Art, travel, landscapes and solidarity united by photography. Passionate about painting during his childhood and adolescence, he develops a facet of emotional sensitivity and visual perception that he exercises in his travel experiences. He begins his research and photographic projects in search of the beauty and grandeur of the most impressive landscapes of the planet. Places already visited and yet to be explored. In his short career, Richard Le Manz has received numerous international awards in some of the most important competitions in the world. The knowledge, respect and emotional sensitivity acquired in his travels, in addition to the management experience involved in his work, helped him to launch his first photographic project. Merging solidarity and photography to help Nepal after the 2015 earthquake, the project www.nepalwillriseagain.com is a reality that continues its journey with events and exhibitions raising funds for the Himalayan country. Photography used as a medium to convey beauty, sensations, smell, sound and even the mood that leads us to a certain image. However, the artist has understood that photography is not only an artistic activity, but a vital experience, a means of liberation to convey ideas. In his imagination, the artist constructs images that take the viewer into a complex world of subjectivity and emotion. He is more interested in the suggestion, the idea, the hidden, what is beyond the photograph. New ideas, new points of view, new reflections, the search for harmony and that intangible part of art through simplicity, composition and the physical beauty of the elements that always privilege ideas over aesthetics. He is currently immersed in the creation of conceptual images. These images have different elements that are then edited to establish a dialogue between them. These images manage to stop time and transport the viewer to a complex world of thoughts and reflections.
2019. Finalist Siena International Photography Awards. 2019. 3rd Place. Honor of distinction. XII international color awards. 2018. XII Pollux Awards. Photography gala awards. Honorable mentions. 2018: Epson International Pano Award (Australia). 3 bronze medals. Finalist grant award PhotogrVphy 2018. London, UK (Habitat Project) 2018. 1st Winner Marathon of Photography Kingdom of León. León Spain. 2018. International Photography Awards.IPA. Honorable Mention (Habitat Project) 2018. 2nd place in the XXX National Award Salamanca of Agricultural and Livestock Photography Paris. Bronze award 2018 Trierenberg Supert Circuit (Austria). Gold panorama metallic Moscow International Photo Awards (MIFA) Honorable Mention (Habitat Project) Fine Art Photography Awards (London). 2nd place panorama Fine Art Photography Awards (London). Honorable Mention Concept Monochrome Photography Awards (London). 2 Honorable Mention at the International Color Awards 2017 conceptual. Honorable mention at the Landscapes International Color Awards. Honorable mention at the Epson International Pano Award (Australia). Bronze Award International Photography Awards (IPA) Spanish edition. Bronze Award Panorámica International Photography Awards (IPA) Spanish Edition. Bronze Award Traditional Architecture Third place in the XXIX National Award of Salamanca Agricultural and Livestock Photography Finalists Exhibition Diputación de Salamanca and photography archive National Award of Salamanca Finalist Photography Contest "Architecture and Wine" Bodegas Baigorri (Álava) Finalist IV National Photography Contest "City of Orihuela" (Alicante) Election among the 12 photos of the solidarity calendar 2018 "Smiles of Bombay" Finalist of the photographic marathon "Tradiciones leonesas". Salón Inglés del Corte León
2019. Solo exhibitions. XPOSURE international photography festival. Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). International multidisciplinary exhibition of contemporary art. Claret Foundation. Barcelona art circuit. Group exhibition. Exhibition Cultural Zone Project Exhibition "Habitat" El Corte Inglés (León) Exhibition Project "Habitat" Cultural Center of Caja España-Duero (Villarejo de Órbigo, León) Exhibition "The mirror of the soul" 2017 Exhibition León (Spain) "Nepal will rise again" Solidarity photography 2016, 2017. León (Spain) Madrid (Spain) Kathmandu (Nepal) Collective Exhibition" Architecture and Wine "Mirador de Cristal Bodegas Baigorri (Álava).
