Panoramic nominee

Millions of years ago, what is today New Zealand separated from the primeval continent of Gondwana. Since then, a flora and fauna independent of external ecosystems has been able to develop in New Zealand. Today, the country at the edge of the world delights with its wild coasts, endless expanses of land, huge primeval forests, glaciers and volcanoes and a mostly endemic flora.
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Analogue photography in 6x17 panoramic format on colour slide film.

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.