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Frederik Buyckx desemnat Fotograful Anului la Sony World Photography Awards 2017

World Photography Organisation anunță că fotograful belgian Frederik Buyckx este câștigătorul premiului Fotograful Anului din cadrul Sony World Photography Awards 2017.

Frederik Buyckx winner swpa 2017 peisaj iarna zapada
©Frederik Buyckx – Kalaja e Dodes (Doda’s Castle) is a region in Albania including Albania’s highest mountain Mount Korabi and it’s surrounding 7 villages. This region still remains one of the most authentic regions in Albania and much of it’s lifestyle has remained unchanged during the last decades. Traditions are kept alive in this region, although it’s hard with modernization creeping in and a flux of people trading the mountain villages for a life in the capital or abroad.
But also in the past under the leadership of Doda they didn’t surrender easily to invaders. Doda came up with a ruse by offering 300 veiled woman to the army of the Ottomans as a gift to keep the enemy away. The women were actually 300 veiled warriors that slaughtered the ottoman army.

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