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Here are the selected authors in the photography contest "Our Nature is Human"

The photo contest "A Nossa Natureza é Humana" received 150 submissions between the 15th of June and August 1st. The photograph "Desabar", by Daniel Pacheco, was awarded the first prize.
The 20 selected photographs will be exhibited, on a date to be announced, in the streets of Ponta Delgada, and may integrate the bid book for Ponta Delgada – Azores 2027 and be shared in the various communication media of the application.
The author of the winning photograph will receive a trip for two people to one of the European Capitals of Culture of 2022, and there are also two honorable mentions, which will receive a pecuniary value of 250 euros each.
The jury, made up by the professional photographers Paulo Goulart and Pepe Brix and the communication and marketing manager of the candidacy, Inês Linhares Dias, decided to award two honorable mentions to Francisco Carreiro, with the photograph "Moldamos a Terra", and Francisco Garcia, with the photo "Naufrágio Dori".
The authors of the other selected photographs are, in alphabetical order: Alma Gémea, Ana Bela, Francisco Garcia (with three other selected photographs), Gabi Pontes, José Maria Sousa, Leandro P. Duarte (with two selected photographs), Nicolau Wallenstein (with two selected photographs), Pedro Rosa, Pedro Silva, Pedro Vaz de Carvalho (with three selected photographs) and Porfírio Vale.
This initiative, promoted in partnership with AFAA – Association of Amateur Photographers of the Azores, was looking for images that illustrate the theme of the application, Human Nature, in a challenge to think about the Culture of the Place, the evolutionary relationships of fear, respect, care, construction between human beings and nature and the appreciation of our sense of Humanity and respect for Nature as one.
The photographs will be released at the time of the public exhibition.