Main image, Downpipe Germany 2022
Above, Cube Geometrics NL 2022
I am taking pictures since 1980. After participating in several national competitions I decided in 1985 to participate in international photographic salons and specifically in the sections of color slide, nature and travel photography.
Above, Longyearbyen Facade Svalbard 2016
Above, Red Traffic Light Germany 2021
Above, Hooked NL 2021
As an active competition photographer since 1985 I was 1400x successfull [sic] with more than 200 different pictures in several international competitions until 1999 and had won 166 prizes.
Above, Wall and Windows Germany 2021
Above, Yellow Shutters Germany 2023
Over the past 30 years I had been a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the DVF (German Association of Photography) and the Royal Photographic Society of England. I was awarded with EFIAP from the FIAP, an ARPS from the Royal Photographic Society of England and PPSA of the Photographic Society of America.
Above, Counterpoint Svalbard 2016, Idea and processing 2024
Above, Coloured Struts Stockholm 2017, processed 2021
The last 15 years I took my pictures with a digital camera, first with Olympus E10, then with Canon digital SLR cameras.
Above, Twins Duesseldorf 2020
Above, Oase Part of The Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Abstract in 2020
Above, Coiled Rainbow Muenster, Germany 2020
I take pictures form everything that interests me. My pictures are always coming out of my head and then realized with focal lengths ranging from 10 to 400 mm.
An important tool for me is the polarizing filter.
Above, Coloured Living Space Dresden, Germany 2017
Above, Reitdiep Haven Groningen, NL 2019
All photos and text by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp
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