nd nature photographer of the year 2016
Bernhard Lang germany
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Circle Irrigation
Center-pivot irrigation, also called waterwheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers. A circular area centered on the pivot is irrigated, often creating a circular pattern in crops when viewed from above. Most center pivots were initially water-powered, and today most are propelled by electric motors.
The guiding idea of my work is to display the formal beauty or a pleasant order on one hand, and on the other hand the transformation or destruction of original nature, caused by human impact.
Photographed August 2015. © Bernhard Lang
- 1993-1996 apprenticeship as photographer at Photostudio Anker in Munich
- 1996-2000 working as freelance photoassistent for various photographers
- since 2000 working as freelance photographer, based in Munich, Germany
- since 2010 working on his project Aerial Views
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entry description
Aerial Photographs of Circle Irrigation in Kansas, USA.Center-pivot irrigation, also called waterwheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers. A circular area centered on the pivot is irrigated, often creating a circular pattern in crops when viewed from above. Most center pivots were initially water-powered, and today most are propelled by electric motors.
The guiding idea of my work is to display the formal beauty or a pleasant order on one hand, and on the other hand the transformation or destruction of original nature, caused by human impact.
Photographed August 2015. © Bernhard Lang
about the photographer
- born 1970, married, two sons- 1993-1996 apprenticeship as photographer at Photostudio Anker in Munich
- 1996-2000 working as freelance photoassistent for various photographers
- since 2000 working as freelance photographer, based in Munich, Germany
- since 2010 working on his project Aerial Views
back to gallery