Carissimi Amici e colleghi
Desideravo condividere con tutti Voi il premio AIJS PRIX Armando Trovati che ho ricevuto, ringraziando la giuria per il difficile lavoro svolto, la famiglia dell’AIJS, ma soprattutto Alessandro e Marco Trovati, che con questo concorso vogliono mantenere vivo il ricordo di Armando, Maestro nel suo lavoro ma in primis Maestro di vita, che con il suo fare gentile e sempre corretto ha lasciato un segno indelebile in questa grande famiglia dello sci e militarmente parlando lo considero il miglior Generale che io abbia mai conosciuto.
Grazie ancora, Elvis
Dear friends and colleagues
I wanted to share with all of you the AIJS PRIX Armando Trovati award that I received, thanking the jury for the difficult work done, the AIJS family, but above all Alessandro and Marco Trovati, who with this competition want to keep alive the memory of Armando, Maestro in his work but first and foremost a life Maestro, who with his kind and always correct behavior has left an indelible mark on this great family of skiing and militarily speaking I consider him the best General I have ever met.
Thanks again, Elvis
Elvis Piazzi is the winner of the AIJS Prix Armando Trovati 2021
Along with the awarding of the Skieur d’Or, Serge Lang Trophy 2021 (French Alexis Pinturault wins it), the AIJS (Association International Ski Journalists) is also proud to announce the winner of the fourth edition of the AIJS Photo ski Contest, known as the Prix Armando Trovati award.
Italian photographer and Guardia di Finanzia officer Gianpaolo Piazzi, best known as Elvis Piazzi, beat out a strong field of entered photos and was named the winner of the Prix Armando Trovati for his photograph of Alexander Koell (SWE) in action during the men’s downhill on 19th December 2020 at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup race in Val Gardena (ITA).
The photo was taken at one of the most famous photo locations of the white circus, the Ciaslat on the Saslong slope.
Data of the photograph: Date: 19/12/2020 – Time: – Model: Nikon D6 – Lens (mm): 500 ISO: 800 – Aperture: 5.6- Shutter: 1/2000 – Exp. Comp.: 0.3 – Flash Comp.: Program: Manual
12 other photographs were also selected for the annual exhibition that you can also discover on social media each month @PATrovati : Alessandro Garofalo (Reuters), Andreas-Solaro (Agence France-Presse), Roby Trab, Sébastien Boué (L’Equipe), Erich Spiess (TirolFoto), Giovanni Pizzato, Francis-Bompard (Zoom), Leonhard Foeger (Reuters), Alexander Hassenstein (Bongarts / Getty Images), Gabriele Facciotti (Pentaphoto/AP), Lisi Niesner (Reuters), Jean Christophe Bott (Keystone).
AIJS would like to thank all of the photographers who entered their pictures in this year’s contest and the panel of judges: AIJS President, M. Patrick Lang, Jurg Capöl, FIS Marketing Director, Wire Agency Representative Madam Beatrice Larco (AP), Alessandro and Marco Trovati (1 vote) and Aksel Lund Svindal.
Previous AIJS Prix Aramndo trovati Winners
2018 Hans Bézard
2019 Fabrice Coffrini
2020 Giovanni Auletta
2021 (Elvis) Gianpolo Piazzi
Thanks to f-stop, FIS and Colmar for their great support