/ 2026 / Architecture / Aerial

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Olesja Brandt, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  17.04.2026
• Instagram
  @alesja_brandt

An aerial view transforms the building into a composition of symmetry, repetition, and linear rhythm. Detached from its everyday function, the structure reveals an underlying architectural order where geometry becomes the primary visual language.

Olesja Brandt is a Germany-based emerging photographer working across portraiture, architecture, and conceptual image-making. Her practice is rooted in a minimalist visual language shaped by clarity of line, emotional restraint, and an interest in the relationship between outer form and inner experience. Through photography, she explores themes of identity, vulnerability, silence, and transformation, seeking psychological presence and sincerity in faces, bodies, and spaces. She has developed her practice independently and through masterclasses with contemporary artists.