Pedro Luis – the moments of artistic truth

Introduction

Pedro Luis Saiz Ajuriaguerra (Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, 1974). self-taught photographer, began his career back in 2011 discovering a passion that was unknown, the beginning do little more than encourage their concerns are increasing making try almost all disciplines of photography, highlighting mainly in sports photography, and architectural photography.

It has the distinctions MCEF / p (Silver Master of the Spanish Confederation of Photography) and EFIAP / s ( Silver Excellence of the International Federation of Photographic Art).


In the Who’s Who of the PSA (Photographic Society of America) in the Top 3 Photojournalism Category 2017 and in the Top 4 2016, in Top 2 2015.

ICS Country Representative for Spain

He is currently collaborating with magazines such as BAO Bilbao Magazine, Bilbao Tourism, Bilbao Bizkaia Tour Magazine and for different sports promoters such as MGZ Promotions, Euskobox etc.

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Awards

International Awards

He has participated in numerous International competition and has managed numerous medals of FIAP, PSA, GPU, IUP, DPA, UPI, CVB, ISF, PCA (50 FIAP Gold Medals and around 60 PSA Gold Medals), just over 400 awards and more than 3000 acceptances by various international photographic salons in the last years.

Most relevant International Awards

  • Grandprize 1st place Cities Category Malta Photography Awards 2018 MALTA
  • 1st place in the Sports category Pangea Gold Trophy, and the Remarkable Sports Award in the Siena Photography Awards 2018- ITALY.
  • 1st Place category architecture URBAN Photo Awards 2018 Trieste 2018- ITALY.
  • 3rd Place Professional Category Extreme Sports and Honorable mention Architecture Other, IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS â„¢ 2018 CALIFORNIA USA.
  • Honorable Mention Photojournalism The Yellow Awards 2018 (Photographic talent awards) Madrid SPAIN.
  • 1st Place in Category of Urban landscapes in the contest 35awards International Photography Awards 2018 RUSSIA.
  • Best Author of the Zaffiri Gran Prix Contest FIAP Blue Pin ITALY 2018.
  • Finalist photographs in TPS AWARDS 2018 Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA.
  • 2nd Place and 3rd Place Professional Category Field Sports IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS â„¢ 2017 CALIFORNIA USA.
  • 3rd Editorial Place: Sports and 3rd Place Sports Water Sports and 10 Honorable Mentions IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS â„¢ 2016 CALIFORNIA USA.
  • 2nd Place and 3rd Place Non-professional category Sports and Other IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS â„¢ 2015CALIFORNIA USA.
  • Sport Photographer of the Year 2017 IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS ™–SPAIN 2017.
  • 2 Photographs awarded in the two categories Sports and Photos of Sport Films 4th International Sport Photography Festival (Teheran-IRAN) 2017.
  • IUP Gold Medal PJD 3rd IUP International Photographic Exhibition 2017 – HONG KONG.
  • 2 Photographs Comended in the Sony World Photography adwards 2018 London Motion category, LONDON.
  • 2 Photographs Comended in the Sony World Photography adwards 2017 London Motion category, LONDON.
  • 4 Photographs Comended in the Sony World Photography adwards 2016 Split seconds and general category, LONDON.
  • Best Author of the International Tour Grand Tour delle Colline 2017 ITALY (Grand Tour Trophy).
  • Winner EMEA Region – Europe, Middle East and Africa, CBRE Urban Photographer of the year 2016 NEW YORK USA.
  • 2nd Place Category sports in the PDN Adrenaline Photography Contest 2017, NEW YORK USA.
  • Remarkable Award Sports Category Siena Photography Awards 2017, ITALY.
  • 3rd Place Category Sports Pangea Trophy, and 2 Honorable Mentions in Sports and General at the Siena Photography Awards 2016- ITALY.
  • 5th place winner in the Sports Category Kuwaiti Grand Photograhpy Contest 2016 KUWAIT.
  • FIAP Gold Medal International Photographic Exhibition 1ST IUP HONG KONG.
  • Silver Medal 3th International Profesional Competition of Sport Photograhpy Sporfolio Festival 2016 Narbonne FRANCE.
  • 2nd Place Sports Category  Fotowedstrijd Photocontest 2015 Rotterdam  HOLAND.
  • 1st Place GOLDEN CAMERA (Category Amateur Photo Essay) Kiev 2015 UKRAINE.
  • Finalist HIPA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum DUBAI.
  • HIPA Histagram Competition winner Architecture December 2016.
  • HIPA Histagram Competition Winner Creativity June 2015 (Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum)  Dubai.

National Awards

He has participated in numerous national competitions highlighting in photographic competitions of sporting, such as:

  • Winner Photography Contest Guille Marti Revillo
  • Winner National Contest Sports Photography Elgoibar
  • Winner KEMEN Photographic Contest,
  • Winner Photographic Contest Sports / Kirol Argazkien Lehiaketa Bergara
  • 2nd Classified , third and fourth in different editions National Sports Photography Contest Valladolid
  • Winner Emtesport Sports Photography Contest,
  • Winner National Photography Competition Felix Ordonez,
  • Winner Photography Competition Espabox Best Photo of Boxing 2015,2017,2018
  • Finalist Photo Nikon 2017
  • Winner category sports III Spanish Photography League 2017-2018, Seventh Classified General category 2018
  • Winner category sports II Spanish Photography League 2016-2017, second classified general category 2017

Exhibitions

  • Personal Exhibition with 40 of my photographs at the Museum of the Foprtress in the City of Oradea ROMANIA January-February 2018
  • 12th Yixian Photography Festival. Yixian with serie “Natural World” November 2017
  • 11th Yixian Photography Festival. Yixian CHINA November 2016
  • 4th International Photo Art Exhibitión of World top Photographers (PSBP´S) MALASIA November 2016

Publications

Publications in national newspapers of major sports such as MARCA and AS, in addition to publications in general theme newspapers such as El Pais, DEIA, El Correo, Russian RosPhoto, Capture Mania, BAO, Boxing Monthly, etc.

Jury

  • Cup of Travel Photo Circuit 2018 Russia PSA 2018-208
  • Vukovar Exhibitión 2018 Croatia PSA 2018-420
  • Trofeo Gipuzkoa Internacional XLVI Spain 2018
  • 4th IUP International Photographic Exhibition 2017 Fengshun Salon China
  • 3rd International Eire Exhibition of Photography 2017 PSA 2017-088
  • 4th International of Photography Bundoran 2017 PSA 2017-244
  • Photo Editor In Snapgle Italy 2018
  • 2th Fotorbit India International India PSA 2019-114 April 2019
  • WINSOM 1st International salon India PSA 2019-110 April 2019

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