ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This image can be interpreted as a metaphor for the search for knowledge and personal fulfillment. The ladder and the woman together suggest a journey of ascent and improvement, which can be seen as a search for truth and knowledge. The idea of the woman looking up suggests an idea of transcendence, as if she is searching for something beyond the mundane and material. In this sense, the image can be seen as a call to exploration, search and personal discovery.

The geometric inverted V shape has many symbolic connotations in various cultures, including the representation of femininity. The staircase, for its part, has an obvious symbolism of ascent or elevation; the similarity to the letter Alpha also suggests a starting point. The combination of these elements represents the human search for transcendence and spiritual elevation, in which the female figure represents the human being in his desire to ascend to a higher plane of existence, and the ladder symbolizes the tools and resources that we use to achieve that goal.

AUTHOR
Antonio Peinado is a Spanish photographer, born in the summer of 1963 in Andújar in Andalucía. He lived there until he settled down in Pamplona in 1981. He has always felt drawn to photography. When Antonio was 15, he began to read and teach himself about photography, developing a passion for the art form as he learned.

He is a Photographer with a passion for this art form. It’s this passion, in combination with Antonio's exacting perfectionism which drives him to explore new ways of expressing himself.

FEPFI Master Photographer, in recent years Antonio has received recognition in a variety of countries for his work. Most recently being FIAP Gold Medal in 5th Print Salon Varna, Face and Body, (October 2019), Gold Medal in Moscow International Foto Awards 2018, category Fine Art (Moscow, Russian Federation. May 2018); Outstanding Achievement Winner in The Black & White Spider Awards, XII Edition, category: Nude. (Beverly Hills, October 2017); First Prize Winner in the 1st Monovisions Photography Awards, category: Nude (London, August 2017); First Prize Winner in the 3rd Fine Art Photography Awards, category: Nude (London, April 2017) and receiving the distinction QEP, one of the most prestigious international acknowledgements given by the FEP, and the Best Spanish Photographer of the Year in Illustrative Art award given by the FEPFI in 2016.

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