Honorable Mention / 2022 / Nature / Other

Symbiosis 4.0

About two years ago, I began my first attempts at a photographic project with the guiding idea: nature meets technics. The concept of juxtaposing delicate and small creatures from nature with industrially manufactured pieces of e.g., steel was at first a harsh contrast, almost a provocation. In the end, however, an aesthetically harmonious unity emerged from each composition. Perhaps one can even say: the effect of nature and human-made technical components, which are so different in their sensation, merge here into a kind of photographic symbiosis.

I’m a 44 years old self-taught photographer based in Paderborn, Germany.

I have been working intensively with photography for about 15 years. In the course of time, I discovered my passion for the small and inconspicuous things in our world and specialized in artistic close-up and macro photography.