honorable mention
Hans-Martin Dölz germany
Photo © Hans-Martin Dölz
title
book temple
Recently I saw an image that was short-listed in the Open Competition of the Sony WPO-Award 2014. This image displayed a motif featuring the interior of the library. So I decided to visit the library again to have a look from which position the image was taken. To get familiar with my new camera I walked around but failed to capture the motif of the short-listed image with my 35 mm lens ( later I read that the photo of the WPO-Award was taken with a 12 mm lens ). That's why I concentrated on a motif with a frontal look at one of the four nearly equal looking walls of this cubic facility. I took some pictures and paid great attention on the lighting to avoid burnt out areas in the image as it is seen on many photos from that location. The main challenge was to capture a situation with an attractive arrangement of the few people around. The post processing with Lightroom was limited to equalizing the converging lines, to crop some distracting elements on the borders and to make some color adjustments.
After retirement his passion for art was ignited. His first artworks were graphic images, computer-generated via mathematical algorithms. He was fascinated by the interplay between colors, lines and shapes.
The idea behind this drew inspiration by the works of French media artist Vera Molnár who is considered a pioneer of computer art back in the 1960s.
He later experimented using actual photographs as seeds of computer modifications that turned them into abstract images. Some of these explorations involved fractals, which lead to universes within universes, never ending cascades of self-similar geometric beauty.
Since 2013 Hans-Martin focuses mainly on photography without alteration. Most of his images capture the stunning geometric patterns that can be found in manmade structures and the natural world. His work has been published worldwide and it has been recognized with numerous international awards. In 2020 the distinction Excellence FIAP (EFIAP) was awarded to him by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP).
For further details visit his website: https://hansmartindoelz.co
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entry description
This photo was taken on February 8, 2014 in the Stuttgart City Library, Germany. The building was designed by the korean-born Germany-based architect Eun Young Yi. The opening ceremony of the library took place on October 21, 2011. Countless photographs were already taken, from both the outside and the inside. I visited the library last year in September for the first time and was really surprised about the complex structures which are a challenge for any photographer.Recently I saw an image that was short-listed in the Open Competition of the Sony WPO-Award 2014. This image displayed a motif featuring the interior of the library. So I decided to visit the library again to have a look from which position the image was taken. To get familiar with my new camera I walked around but failed to capture the motif of the short-listed image with my 35 mm lens ( later I read that the photo of the WPO-Award was taken with a 12 mm lens ). That's why I concentrated on a motif with a frontal look at one of the four nearly equal looking walls of this cubic facility. I took some pictures and paid great attention on the lighting to avoid burnt out areas in the image as it is seen on many photos from that location. The main challenge was to capture a situation with an attractive arrangement of the few people around. The post processing with Lightroom was limited to equalizing the converging lines, to crop some distracting elements on the borders and to make some color adjustments.
about the photographer
Hans-Martin Dölz is a German artist renowned for his architectural and abstract photography. He studied Mathematics and Business Administration at the Universities of Bochum and Göttingen and graduated in 1979 with a master’s degree in Business Administration.After retirement his passion for art was ignited. His first artworks were graphic images, computer-generated via mathematical algorithms. He was fascinated by the interplay between colors, lines and shapes.
The idea behind this drew inspiration by the works of French media artist Vera Molnár who is considered a pioneer of computer art back in the 1960s.
He later experimented using actual photographs as seeds of computer modifications that turned them into abstract images. Some of these explorations involved fractals, which lead to universes within universes, never ending cascades of self-similar geometric beauty.
Since 2013 Hans-Martin focuses mainly on photography without alteration. Most of his images capture the stunning geometric patterns that can be found in manmade structures and the natural world. His work has been published worldwide and it has been recognized with numerous international awards. In 2020 the distinction Excellence FIAP (EFIAP) was awarded to him by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP).
For further details visit his website: https://hansmartindoelz.co
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