Gold in Special/Night Photography / 2026 / Special / Night Photography

• Prize
  Gold in Special/Night Photography, 2nd Place winner in Special
• Photographer
  Roland Blum, Liechtenstein
• Date of Photograph
  20.11.2025
• Website
  https://www.rolandblum.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/rolandblum_photography/

The score of silence - A translation of time into light

In the depths of the Namibian desert, silence manifests in its purest form.
Far away from the echoes of civilization, the landscape becomes a temple of emptiness, where sand does not measure time, but preserves it.
Between the gentle contours of this archaic landscape and the soft arcs of the cosmos, a bridge of light emerges.
Here, where wind is nothing more than a whisper, planet earth holds its breath - to listen to the universe.
Trails of stars are like frozen melodies - floating above.

*1966 Grabs,
lives and works in Schaan/Liechtenstein, studied music at the jazz school Lucerne and at the conservatory Lucerne.
main work is abstract aerial photography.
the fascination for abstractions, structures and patterns in the landscape as well as the great passion for music are resonating in his images.
his photographic work is very close to painting and painting with light is photography in the truest sense of word.

Awards 2022-2026
International Photography Awards five times “officially selected”

2024
Nd Awards 1st Place Gold Star Award in Nature Aerial Category

2024
London Photography Gold Award in Abstract Category

2024
Monochrome Photography Awards 1st place in Abstract Category

2023
New York Photography Silver Award in Fine Art-Abstract

2022
Biennale Venice Photo wall for the Namibian Pavilion

2022
European Photography Gold Award in Fine Art Abstract Category

2021
New York Photography Silver Award in Fine Art Abstract Category

2021
Monochrome Photography Awards 3rd place in Abstract Category

2019
Nomination for the Swiss Photo Academy