Under Ground

• Prize
  Gold in Architecture/Others Architecture, 2nd Place winner in Architecture
• Photographer
  Mitja Koetter, Germany
• Website
  https://www.mitjakoetter.com
• Instagram
  mitjakoetter

For my 'Under Ground' series, I set out to find the most beautiful subway stations in Europe. I started my project in my hometown Berlin. Then I travelled to Hamburg, Munich and finally to Stockholm to visit the Tunnelbana. A huge work of art underground. Like a museum you drive through. I tried to capture the everyday place of thousands of people and my enthusiasm for it. To let the stations shine. To let the movement of the trains merge with the surroundings. The metro. Means of transport. Not much more. Or is it?

Already in my youth I asked myself how to capture moments and life. The photograph seemed suitable.
I studied German and philosophy to become a teacher. After that, my work in the Formula 1 circus takes me around the globe. Almost too much. To hold it all. But never mind. What did Nietzsche say? "Was That - life? Come on! Once more!"

Awards Honorable mention at the ND Award 2021.
Contributions to Zeiss lenspire magazine in 2022.
Honorable mention Lifeframer "Night" 2023