/ 2026 / Fine Art / Other

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Grit Brune, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  04.01.2026
• Website
  https://gritbrunephotography.com
• Instagram
  https://instagr.am/grit.brune

A Quiet Breath explores the quiet moments between movement and stillness, where space and presence exist in a fragile balance.
 The images move away from narrative and drama, focusing instead on atmosphere, rhythm, and sensation.
 Form, light, and motion unfold like a calm breath, filling the space with silence and subtle tension.
 A quiet emotional intimacy emerges that is felt more than explained.
 It invites the viewer to pause for a moment and experience the silent intensity of presence itself.

I am a fine art street photographer whose work is shaped by a background in language, conceptual thinking, and years of living in Asia, combining structure with openness and intuition. Influenced by a careful, almost literary approach to composition, my images are minimalist, precise, and concept driven, yet grounded in real, unstaged moments.

At the core of my work lies the relationship between people and urban space. Architecture serves as a structured canvas, while human figures, subtle, often small, yet essential, anchor the image. Rather than being central protagonists, they define scale

Awards 4 Leica Master Shots
International Photography Awards ( IPA): 1. Prize Category: Architecture, Other
Paris International Street Photo Awards (Pispa): 2. Prize: Category: Urbex & Minimalism
Neutral Density Awards: 3. Prize Category: People Street Photography
Tokyo Foto Awards (tifa): 3. Prize Category: Street Photography