About

Who is behind ARTsolutely

My name is Fernando Paramio, I am an artistic photographer and the founder of ARTsolutely.

In August 2018 I opened a gallery in Cáceres (Spain) and I launched this website, in which I have created practically everything you see (images, texts, design…).

With my online and street gallery, my goal is to show and offer the visitor genuine photographs and artworks, of great interest and quality, and to achieve direct interaction with my visitors in case they wish.

Below I provide more information about me in case you are interested.  

I was born in Barcelona (Spain) in 1977, nearly by chance. Shortly after I moved to Madrid and then to Cáceres, a small but charming town, as evidence the fact that it is a World Heritage Site by Unesco.

I remember my childhood climbing to every place I could, continuously running, playing and fighting with my siblings, visiting the countryside every weekend, reading all I could (I used to devour Roald Dahl’s books), spending time with friends in the old town of Cáceres and travelling around Europe with my family in summer.

I discovered my passion for photography at the age of 13. Something great happened before buying my camera: I went to the shop so many times to ask doubts that finally the bookseller gave me a photography book, which I instantly memorize, what helped me to become a better photographer from the beginning and to boost my motivation.

At the age of 15 I had to move to Madrid. In that complex period of transition, at least I had my camera to keep creating and investigating new techniques. Soon I became interested in multiple exposures and zoom burst, techniques that helped me to win my first photography competitions, already in college time.

In that same period, I bought a medium format camera. This type of camera has a higher film size than a full frame camera. Despite its weight, it helped to further increase my passion for photography, not only for its impressive image quality but for its absence of automatisms, what made the shooting a more premeditated, elaborated and artisanal act.

At the end of my university studies I passed a test to be able to enrol in a studio photography course. Working in a studio, with just the dimly modelling lights of the flashes, it turns out and continues to be a fascinating experience to me. For the training, we used large format cameras, which are cameras with a very big film size, able to produce breathtaking quality. Finally, I enrolled in a digital photography retouching course, which was exactly what I needed to create my artistic compositions. All this resulted in new sources of motivation for my photography.

When I finished my degree, I travelled to England for a year trying to leave behind my academic studies, but finally I had to find a job as an engineer.

After more than a decade working and living in different cities and countries, I decided to return to my almost natal Cáceres, to focus my activity on artistic photography. Our attitude really changes when we are doing something that we love, and finally I have found peace of mind about what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Artistic photography is my passion. When I create a new idea, I enjoy the fact that it can be confused with simply a photograph, when in reality my images are usually comprised by dozens of my photographs, combined using complex digital techniques.

My main interests are nature, psychology and culture, elements that are always present in my creations.

I am very strict with the technical quality of my artworks, and that is why I am keep learning as much as I can to make things more realistic, quicker, and to knock down any wall that limits my creativity.

I also print my own images at any size, so from the beginning of the process (the photographic shoot) until the last step (printing), I take the appearance of my images exactly where I want them to go.  

  • 2019/10 – Honorable Mention – Ibero-American Biennial of Graphic Arts of Caceres – Artwork: “Something else than wood”. 
  • 2018/10 – Honorable Mention – International Photography Awards 2018 – Category: Professional – Section: Advertisement “Tourism and travel” – Artwork: “Intercontinental Jump”
  • 2018/09: preselected – International competition “Caminos de Hierro” 29 edition (149 preselected photographs amongst a total of 3697 from 62 countries) – Artwork: “The traveller’s dream”. Selected in digital format for a travelling exhibition.
  • 2018/05 – Bronze – Moscow international Foto Awards 2018 – Category: Professional – Section: Advertisement “Tourism and travel” – Artwork: “Intercontinental Jump”
  • 2018/04 – Nomination – Fine Art Photography Awards 2018, 4th edition – Category: Professional – Section: Photomanipulation – Artwork: “Intercontinental Jump”
  • 2018/02 – Artwork accepted – Maitland International Salon of Photography, Australia (509 participants and 4495 images) – Section: colour prints – Artwork: “Intercontinental Jump”
  • 2018/01 – Honorable Mention (Blue Ribbon Hellenic Photographic Society) – International Photography Competition “Photo Art Prague” (directed by PhotoArt Magazine; 608 participants and 2732 photographs) – Section “Nature” – Photograph “Ready for a fight” – published in exhibition book.
  • 2017/12 – Honorable Mention – International Photography competition “Chromatic Awards” (over 3000 imáges, 75 countries) – Professional category “Fine Art” – Artwork “A colourful balcony of feathers”.
  • 2017/12 – First finalist (2nd place) – International competition of Industrial photography organized by Galician Association of Industrial Engineers – Photograph “Infinity gallery”. Two other submitted photographs are exhibited during the prize-giving ceremony and they are displayed in the competition online gallery (“Recompensa al esfuerzo” & “Ingeniería de detalle” https://concursofotografia.icoiig.es/album-del-iii-concurso-de-fotografia/)
  • 2000 – Artwork accepted – National photography competition organized by Skoda
  • 2000 – Second place – First national photography competition organized by Hagen Dazën – Photograph published in the magazine “Arte Fotográfico” (nº 558)
  • 1999 – Consolation prize – National photography competition organized by Mars chocolates
  • 1999 – First place – Complutense University of Madrid photography competition “Happening”

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A part of the profits from the sale of these artworks and photographs is donated to support social and environmental projects.   

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