Nature nominee

There is a magical atmosphere when I enter the cloud forest. A green paradise! I pause, breathe the humid and fresh air, admire primeval trees, tree ferns, moss, epiphytes and hanging lianas. A unique flora and fauna exists in this rainforest. Wafts of fog rise between the plants, it drips from the treetops and birdsong can be heard from different directions. Silent and amazed, I roam through this green thicket with my analogue panorama camera. Always attentively looking for an ideal angle for a picture. The photography in the dense rainforest demands all senses and experiences. But the effort is worth it for this extraordinary place.

I work with analog photography, using large-format cameras.
I am fascinated by what happens when time, light and silence interact.
The slow pace of work demands patience and attention. It opens up space for perception.

I find my inspiration in nature, in the immediate surroundings, in transitions of light and weather, of proximity and distance.
I am not interested in the spectacular, but in the inconspicuous, the quietly present.
I consider myself a painter of light.