The scenes shown in the photos look more like another planet than our Earth. The photos are taken over artificial, industrial lakes so-called ash ponds. These ashes are a by-product created during the combustion of coal in coal-fired power plants. The ashes are mixed with water and stored in ash ponds also called coal ash basins. Apart from the ecological aspect, looking only from the aesthetic point of view, surfaces with interesting patterned structures and lakes with beautiful colors are created.
We are Barbara and Maciej Noskowski, a husband and wife team of award-winning photographers, visual artists and travellers. We have many years of experience in aerial photography, taken from various aircrafts and drones. As world travellers we visited over 60 countries and 16 states in the USA. Our editorial photos were published among others in National Geographic, Cosmopolitan, Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveller, Vogue, Grazia, Bloomberg, The Guardian. We are the authors of the cover photos of many books by famous authors such as Zoe Valdez, or Olga Tokarczuk - Nobel Prize winner 2019.
Awards Nature Photographer of the Year 2023, International Photography Awards, New York
Category Winner, International Photography Awards 2023, New York
First Prize, Category Nature, Aerial, International Photography Awards 2023, New York
Finalist LUCIE Awards 2023, New York
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023, 2nd place, Silver Winner, Nature, Aerial
2nd Place and Silver Star Award, Neutral Density Awards 2023, London
Prix de la Photographie 2022, Paris, Silver Winner in the category Nature/Earth, Professional.
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 - Bronze Winner
IPA International Photo Awards 2021 - Honorable Mention
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 - Honorable Mention
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021 - Jury Top 5 Selection
Siena International Photo Awards 2020, Italy, Finalist
