Nature 1st place winner

Nacreous clouds or polar stratospheric clouds. On the last day of the year those clouds could be seen on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. These clouds are characterized by a strong iridescence. Their height is determined at about 15-25 km, where the temperature is -80 degrees Celsius. Clouds are formed with a small amount of water vapor that leaked to the upper parts of the atmosphere. The droplets are much smaller than those that typical building clouds.

I graduated from the Cracow School of Art and the State Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz, where I received the title of Master of Photography. I am laureate of Grand Press Photo ( 3X ) , BZ WBK Press Photo ( 7X ) , Leica Street Photo, International B & W Photography Contest Monochrome Awards ( 3X ) , the International Photography Awards ( 7X ) , National Geographic Poland ( 2X ) , SGL Local Press ( 3X ) ,journalist of Malopolska , National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year (2X). I am also a finalist of competitions like: Kuwait Grand Photography Contest (2X), Event Photography Awards (2X), Press Photo of the Year ( 2X ) Erazm Ciolek prize organized by the Association of Polish Journalists . I work for Tygodnik Podhalański and for Getty Images Poland. I am also a lecturer of the press photography at the Cracow School of Art.