Honorable Mention / 2020 / Special / Night Photography

Nightlife

Night mood of New York's Flatiron Building at the junction of 5th Avenue, Broadway and 23rd street, photographed from the observer's deck of Empire State Building.

As a trained Graphic Designer, Karsten Thormaehlen has worked as an art and creative director in New York, Paris, Berlin and Hamburg. As commercial photographer he's based in Frankfurt, Germany, and is taking up assignments of architecture, corporate, people and still life photography. As an artist his main focus lies on 'successful aging' and sociocultural trends of ageing societies. His exhibition ‘Happy at Hundred’, celebrating men and women over the age of 100, has travelled across Europe. Through photography Karsten tells stories of individuals, communities and places that have inspired and resonated with people across the globe.