Silver in Architecture/Industrial / 2024 / Architecture / Industrial

• Prize
  Silver in Architecture/Industrial
• Photographer
  Steffen Reichardt, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  04/24
• Website
  https://steffenreichardt-photography.jimdo.com
• Instagram
  @steffen_reichardt_7

The bio towers are an industrial monument in the southern Brandenburg town of Lauchhammer in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district (Germany). The 22 meter high landmark, which can be seen from afar and consists of 24 towers, was built in 1957 on the site of the former brown coal coking plant in the north of Lauchhammer-West and was put into operation in 1958/59. Operation of the facility was discontinued on December 31, 2002. Since July 17, 2008 the bio towers are public open as part of a project of the Fürst-Pückler-Land International Building Exhibition.

Steffen Reichardt, born in Magdeburg in 1976, has been based in Cottbus, Germany, since 2017.
Travel and multi-day trekking or mountain bike journeys continue to shape his photographic perspective, with the camera as a constant companion along the way.

His work often explores long exposure and subtle digital transformation as expressive tools.
Working across landscape, architectural, and digital art photography, Reichardt’s images are characterized by calm, minimalist compositions that emphasize space, structure, and quiet atmosphere.

Awards 2025
Gold – Fine Art Architecture, Prix de la Photographie Paris
Gold – Special Effects, Prix de la Photographie Paris

2024
Gold – Architecture Industrial, Budapest International Foto Awards
Gold – Architecture Historic, Budapest International Foto Awards
Bronze – Architecture Industrial, Budapest International Foto Awards
Gold – Architecture Industrial, Tokyo International Foto Awards
3rd Place – Architecture Industrial, International Photography Awards
Bronze – Architecture Cityscapes, ND Awards
Silver - Architecture Industrial, Prix de la Photographie Paris
Bronze - Architecture Industrial, Prix de la Photographie Paris

2023
Gold – Architecture Industrial, International Photography Awards
Architecture Photographer of the Year – International Photography Awards
Gold – Architecture Industrial, Budapest International Foto Awards
Silver – Nature Trees, Budapest International Foto Awards
Bronze – Fine Art Landscape, Budapest International Foto Awards
Gold – Fine Art Special Effects, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Silver – Architecture Industrial, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
Bronze – Architecture Industrial, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris

2022
Gold – Architecture Industrial, Moscow International Foto Awards
Silver – Architecture, Moscow International Foto Awards
Silver – Nature Trees, Moscow International Foto Awards

2021
Silver – Architecture Industrial, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Silver – Architecture Bridges, Tokyo International Foto Awards

2017
Third Place – Architecture Industrial, Moscow International Foto Awards

2016
Second Place – Architecture Bridges, Moscow International Foto Awards
Second Place – Fine Art Collage, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Second Place – Architecture Interior, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Second Place – Nature Trees, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Third Place – Fine Art Portrait, Tokyo International Foto Awards