honorable mention
Jean-Luc Grossmann switzerland
title
Burning Man Magic
When deciding on a project we wanted something that was cultural, spiritual, unreal, uncommon as well as visual with a strong storytelling opportunity. We wanted something to discover and explore but most importantly it needed to be something we were free to uncover as individuals. We wanted a project that gave the possibility of working on the same theme but interpreting it with our own self-expression, then seeing how these three viewpoints come together as one.
Burning Man is my first project under the name PlanetVisible, a collaboration with photographers Justin Hession and Pascal Richard. we all grew up in different parts of the world but it’s our shared passion in storytelling and visual imagery that has bonded us as friends. Our friendship has grown into a collaboration where together we seek to Explore, Document and Share stories from around the world, with the world.
The spirit of travel and adventure plays an important role in Jean-Luc’s life. To live hand in hand with nature and to explore remote and wild places around the world has always been his passion since he was a little kid. But travel is also about the locals he meets along the way and the insights he gets into their culture. These encounters often become one of the things he treasures most about a journey.
Jean-Luc continues to explore all facets of photography, encouraging others to be curious about the new and the unknown.
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entry description
Burning Man is unique. It’s unique in its community spirit, its creativity, its self-expression. It’s not merely another festival. It’s a celebration of the human soul. 70'000 free spirits descended into the desert to create a temporary fanciful city made up of a mixture of art, community and the downright bizarre.When deciding on a project we wanted something that was cultural, spiritual, unreal, uncommon as well as visual with a strong storytelling opportunity. We wanted something to discover and explore but most importantly it needed to be something we were free to uncover as individuals. We wanted a project that gave the possibility of working on the same theme but interpreting it with our own self-expression, then seeing how these three viewpoints come together as one.
Burning Man is my first project under the name PlanetVisible, a collaboration with photographers Justin Hession and Pascal Richard. we all grew up in different parts of the world but it’s our shared passion in storytelling and visual imagery that has bonded us as friends. Our friendship has grown into a collaboration where together we seek to Explore, Document and Share stories from around the world, with the world.
about the photographer
Jean-Luc is a French photographer living in Zurich, Switzerland. Beside his main occupation as a freelance photographer in the corporate world, Jean-Luc is pursuing visual storytelling ideas, self-exploration, creativeness and bring awareness to themes that would otherwise be outside his realm of everyday opportunities.The spirit of travel and adventure plays an important role in Jean-Luc’s life. To live hand in hand with nature and to explore remote and wild places around the world has always been his passion since he was a little kid. But travel is also about the locals he meets along the way and the insights he gets into their culture. These encounters often become one of the things he treasures most about a journey.
Jean-Luc continues to explore all facets of photography, encouraging others to be curious about the new and the unknown.
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