Christian has a passion for the ocean, for animals, for beauty and nature. Formed as a Diving Instructor, now he only dives for pleasure. He is also a cave diver, and an artist.

"My photography is an expression of myself, an extension of my being in this world. It´s a more genuine reflection of my thoughts and my emotions, transformed into images. They are a way to express the way I feel and interpret the world around me, and therefore they are the purest expression of me ... if you want to know more about me, you can see my pictures and find much of what I am.
I try to capture sublime moments of our environment with images that inspire, make us vibrate through the beauty in every corner of the world that excite and make us dream of a better world, where we value and care for all expressions of life.
Because beyond the issue of our survival is the issue of how we experience our life and how we celebrate it. And our experience of life is intrinsically linked to how we communicate and "connect" with everything around us, especially with all life around us. In my case, it’s the ocean and their living creature that makes me want to celebrate. So my photography is intended to be a celebration of marine life and the underwater world."

Christian Vizl

Exhibitions:
2010
June, CAF Centro de Arte Fotográfico, group photographic exhibition, México D.F.

2011
Oct. 13, Group fine arts exhibition MARVA casa de arte at hotel St. Regis, México D.F.

2012
15 feb. Photographic group exhibition, XEspacio de arte, Condesa, México D.F.
26 abr. Fine arts group exhibition , Colectiva A + B, Boca del Río Veracruz, Veracruz, México.
21 Nov. Art group Exhibition “La Magia de Oaxaca y Cuba”, México DF
24 Nov. Art group Exhibition “Exposición colectiva 2013” Jean Louis Silve Gallery, Valle de Bravo, México.

Awards, recognitions and articles:

Published photographer in various magazines, such as Sport Diver Magazine, Asian Diver Magazine, Scuba Diving and the Undersea Journal.

2011

-National Geographic published "Grand Cenote 2273" as photo of the day of June 15, 2011.

-Bronze Medal in Our World Underwater Competition, Novice category for "Juan Pablo 4"

2012

-Bronze Medal for “Grand Cenote 2273” in Our World Underwater Competition, category Wide Angle Unrestricted.

-Winner monthly march contest 2012 of Dive Photo Guide, for "Delfiniti 8190"

-“Featured article” about the collection “Selkie Connection” in web magazine Dive Photo Guide (www.divephotoguide.com)

-"Delfiniti 9096" was elected by a jury for the special edition of Edition Fifty Fathoms “fifty finest”, publication that includes the best 50 fine art underwater black and whites photographs.

-Winner of the april contest of UnderwaterPhotography.com (biggest underwater contest in the world) with "Grand Cenote 374"

-Winner in the Scuba Diving Magazine 2012 contest, wide angle category.
www.scubadiving.com/photos/8th-annual-2012-through-your-lens-photo-contest-winner-showcase (page 5)

-Elected to participate in Edition Fifty Fathoms special edition on Macro photography

-Succesfully auction of one of my pieces (60 x 45" fine art print) at the annual art auction of the National Museum of Anthropology "Arte Sana". July 2012.

-Winner of the October contest of Underwaterphotography.com (biggest underwater contest in the world) with “Great Apparition”.

2013

-selected “World Champion” 2012-2013 by underwaterphotography.com

-‘Face to Face’ has been shortlisted in the top 10 images in the Nature & Category in the Open Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2013. (selected from 54,851 images entered from 170 countries)

-‘Natural Harmony’ has been commended in the top 50 images in the Nature & Wildlife Category in the Open Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2013. (selected from 54,851 images entered from 170 countries)
-Gold Medal in underwaterphotography.com, freshwater category for “Enlightening the soul”

-Silver Medal in underwaterphotography.com. freshwater category for “Hidden Beauty”

-Bronze Medal in underwaterphotography.com, freshwater category for “Core Essence”

-Gold Medal in underwaterphotography.com, sharks category for “Great Apparition”

-Bronze Medal in underwaterphotography.com, wide angle marine life category for “The Wall”

-6th place in underwater category, Oasis Photo Contest 2012. (more than 24.000 images of 48 countries where submitted)

All the pictures are available for printing in fine art paper, in almost any size, signed by author, limited editions of 1/10, and can be shipped all over the world with a certificate of authenticity. Please send email for quotes.

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