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| [[File:Charles Paul Azzopardi.png|thumb|1000px|Charles Paul Azzopardi]]
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| '''Charles Paul Azzopardi''' is a fine art architectural photographer, a self-taught long exposure guru, a diving and hyperbaric medicine physician and a quasi-writer. Often-times he is also a keen technical sidemount diver, spelunking the depths of the oceans. He was born in a place very close to where he grew up, went to university very close to where he now lives, which is fairly close to where he grew up (it’s all in the fabled republic of Gozo, natch). He’s been taking pictures for just a few years now, 4 actually. He really does not care what he makes images with, as long as he gets to make images. He likes making imagery. With a Canon. Or a Nikon. But really a Canon.
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| Charles has won a couple of hundred awards (really). Almost none were for his photography (not really). He has won awards in the United States of A, France, the United Kingdom (united, post-Brexit, really?), and several others with equally brobdingnagian names. He has had several magazine articles written about him and his work, several covers and other narcissistic endeavours. His clients include world renowned MOMIX, Cirque du Soleil, and several national dance companies, and several others who will be world-renowned. He has had numerous gallery shows of his work, and while less than a hundred, certainly more than he can count on all of his fingers and toes (of which he has, shock and awe, 20).
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| His wardrobe of black and/or white clothing is extensive, and he has actually come to prefer Barolo with his fillet mignon. A well cooked fillet of beef will distract him considerably. He does not like opera. He does however, like contemporary dance, flamenco and jazz. Charles has had a beef fillet in a lot of countries all around the world. He flew to almost all of them. In a plane. Whenever he landed, he usually took a lot of images. When he flies back home (also in a plane), there is a nice room to hold all his Canons, all the images (not pix, not pics, not pictures – images) he has made. He likes making storied images.
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| Sometimes, though rarely, Charles will write something in the third (or is first?) person. It makes him feel a little like Jane Austen but not so prissy. But he never uses the Royal “We”. That would just be too high brow. He has, on occasion, used the French “Oui”. Because, of course, you cannot say no to everything. Unless you can flaunt a Canon.<ref>http://www.charlespaulazzopardi.com/biography/</ref>
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| <blockquote>''… not only is Dr Charles Paul Azzopardi a multiple international award-winning photographer who creates beautiful photographs in black & white of architecture, cityscapes and seascapes that evoke intense and deep emotions, he also manages to capture motion in his striking photos of dancers in a way that reveals his profound sense for light, shape and rhythm.'' '''[[Joel Tjintjelaar]]''' (B&W fine art photographer, international award-winning artist, educator and writer)<ref>http://www.charlespaulazzopardi.com/biography/</ref>'</blockquote>
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| ==Books==
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| * 2018: Staircases of Malta – Kite Group, 304 pages;
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| * 2017: Portals of Valletta – Kite Group, 274 pages;
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| * From Basics to Fine Art – foreword by Charles Paul Azzopardi, text by Julia Anna Gospodarou, Joel Tjintjelaar.
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| ==Selected Exhibitions==
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| * 2017: Portals of Valletta, National Bibliotheca, Valletta, Malta;
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| * 2017: Poetic Aesthetic, Corinthia San Anton, Hal Balzan, Malta;
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| * 2016: New York Art Expo, New York, United States;
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| * 2016: 25th Anniversary collective, Malta Stock Exchange, Valletta, Malta;
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| * 2016: SOAR – Anatomy in Motion solo exhibit – St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta;
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| * 2014: Organization for Friendship in Diversity collective – Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta (non-profit);
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| * 2012: Organization for Friendship in Diversity – US Embassy, Attard, Malta (non-profit).
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| ==Awards and Honors==
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| * 2012: Canon national monochrome, 1st place;
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| * 2012: Formatt-Hitech Athens Architectural Photography, 1st place;
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| * 2013: PX3 Gran Prix de la Photographie, Silver Award, Architecture & Fine Art;
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| * 2013: International Photography Awards, 1st place Architecture;
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| * 2014: Monochrome Awards, 1st place Architecture.
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| ==Selected Lectures and Appearances==
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| * 2018: Malta u Lil’Hinn Minnha;
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| * 2018: Meander – Arti u Kultura;
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| * 2018: Malta Photographic Society;
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| * 2018: Malta u Lil’Hinn Minnha;
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| * 2017: Meander – Arti u Kultura;
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| * 2016: MaltArti;
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| * 2015: Malta Photographic Society.
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| <ref>http://www.charlespaulazzopardi.com/biography/resume/</ref>
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| ==External links==
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| [http://www.charlespaulazzopardi.com/ Official Website]
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| =References=
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT: Charles, Paul Azzopardi}}
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| [[Category:A-Z of Visual Arts in Malta]]
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| [[Category:Visual Artists]]
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