Avelis

• Prize
  Silver in Analog / Film/Nature / Landscape
• Photographer
  Oliver Wehrli
• Technical Info
  Linhof Technorama 617s Iii, Super-angulon 90mm, F32 On Kodak Ektar100
• Photo Date
  02.2025

Avelis is not a place, but a feeling – the quiet passing of a moment that hovers between light and time. This panoramic analogue photograph captures transience. It is an image that knows no fixed lines. A place between here and there, between seeing and feeling. Perhaps it is just a moment. Maybe it's just a moment. Maybe a memory. Maybe both.

I combine photography and nature to create images that speak a silent and mystical yet haunting language. I prefer realistic images that appear natural and subtle and represent landscapes without alterations in order to remind the viewer of the beauty of nature without detours via abstraction. I describe myself as a “light painter”. I capture the subtle nuances of light to create works that show the beauty and depth of nature in a unique form of artistic expression. I mainly use a large-format analog camera to immerse in the deep silence of nature to capture a genuine vision of reality.