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Bronze 2024 Architecture / Abstract

Storm On The Elbe

  • Photographer
    Anna Wacker
  • Prize
    Bronze in Architecture / Abstract

An abstract visualization of Hamburg's impressive concert hall and landmark, the Elbphilharmonie. With its stunning roof - a long wave of shimmering glass - it towers above the Elbe river and the Hafencity district. This image depicts the roof of Elphie, as it is popularly known, as waves in stormy weather.

Anna Wacker is an award winning photographer based in Hamburg,Germany. Her work has evolved from capturing the built world to uncovering the "soul within the structure." Moving beyond simple documentation, Anna reinterprets architecture as a living, breathing landscape. To her, a building is never static; it is a "guardian," a "creature," or a "universal mystery" waiting to be revealed. By blending sharp geometry with dramatic light, she seeks the intersection of the tangible and the imaginative.

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