve towards an expressionist work in most cases through the experimentation.


Awards:
*Shortlist in the "London International Creative Competition" (LICC 2013)
*Honorable mention in the "London International Creative Competition" (LICC 2013)
*Three honorable mention in the "International Photography Awards" (IPA 2013) Category Architecture (other), Fine art (ladscape)& Fine art (other)
*Honorable mention in the "London International Creative Competition" (LICC 2012)
*2nd place in the "International Photography Awards" (IPA 2012) Category Fine art (landscape)
*Two honorable mention in the "International Photography Awards" (IPA 2012) Category Fine art (abstract)
*Honorable mention in the "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3 2012) Category Nature/Landscape
*Highly commended in the “Concurso internacional de fotografía de naturaleza Montphoto 2011”, landscape section (Spain)
*Finalist in “VI Concurso de fotografía de Montaña y Naturaleza OSTADAR” in the categories of Landscapes of Euskal Herria and Xabier Ormazabal Award (Spain 2011)
*Finalist in the international art festival "Incubarte 2011" Spain
*Finalist "III Concurso Fotográfico ACFA-Fotoastur " Spain 2011
*1st prize in the sixth edition of " Concurso de Fotografía de Naturaleza Ciutat de Vila-real " Spain 2009 (Category Arts and Innovation)
*Finalist in the VI edition of "Nature Photography Competition Ciutat de Vila-real" 2009 (Category Landscape)
*Personal photo web finalist in the " VII Edición de los Premios a las Mejores Webs Vascas " (Spain 2009), organized by El Correo
*Finalist in the 43ª Concurso Bizkaia Internacional (Spain 2009)
*Winner of " Calendario Mirada Natural 2009" (Spain 2008)
*Finalist in the V edition of "Concurso de Fotografía de Naturaleza Ciutat de Vila-real " Spain 2008 (Category intraspecific relationships)
*1st prize and special mention in the " I Concurso de Fotografía Universitario " UPV (Spain 2005)
*Finalist in the "I Concurso de Fotografía Digital" Bilbao Gaua (Spain 2005)


Publications:
*Collaboration as photographer invited in the book El Proyecto Fotográfico Personal of Rosa I. Vázquez. Colección Foto-Ruta (2017)
*Appearance in the supplement Ortzadar of the newspaper Deia in the Begirada´s section (September 2016)
*Publication in the Nattule´s blog (September 2016)
*Publication in the "Los expulsados del paraíso, Mágico Gorbea" magazine Nº9 (2014)
*Publication in the NHL magazine Nº15, Nº18 and Nº19 (2014)
*Publication in the "2012 Annual IPA Book" with the content´s winners works (2013)
*Publication in the NHL magazine Nº10, Nº11, Nº12, Nº13 and Nº14 (2013)
*Publication in the 1x´s book "No Words" (2012)
*Collaboration in the book Inspirats per la natura 2012 (MontPhoto 2011 finalists)
*Publication in the Spanish version of National Geographic Traveler magazine, number 145 (2012)
*Cover and article in the musical supplement Martxan of the newspaper Deia with the group Scum to the leader (number 322, 2011)
*Cover in the musical supplement Martxan of the newspaper Deia with the group 5.000 rpm (number 321, 2011)
*Collaboration as photographer invited in the book Foto a Foto 04 of the authors Rosa I. Vázquez and Jose A. Fernández (Colección Foto-Ruta (2011)
*Publication of the article “El lado oscuro de la naturaleza " in the NHL magazine Nº2 (September 2011)
*Collaboration in the e-book "Versos descolocados"of the author Jose Maria Pinedo Penin (April 2011)
*Publication in the Spanish version of National Geographic Traveler magazine, number 132 (2011)
*Publication in the Spanish version of National Geographic Traveler magazine, number 129 (2010)
*Publication in the Spanish version of National Geographic Traveler magazine, number 117 (2009)
*Publication in the GPS supplement of the newspaper El Correo (March 2009)


Jury:
*Member of the jury of the spanish contest "Premio Nacional de Fotografía de Paisaje 2013"


Interviews:
*Interviewed by La Máquinas´s blog (Persona de interés, August 2014)
*Interviewed by Foto Ruta´s blog (Jóvenes fotógraf@s, September 2011)
*Interviewed by the website Naturahoy.com (Gente natura, April 2011)


Exhibitions:
*Personal and itinerant exposition in the cultural proyect of the Department of culture and education of the Bilbao's government, Expodistrito (Bilbao 2014)
*Participation in Madridfoto Contemporary Photography Fair 2012 (represented by Espacio Foto gallery)
*Itinerant collective exhibition of the “Concurso internacional Montphoto 2011” (Spain 2011-2012)
*Collective exhibition "Rincones de Vizcaya" (Baracaldo, Spain 2011)
*Collective exhibition INCUBARTE 2011 (Valencia, Spain 2011)
*Collective exhibition "Rincones de Vizcaya" (Vitoria, Spain 2011)
*Collective exhibition "Rincones de Vizcaya " (Eibar, Spain 2010)
*Audiovisual "Tras la esencia de la naturaleza" (II Congreso Internacional Naturaleza e Imaxe, A Coruña, Spain 2010)
*Individual exhibition "Naturaleza efímera" (Bilbao, Spain 2010)


The list of acknowledgments is becoming more and more extensive, so that I want to thank all the people who have crossed in my way, inspiring, teaching and supporting me with this personal project that I hope it will continue growing.

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