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Hornstrandir

  • Photographer
    Katarzyna Nizinkiewicz, Poland

Hornstrandir- the wildest part of Iceland, June

I am graduate in physics, but work as a (awarded) fashion and sportswear designer. I try to be as much as possible in the mountains. I spend 3 months each year hiking in the wilderness alone or with one friend, with all in my backpack. I try to avoid civilization and people. Hiking is like meditation- makes my life richer. I am author of the book Wedrowki Pirenejskie (short stories with photographs) and since many years I write popular blog about mountains Kocham Góry- blog.kwark.pl
I do not earn any money on photography (so I am not professional photographer) and I hope to never be so. I do what I love as I guess most of amateurs.
Since year I work on the long distance project about the last wilde places in Europe. I try to show the importance of wilderness and its influence to me which I hope is universal. Nature is not a source of pretty pictures and not a recreation place. It is much, much more.

Awards 2x honorable mention Monochrome Award 2014
honorable mention IPA 2014
2x honorable mention Space Definition Poland 2014
Honorable mention Pejzaż Polski Ketrzyn 2014
Honorable mention Just One Photo Poland 2014
honorable mention Art of Nature 2014 Poland
Honorable mention : Czlowiek obok Mnie 2014-Poland