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Gold 2023 Architecture / Industrial

Powerstation Jänschwalde

  • Photographer
    Steffen Reichardt
  • Prize
    Gold in Architecture / Industrial

Jänschwalde Power Station is located near the village of Jänschwalde in Brandenburg on the German-Polish border. The lignite-fired power station has an installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts and consists of six 500 MW units. It is the third-largest brown coal power plant in operation in Germany.

Steffen Reichardt was born in Magdeburg in 1976 and moved to Cottbus in April 2017. He experiences the fascinating world of photography again and again when traveling, as well as on trekking and mountain bike tours lasting several days. The camera is his companion on these journeys. His favorite stylistic devices such as long exposure and creative image editing are expressed in his photographs. The photographic range includes landscape, architectural and digital art photography, with the viewer easily noticing his minimalist image compositions.