honorable mention
Bernhard Lang germany
title
The Bogs Renatured
These aerial images show sceneries of bog renaturation in Estonia.
Former peat extraction areas are being renatured to bogs again.
The bogs are worlds of wonder, places of prehistoric myths and an almost endless diversity of nature.
Not only do bogs act as refuges and habitats for many endangered species, they can also filter pollutants and store and retain unimaginable amounts of water. Essentially, they are nature's oversized sponges.
Worldwide, moors bind almost twice as much CO2 as all forests combined. The importance of peatlands in the age of man-made global warming becomes clear when one considers that only intact peatlands are able to store carbon.
- 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
The Bogs - RenaturationThese aerial images show sceneries of bog renaturation in Estonia.
Former peat extraction areas are being renatured to bogs again.
The bogs are worlds of wonder, places of prehistoric myths and an almost endless diversity of nature.
Not only do bogs act as refuges and habitats for many endangered species, they can also filter pollutants and store and retain unimaginable amounts of water. Essentially, they are nature's oversized sponges.
Worldwide, moors bind almost twice as much CO2 as all forests combined. The importance of peatlands in the age of man-made global warming becomes clear when one considers that only intact peatlands are able to store carbon.
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