María Luisa Memorial Award

María Luisa Memorial Award

My image Heart Reef is the ‘Top-Down Perspective’ winner of the 2012 María Luisa Memorial Photo contest.More than 16000 photographs were submitted by 1600 competitors from 54 different countries. Christian Klepp wins a Top-Down Perspective category...
Storm Reverb

Storm Reverb

The panorama of the Aletsch Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier in the Swiss Alps belongs to the most spectacular mountain landscapes in Europe. The promising thunderstorm conditions in August 2015 were ideally suited to photographing this panorama from the summit of...
The Dawn of the Nightglory

The Dawn of the Nightglory

The nighttime Mont Blanc massif reflected in the alpine lake Lac de Chéserys, viewed from the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix in the French Alps, is one of the most iconic landscapes in the Alps, especially when the Milky Way rises directly above Mont Blanc. A...
Dreamscape

Dreamscape

The lush green forest around the alpine lake Lago di Saoseo in Val da Camp, in Switzerland’s Graubünden region, is spellbound by a mystical light as the rising sun shines through the trees. In summer, the early morning light reaches across the mountain ridge and warms...
Elements of Storm

Elements of Storm

Lac de Chéserys in the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix offers spectacular views of the Mont Blanc massif. At the end of a stormy day, the setting sun dramatically illuminated foehn clouds, signaling strong winds at high elevations. Yet for a fleeting moment, the wind...