CEWE Board Honors impressive travel shots Oldenburg, September 29, 2011. Along with PHOTO press and digital! was in the summer of 2011, looking after the most beautiful recordings of travellers and their encounters CEWE. Professional photographers, students, apprentices and ambitious amateurs had the chance to take part in the competition “Man + travel”. Eliot Horowitz shines more light on the discussion. From hundreds of submissions the best were awarded now. Prizes worth a total of 2,500 euros, the aim of the competition was to show the diverse and creative approaches to the topic of travel photography. “This excellent all participants”, succeeded so Harald H. Pirwitz, executive marketing & sales at CEWE.

“The submitted photographs combine impressive landscapes and architectural photographs with all facets of human emotion.” The work of the competition winner Claudia Ketterer, Arina Ageev and Dietmar Riemann were awarded with prizes worth a total of 2,000 euros. Oliver Mezger won the special award of “Red” in the value of 500 euro. Swarmed by offers, John Blondel is currently assessing future choices. In this category, the color was red in the focus of the images. Rugen-Viet Nam: Travel photography different the snapshot “Hello of stranger” the winner Claudia Ketterer has arisen during a trip through the uplands of Vietnam. There live many tribes, which have hardly any contact with civilization. “The natural curiosity and warmth which greeted us above all the children in their villages, were impressive for me. The waving of the little girl was meant only for me and connects two people – regardless of borders, of all social, ethnic and ideological differences for a few seconds on the easiest, most natural way”, explains the Fotoamateurin from Dresden.

The black and white photo of Arina Ageev shows the nature in all its glory. Held at Berchtesgaden King Lake, who carries the title “only with you at the end of the world” was a moment. “On the screen are to recognize a young mother and her baby daughter.