Seascape nominee

The rocky Italian island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples has been a resort for the rich and wealthy since the days of the Roman Empire. It is a place associated with beautiful people, breathtaking landscape, gentle weather - and sunny days at the sea.

The series “Capri - L’isola del Sole” invites the spectator to a day in Capri during the winter time, outside the season: when it is cold, the island empty, the rain washes down the steep alleyways, and the daylight already disappears in the early afternoon.

Christoph Montebelli is a German and Austrian photography artist and writer working between Europe and Africa. He holds degrees from the universities of Rome and Yale, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar. His photographic work, which explores the visual impact of urbanisation and globalisation, in particular in Africa and the Mediterranean, has been exhibited amongst others in London, Casablanca and Berlin.