/ 2026 / Fine Art / Minimalism

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Patrick Ems, Switzerland
• Date of Photograph
  March 2025
• Studio
  Visual Decadence
• Website
  http://www.visual-decadence.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/patrickemsphotography/

The sunset over East Greenland casts the vast icy expanse into an ocean of deep, velvety shadows, where only the jagged, snow-dusted peaks pierce through like silent sentinels. In the fading light, dramatic contrasts emerge as the last rays kiss the mountain ridges, illuminating their sharp contours against an enveloping darkness that swallows the surrounding valleys and glaciers.

When the world of photography captured my heart, it changed the way I perceived the world. I realised that experiences in life and the emotions we feel can be captured in a moment to live on forever in a photograph. Chased by emotions and haste, I felt like a child exploring an unknown world; there was no plan of where this journey would take me.

“Photography, a love affair transforming moments into eternal journeys” [Patrick Ems]