AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Photo of the Year 2025 - 1st place

This photo was taken in the South of China and documents one of the last two original cormorant fisherman who used to make their living with fishing. Their specifically trained cormorants used to dive into the water and catch the fish. These days there are only two gentlemen left who used to actually practice this tradition. These days they only perform this art of fishing for photographers as it became uneconomic to make a living with this type of profession and due to overfishing there is not many fish left in the river.

Yearly competition, 3rd place in Travel category

A villager on a remote island in the south of Vietnam tends to her husband's fishing net, a simple but essential tool that provides their livelihood. From a photographer's perspective I found it poetic that the fishing net itself resembled the waves of the blue seas where it is used.

Photo contest "Lines, corners, shapes & Co.", 2023 - 1st place

This photo was taken in Vietnam and documents a lady laying out bunches of incense sticks to dry in the sun after they have been dyed in red color. Incense sticks are of high significance in asian culture and used for religious rituals and even traditional medicine.

CEWE Fotowettbewerb 2022 - Photo of the Year

This photo was taken in Venice. As you would expect, it was a typical day with countless tourists. I was drawn to take this photo as I felt it captured a moment of peacefulness amid all the chaos and noise -  escapism from tourism.

Category "The colour red" - Top 30

This photo was taken in Vietnam and documents a lady laying out bunches of incense sticks to dry in the sun after they have been dyed in red color. Incense sticks are of high significance in asian culture and used for religious rituals and even traditional medicine.

Merian Magazin CEWE Fotowettbewerb 2021 - Finalist

This photo was taken in El Alto, Bolivia. Two fortune tellers "Yatiri" are having a chit chat between customer appointments. In Bolivia fortune telling is of high demand and sacred cocoa leaves are used to tell the fortune.

Yearly worldwide largest photo competition

Shortlisted with multiple pictures in several years (2021, 2023). On display: a man in a Haveli in Northern India.