Landscape nominee

Dancing beech trees climb up towards the sun. Their fine branches stand out against the slim, brownish beeches. The leaves they bear shimmer in the subtle incidence of light. A glint of joy comes over me as the fine mist rises, adding a mystical flair to the moment.

Shot in analogue large format 4x5" with slide film Provia100F.

For over 20 years, Swiss landscape photographer Oliver Wehrli has combined photography, technology and nature to create photographs that speak a silent yet forceful language. He prefers realistic depictions that appear natural and subtle, showing landscapes unchanged in order to remind the viewer of the beauty of nature without detours via abstraction. He finds his motifs in the close surroundings of his native Switzerland as well as in the vast landscapes of Europe or New Zealand. The photographer prefers to go out into nature with an analogue camera. For him, analogue photography represents the reduction to the essential - namely composing and capturing the image.