LEOARTME
Leo Gesess
Born and grown up in Switzerland Leo Gesess has always been a freethinker with ideas and visions. His motto for his photographic work:
„Hold the moment and fill it with life.“
As a photographer and creative director and owner of the advertising agency COM.COM. www.comcom.ooo in Switzerland for over 17 years he is working for national and international clients and brands.
Extensive stays abroad from 2006 until 2010 in the USA and Italy generated exciting projects. Like the photography book „A very common horsebook“, for which he produced all photos in Nova Scotia Canada, or the book „100 years Setter & Pointer Club Switzerland“. Both books have been admitted to the category „Most beautiful books of Switzerland“.
Besides being a selected Member of TAU, the professional photographer association Italy, Leo Gesess furthermore has been the official photographer of the Italian Rally Champion.
Exposition Sept. 2017 at the Museum of Gedenk&Mahnstätte in Düsseldorf, Germany. Exposition at fiftyfifty Gallery in Düsseldorf, Germany. Photo-Exposition (big sized photos) in the City of Düsseldorf with the series “underdog”. Several Honorable Mnetions and finalist at International Photo Awards in Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, California.
International wards
​
> 2023 Exclusive Invitation - International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan 2023
> 2023 IDA DESIGN AWARDS 2023, Winner Honorable Mention Award for "happy cigras"Los Angeles Ca. USA
> 2023 German Design Award 2023, Nomination with Eicifa Cigars Campaign. Germany
> 2022 TIFA INTERNATION PHOTO AWARDS. Bronce Award. Tokyo
> 2022 TIFA INTERNATION PHOTO AWARDS. Nominated/official selection with ...don't shoot... picture. Tokyo
> 2022 IDA DESIGN AWARDS 2022, nominated/official selectoion of the jury for the final. Los Angeles Ca. USA
> 2022 International Prize PARIS Award 2022, Exposition at the Carrousel du Louvre - 2 art works. France
> 2022 Enter into Art 2022, animal words of art - Winner 2th price over all mit Thunderhorses - Lounge 2/6,
Gabriele Walther, Germany
> 2022 Award Winner Paris Design Award 2022 - EICIFA Cigars Advertising Campaign, France
> 2022 Pre-selected for the BEST OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS 2022 - One Eyeland Book Vol.11, India
> 2022 International Color Awards 2022 - Honorable Mention - Children of the World - Beverly Hills, California
> 2022 International Color Awards 2022 - Nomination Award - Fashion - Beverly Hills, California
> 2022 International Color Awards 2022 - Nomination Award - People - Beverly Hills, California
> 2022 Winner at the 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards - work published in the 2022 Winners Book
> 2022 Lounge2, Book "Animal world of Art" Hesse/Assisi 840th birthday- with "Thunderhorses"- Germany
> 2021 Spiderawards, Beverly Hills, Ca. USA - Category photojournalism Honorable Mention *dont shoot*
> 2021 Spiderawards, Beverly Hills, Ca.USA - Category photojournalism Honorable Mention *vandals*
> 2021 PX3 Paris Honorable mention STATE OF THE WORLD with my picture invisible. Editors choice, France
> 2021 PX3 Paris Shortlist STATE OF THE WORLD with my picture don't shoot. Editors choice, France
> 2021 TOP 10 MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, ONE EYELAND, INDIA - FINALIST WITH *cloudplane*
> 2021 Leone d'Oro Award for Visual Arts, Venice, Italy
> 2021 Trierenberg Super Circuit 2021. Finalist and Image included in the exhibition. Austria
> 2021 LICC London International Creativity Competition - Shortlist with EICIFA SWISS Cigars
> 2021 Award for International Creativity Auguste Renoir, Menton, Côte d'Azur, France
> 2021 ArtTour International Publications "ARTIST OF THE DAY", New York, USA
> 2021 LICC London, accepted entry for the Category Advertising/Photography, London
> 2021 Invitation "The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists" 2021 - Rome Italy
> 2021 Star of the week 2021. Arttour International, New York USA
> 2021 BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards - Bronce Winner over all. Advertising/Fashion,
Budapest
> 2021 BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards - Bronce Winner over all. Editorial/Conflict, Budapest
> 2020 International Prix LOUVRE ART MUSEUM Prix de la Critique Award
> 2020 IPA Los Angeles Califorina USA Honorable mention category one shot - on world
> 2020 MONOVISIONS AWARDS 2020, London. Honorable mention category conceptual photography
> 2020 International Award "Artist of the Year 2020" EA Arteclub
