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Bronze 2024 Fine Art / Other

Echoes of The Ancient North

  • Photographer
    Anna Sterling
  • Prize
    Bronze in Fine Art / Other

This self-portrait series delves deep into the mystical atmosphere of Iceland, portraying the connection between humans and nature in an intense and imaginative way. The boundaries between reality and myth blur, creating a setting that seems to have emerged from an ancient legend. The series invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a world full of secrets and primordial forces. It aims to bring the magical and ancient soul of Iceland to life by capturing the raw wilderness and the quiet poetry of the landscape.

Anna Sterling is a surreal art photographer based in Hamburg/Germany. She focuses on self-portraits and surreal photo manipulations – especially digital outdoor photography and photography in front of a green screen. Anna has been involved in photography since she was a child and has developed her own style over the years. Through digital image processing, she transfoms concrete image ideas into unobtrusive, artistic compositions. With her pictures, she tells stories whose depth is only revealed after looking at them several times. She aims to give viewers plenty of leeway for interpretation,