honorable mention
Judith Kuhn germany
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Rub al-Khali
I started with photography at the age of about 12 years with a very cheap analog compact camera followed by a better analog model from Braun. After some years without taking pictures I got my first analog SLR camera - a Minolta XG9 - from my father. I learned about photography in an autodidactic way and soon I changed from negative prints to diapositives. In 2007 I bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon EOS 350D followed by a Canon EOS 500D, a Canon EOS 70D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV which I use today. My main subject is the landscape photography, mostly in the italian and swiss alps but I try to take pictures of animals and plants also...
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For the second time I was drawn to the solitude of the Rub al Khali, the largest sandy desert on our planet, in the south of Abu Dhabi. From the very first visit, I fell in love with the endless dunes, the waves in the sand and the stark contrasts when the sun was low in the sky. It's not always easy to find the structures in the dunes and the position of the sun makes a huge difference - a motif that you had just passed half an hour before suddenly develops an exciting dynamic...about the photographer
I was born in 1974 in Ebingen (Germany) and grew up in Sigmaringen, where I finished school in 1994. Afterwards I went to the university in Stuttgart where I studied architecture. I had jobs in different firms and meanwhile I live in the small town Immenstaad at the Lake Constance.I started with photography at the age of about 12 years with a very cheap analog compact camera followed by a better analog model from Braun. After some years without taking pictures I got my first analog SLR camera - a Minolta XG9 - from my father. I learned about photography in an autodidactic way and soon I changed from negative prints to diapositives. In 2007 I bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon EOS 350D followed by a Canon EOS 500D, a Canon EOS 70D and the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV which I use today. My main subject is the landscape photography, mostly in the italian and swiss alps but I try to take pictures of animals and plants also...
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