\u2022 The pictures are the prize winners in the 21st edition of a contest in which 31 photographers from Aragon participated. <\/p>\n
\u2022 The travelling exhibition can also count on the support of Sando in Madrid, C\u00f3rdoba, M\u00e1laga, Murcia, Valencia and Toledo.<\/p>\n
\u2022 54 photographs and 12 series have been selected from the more than 2,200 previously presented for the contest.
\nZaragoza.- The Sando construction group sponsors the travelling exhibition \u201cIron pathways\u201d, which is part of the 21st edition of the contest of the same name that rewards the best photographs made on the subject of railways. 31 authors from Aragon have presented themselves to this competition. <\/p>\n
The exhibition will travel to various Spanish capitals and is due to be present in Zaragoza from the 13th to the 30th of September. Sando collaborates with the Spanish railways foundation, which is organising the event in a number of these cities. In addition to Zaragoza, the construction company will be present in Barcelona (3rd to 7th of October); Valencia (25th of October to 12th of November); Murcia (15th to the 26th of November); Toledo (29th of November to 10th of December) and Madrid (13th of December to 7th of January).<\/p>\n
The contest aims to foment creativity in all aspects of the railroad environment: passengers, stations, trains, rails, etc.<\/p>\n
The first prize went to a series of photographs called Corrientes (currents), whose author, Lourdes L\u00f3pez, received 6,000 euros. The second prize of 3,000 euros, went to Irina Bosch, for Peinando Colores (Combing Colours).<\/p>\n
The exhibition presents the work of 55 authors, who with 54 individual photographs and 12 series, approach the Railway<\/a> theme from very different points of view. The number of pictures presented to the competition was 2,206, belonging to 1,065 authors from 24 countries.<\/p>\n Sando, one of the leading firms in the Spanish construction sector, registered a turnover of 759.5 million Euros in 2006, which means an increase of 46% over the 519.6 million registered the previous year. In doing so, Sando consolidated itself as one of the top ten companies in the sector by volume of business. <\/p>\n Sando is organised into six divisions: Construction, Real Estate, Concessions<\/a>, Environment, Materials, and Corporative. The company has an important and growing presence throughout the national territory, as much in the area of construction and civil works as in real estate and concessions. At the same time, Sando has at its disposal land for the building and development of more then 2,400 homes in Warsaw, where it has consolidated itself as one of the leading Spanish companies in the sector.<\/p>\n