Diego Orlando wins his fourth IPA award with Half lights, half shadows, a series that captures the ethnic diversity of San Sebastian during confinement. Using a church converted into a studio with permission from the Bishopric, the San Sebastian photographer fuses Spanish baroque with anonymous faces and professional models to "reflect the silent plurality of our city".

In the midst of an era of "bananas taped to walls" —he ironizes about conceptual art—, Orlando defends technical rigor as "a protest against empty art". Inspired by Caravaggio and José de Ribera, the series achieves international recognition while the artist announces his next project Sin límites (2022): portraits of young people from Gipuzkoa who "put a face to sexual diversity without prejudice", consolidating his position as a relevant voice between classicism and visual innovation.