FABRIZIO FRIXA
He was born in Catania in 1965 and cultivates, since he was a boy, his interest in the sea. The self-taught path turns out to be long and complex until the moment when, in 1993, after having obtained the diver's patent, he joined the staff of the Scuba School of Catania, with whom he undertook an intense activity in the educational field ended in 2001 , to devote himself exclusively to photographic activity.
Since 1994 he has been an active member of the G.R.O.Sub (Underwater Researchers Group) of Catania, where he was able to specialize in sports reportage and naturalistic photography, with particular attention to the wonderful underwater world. In 1997 he won the Italian Championship for Underwater Photography Society in extemporaneous, held in Sardinia.
In the same year he joined the National Photographic Arts Association and participated assiduously in all the events and competitions both local and national, obtaining a series of awards from the amateur photo world. Photographs indifferently in color and black white, favoring this latest technique with good results and critical acclaim. In 1999 he successfully participated in a course of "reading the image" held by Prof. Enzo Carli.
He holds courses in underwater photography as part of the educational activities carried out by the G.R.O. Sub CT. Since 1994 he participates in the competitive activity of FIPSAS, in the Cacciafotosub specialty, sport category (in freediving).
Since 2003, after having attended a federal course, he plays the role of juror in the selective competitions of Underwater Photography, valid for access to the Italian championship.
His images are kept in the Underwater Photography section of the Museum of Photography of Caltagirone and at the Museum of Lava Stone in Bronte, located inside the Duchy of Nelson. Moreover, his underwater images are part of the photographic archive of the Faculty of Marine Biology of the University of Catania.
He collaborates with his images to the institutional communication activities of the Protected Marine Area of the Ciclopi Islands (Acitrezza) and with the photo and video production agency "Obbiettivo Natura", based in Catania. Photograph with Canon EOS analog devices in custody. Images published on: Fotosub, Taormina Magazine, Sikania, ANAF Newsletter, Print Flash, The Wanted Sicily, Atmosphere, Underwater World, The Underwater, Aquatic Dermatology (Ed. Sprinter), Catania Medical.
In 2018 he won the first prize at the Trophy ISOTTA