> 2020 My work shown in the book - Art Universal "The Great Masters of Contemporary Art" 2020
> 2020 Trofeo Artista dell'Anno 2020 - Conferimento Critico Europeo per le Arti Visive, Italy
> 2020 Selected Finalist at the Siena International Photo Award 2020, Italy
> 2020 Officially confirmed nomination for the Golden Palm of Visual Arts 2020, Cannes , France
> 2020 Nominated for International Prize Frida Kahlo.for artistic merit, Milan
> 2020 Pre-selected for the BEST OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS, One Eyeland Book
> 2019 14thSpider Award, Beverly Hills, Ca. USA - Nomination category "people"
> 2019 International Prize GIOTTO for artistic merit, Lisbon, Portugal
> 2019 3th Biennale, International Award Leonardo da Vinci, Italy
> 2019 Oscar della Creatività for life work, ArtExpo International, Monte Carlo, Monaco
> 2019 Artist of the Year 2019 - International Prize - EA International
> 2019 World's Best of The Best Photography - Winner Category Fashion
> 2019 International Color Awards Beverly Hills, Ca. USA - Nominee Category Fashion
> 2019 CFA Artist of the Year Contest Results - Finalist Award
> 2019 Spider Awards, Beverly Hills, Ca, 2 nominations/finalist/shortlist. Winner
of Honorable Mention Award in category "Children of the World"
> 2018 The Oscar of the Visual Arts - The Global Art Awards, Dubai, Collaboration with
The Wall Street Journal, Winner - 1th place over all - Category Best Photography Art
Category Best Photography Art
> 2018 BEST OF THE BEST Photographer Volume 8
> 2018 TIFA TOKYO INTERNATION FOTO AWARD, Honorable mention nude
> 2018 TIFA TOKYO INTERNATION FOTO AWARD, Honorable mention Advertising
> 2018 ICA International Color Award Beverly Hills CA. 3 Nominations, Finalist -
Honorable Mention Category Fashion
> 2018 FIIPA2018 FIOF Italy International Photography Awards - Category winner, 3th over all
> 2018 Finalist for the FIIPA2018 FIOF Italy International Photography Awards - Bronce
> 2018 Award of the International Prize RAFFAELLO, Italy
> 2018 Awarded with the "ATIM's Top 60 Masters Of Contemporary Art" presented by ArtTour
International Magazine at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, April 27th, 2018
> 2017 The Oskar of the Visual Arts - The Global Art Award, Dubai, Collaboration with
Armani & The Wall Street Journal,
Winner – 1. Place The Global Art Awards Dubai, Category Best Photography Art
> 2017 Black&White Spyder Award, Beverly Hills, Ca, USA, Nominee, Honorable Mention
Category "Children of the world"
> 2017 Black&White Spyder Award, Beverly Hills, Ca, USA, Nominee, Honorable Mention
Category "Fashion"
> 2017 International Photo Award for creative photography, EA Edition, Milano Italia
> 2017 “The Best Modern and Contemporary Artists”. Berlin, Germany
> 2017 IPA - The International Photo Awards, Honorable Mention Category "Fashion"
> 2017 MIFA Moscow International Photo Award - Honorable Mention category "fashion"
> 2017 MIFA, Moscow International Foto Award, Honorable Mention category “fashion”
> 2017 MIFA, Moscow International Foto Award, Honorable Mention category “photgraffiti”
> 2017 International Color Awards, Beverly Hills, California USA, 1 Nomination, Category
People, Finalist & Honorable Mention
> 2017 International Color Awards, Beverly Hills, California USA, 3 Nominations Category
Fashion, Finalist & Honorable Mention
> 2017 International Spyder Award, Beverly Hills, Ca. - Nominee Category Fashion - Finalist
> 2017 International Spyder Award, Beverly Hills, Ca. - Nominee Category People – Finalist
2016: >Minerva, Master of Arts Award, International Academy, Italia in Arte nel Mondo Associazione Culturale >International Michelangelo Art Award and International Art Award Leonardo Da Vinci in Italy as well as category winner of the Moskow International Photo Award MIFA.
2015: International Spyder Black & White Award Beverly Hills, Top 10 best entry worldwide of Artavita USA, Honorable Mention of the IPA International Photographer Award USA, award for a sports- and action-series with the Fotoforum Germany, Photography Master Cup USA and Award of Excellence Photographers with the Forum Magazine USA.
Among others his pictures have also been published in the book „Master of Photography 2015“ USA.
Actual Photo Exhibitions
2017 Museum Gedenk & Mahnstätte Düsseldorf (Sept.2017 - March 2018)
2017 fiftyfifty Gallery Düsseldorf
2016 Trofeo Internazionale Arte Imperio (Louvre, Vienna, Rome)
2016 Verona Triennale, Italy
2016 Brenta Biennale, Italy
2016 Naples Exhibition Segnalati, Italy
Website
