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Gold 2024 Architecture / Historic

Quedlinburg (Quiet Streets)

  • Photographer
    Steffen Reichardt
  • Prize
    Gold in Architecture / Historic

World Heritage City Quedlinburg is a city on the Bode north of the Harz Mountains in the Harz district (Saxony-Anhalt / Germany). Quedlinburg's architectural heritage has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1994, making the city one of the largest area monuments in Germany. With this unique, closed historical cityscape, Quedlinburg is in the first row of German half-timbered towns. The biggest attraction is the city itself. Over 2000 picturesque half-timbered houses are crammed into an area of ??around 80 hectares.

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.