BILDSTRECKE IM AKTUELLEN ZEIT MAGAZIN

Print Erstveröffentlichung der "Pareidolie Berg Gesichter" Serie im ZEITmagazin nr. 18 vom 29.04.2021, mit einem Text von Christian Thiele.

Online Artikel: https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2021/18/berge-wandern-klettern-schoenheit-natur-glueck

NEW PHOTO PROJECT "PAREIDOLIA - MOUNTAIN FACES" 2019 - 2021

"BAVARIAN CHIEF" = Hochkalter Mountain in Bavaria

The images show mountain peaks, that rotated by 90 degrees resemble profiles of human faces.

The term "Pareidolia” describes the ability to recognize a face, a human figure or an animal in abstract forms such as in clouds or mountains.

SLEEPING GREEK WOMAN or Erlakogel Mountain in Austria

The mythical names of these strikingly shaped mountain peaks in the Alps such as "The Sleeping Greek Woman", "Schiller's Head", ... are mostly based on old legends and sagas, that have been handed down from generation to generation.

"MAN WITH TURBAN" or Široka Peč Mountain in Slovenia

During my photo tours through Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Slovenia I discovered also "new" mountain faces, and invented names, such as "The Berchtesgaden Chief", "Golem", "Donald Trump", ...

Klick here for all images on: https://www.bernhardlang.de/mountainfaces

Limited Edition Panorama Fine Art Print 400 x 100 cm, Count 1 of 10

The image was put together from several image files, so that excellent sharpness and detail reproduction is achieved even in this large format. Recently produced for a german collector.

Cruiseship captured in full speed on the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and the mainland of Italy, 2016.