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Honorable Mention BIFA 2026 Special Categories / Macro Photography

A Fish Named John Doe

  • Photographer
    Natalie Truchsess
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Special Categories / Macro Photography

While individual marine inhabitants receive global attention, millions perish in anonymity as “bycatch.” Each drop is a monument to the anonymous "John Does" of our seas — creatures without a name, a lobby, or a face. Technically, the moisture here comes from seeds sprouting on a fish-patterned plate. The condensation from the seeds settles like a veil over the nameless creatures beneath. The dewdrops focus on a detail while distorting the bigger picture. It reflects a human paradox: we nurture a single seed with devotion while exploiting the oceans -and our soil- as mere industrial resources.

After training in photography and an internship at Bayerischer Rundfunk, I worked for several years as a camera assistant. Over time, my visual language shifted toward abstraction. My work begins with reality and explores what can emerge when subject, perception, and camera interact. I work with Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) and developed my own technique, Remodel by Camera Movement (RCM), the basis of my Photographic Lyrical Abstraction. In my Emergographies, everyday things can develop an identity of their own. Together, they form my Photographic Wonder Room.

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