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Engineer by profession, naturalist by vocation, and photographer by passion.

From my early days I have experienced a deep interest in nature in all its facets. This passion led me to study it eagerly and to try to capture everything associated with it. But it was the sea, especially my passion for diving, the determining factor in my development as a wildlife photographer. Since more than 10 years ago I made my first underwater pictures, my eyes opened to a new world of techniques and possibilities. But above all, new ways to capture and express the beauty of the natural world around us, from an original, creative and personal look.

As a photographer committed to his passion, I feel a deep respect for the natural environment and the living beings around us. I defend and promote nature conservation as a personal mission within my work, supporting causes and projects that I consider that defend environmental knowledge, protection and conservation. My photographs have as a last aim helping to spread this goal.

 

I’ve received the following awards and recognitions:

2023

  • First Prize in B&W category in the XX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • First Prize in Environmental Issues category in the XX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Image selected for the XX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition

2022

  • First Prize in B&W category in the XIX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Third Prize in Color category in the XIX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Image selected for the XIX Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition

2018

  • First Prize in Color category in the XVI Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Image selected for the XVI Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition

2017

  • Second Prize in B&W category in the XV Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Images selected for the XV Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition

2016

  • Image selected for the XIV Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition

2015

  • Third Prize in Color category in the XIII Beni Trutmann Photo Contest
  • Image selected for the XIII Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition
  • First Prize of Wildlife Photography in Author category in the IV Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Fauna category in the IV Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Invertebrates category in the IV Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Underwater landscape category in the IV Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest

2014

  • Image finalist in “Water as a container of life” category in the XXIV Edition of the Internacional Mountain and Nature Photo Contest Memorial Maria Luisa
  • Image semifinalist in the International Wildlife Photo Contest Golden Turtle 9
  • Image selected for the XII Beni Trutmann Photo Contest exhibition
  • First Prize of Wildlife Photography in Creative category in the III Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • First Prize of Wildlife Photography in Underwater macro category in the IV Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Underwater landscape category in the III Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Animal macro category in the III Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest

2013

  • First Prize of Wildlife Photography in Underwater landscape category in the II Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • Image finalist in Underwater macro category in the II Naturforo-AEFONA Photo Contest
  • First Prize of Underwater Photography in the VI Underwater Photography Week in Formentera
  • Prize of Underwater Photography to the Most Representative Image in the VI Underwater Photography Week in Formentera

2010

  • Third Prize of Underwater Photography in the III Underwater Photography Week in Formentera