Street Photography nominee

Snow has become a rare thing in the city of Basel in the last decades. But in January 2021 we had heavy snowfall over our small but historic city. The otherwise noisy, hectic city with its billboards and construction sites, became quiet and slow. As if time slowed down, the city felt as if we had traveled back in time to a bygone era.

Totally hypnotized and as if in a trance, the city was spiked with quiet, almost frozen scenes. A shopkeeper on a cigarette break, several people deciding whether to really venture out into the snow, lonely people on the palatinate overlooking the Rhine and the city or simply citizens trying to get from one place to another. Everyday life in which the city itself is as much an actor as the people in it.

Bastian Peter is a street photographer living and working in Basel, Switzerland. Growing up an early curiosity developed surrounding what lies beneath any facade.

Bastian has no professional background and only started to sell prints this year, as a respond to several requests online.

Storytelling in many forms, especially photography and cinema, would fuel a passion for narrative and point of view. With a growing interest and a evolving eye, it feels natural for Bastian to explore a yet hidden side of Basel, Schweiz. His photos are unposed and candid in nature.

Testing several different focal lenghts, Bastian is mostly drawn to 50mm.

Self taught his work has been evolving into the use of colour and light as a vehicle for emotion and storytelling.

-Published work in print/online magazine EyePhoto Magazine #04.2020
-interviewed on danielsiggphotography.com
-soon to be published article & interview on thepictorial-list.com
-selected online magazine features include: Foto Marlin Basel, Timeless Streets, Unposed Society Hannover, Street Storytelling, Street Avengers, F22bestphoto, streetizm, Sublime Street, Street Photography Brazil, VanSPC (Vancouver), Sublime Street, Republic of Street and Street Finder.