2nd place
silver star award
Paul Lichte
germany 
Photo © Paul Lichte
title
Tropical Desert
What you can see here is a unique phenomenon of lagoons inside a white sand desert.
White sand is transported by rivers from the interior of the Amazon to the coast, where the sand is blown back to the land by strong winds. This creates a white, tropical desert landscape of 1,550 square kilometers. The rainy season of the Amazon climate causes a period of rain every year that fills the white sand dunes with water and creates a unique phenomenon of colorful lagoons that cover the entire desert. In the lagoons, algae can change the color of the water from turquoise to green, while sediment appears as dark brown spots on the bottom. The rivers that cross the desert get their reddish-brown color from leaves and other plant material that decays in the water. During the dry season, these lagoons slowly dry out, only leaving behind remnants of sediment. If you look closely, you can see traces of desert dwellers such as cows and goats, but also human footprints.
Photographing natural phenomena from small aircraft, the stories of how these places once were created are told by selected images with countless small details, best viewed as prints and in exhibitions. Whether it will be wandering cows in a desert, human footprints on vacant salt flats or off-road vehicle tire tracks on dunes. There is plenty to explore in every single image.
The center of his work is the Ever Changing Earth with the transformation of landscapes in focus.
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entry description
These Images were taken from a small airplane over the coast of Brazil.What you can see here is a unique phenomenon of lagoons inside a white sand desert.
White sand is transported by rivers from the interior of the Amazon to the coast, where the sand is blown back to the land by strong winds. This creates a white, tropical desert landscape of 1,550 square kilometers. The rainy season of the Amazon climate causes a period of rain every year that fills the white sand dunes with water and creates a unique phenomenon of colorful lagoons that cover the entire desert. In the lagoons, algae can change the color of the water from turquoise to green, while sediment appears as dark brown spots on the bottom. The rivers that cross the desert get their reddish-brown color from leaves and other plant material that decays in the water. During the dry season, these lagoons slowly dry out, only leaving behind remnants of sediment. If you look closely, you can see traces of desert dwellers such as cows and goats, but also human footprints.
about the photographer
Paul’s concept of aerial photography is to create images where art meets education. Where you come for the aesthetics and you stay for the background information.Photographing natural phenomena from small aircraft, the stories of how these places once were created are told by selected images with countless small details, best viewed as prints and in exhibitions. Whether it will be wandering cows in a desert, human footprints on vacant salt flats or off-road vehicle tire tracks on dunes. There is plenty to explore in every single image.
The center of his work is the Ever Changing Earth with the transformation of landscapes in focus.
back to gallery
