Jury president
Giandra De Castro
Founder of Snow Much to See. Exhibition curator, she heads fine-arts programming at La Gorge cultural centre in Les Contamines-Montjoie. A Franco-Brazilian photographic artist and portraitist of water, she works internationally and photographs without retouching. Since 2019 she has presented 60 exhibitions in 12 countries: in the open air (Parc floral de Paris), in art and photography galleries, at contemporary art fairs and at nature photography festivals (Montier-en-Der, Phot’Aubrac, Chamonix Photo Festival, Images & Neige)… She has also exhibited at the Shiga Kogen Roman Museum in Japan, the Forte di Bard in the Aosta Valley and the Bowers Museum (USA). Prize of the MontAvic contest, “La Montagne autrement”, at the Forte di Bard in 2019.
Unretouched photograph of a fir tree reflected in a half-frozen lake, under snow, turned 180°.
Prize of the MontAvic contest, “La Montagne autrement”, exhibited at the Forte di Bard (Aosta Valley) in December 2019, alongside the “Mountains by Magnum Photographers” exhibition.