Bernhard Edmaier

IMAGES OF THE EARTH:
For more than 30 years, the photographer Bernhard Edmaier, who initially studied geology, has been very deeply dedicated to photographing the surface of our planet – the forces of Nature which form the Earth. His seemingly abstract aerial images, in which high quality photography and science unite, have caused international sensation and have been received with great excitement by international audiences.
Bernhard’s magnificent aerial images won him a renowned Kodak Photo Book Prize in 1998. In 2001 he received the Hasselblad Master Award.
His art photography is firmly rooted in geology. It is his aim to present the manifold colours, forms and structures which the Earth has created without man’s interference. In order to achieve this aim, Bernhard uses aerial photography as his medium.
As his motifs – geological structures of the earth – are mostly very large, Bernhard needs to shoot his images from a greater distance. He manages this by using a helicopter or a small plane and directing the pilot to an exact point where, in accordance with his idea, he is able to focus his camera on the object.
Bernhard works exclusively with Hasselblad and Phase One cameras (the current one has a 150 megapixels resoluti...

PHOTO ART MEETS SCIENCE:
The Earth constitutes the focal point of Bernhard Edmaier's photographic art. His highly unconventional landscape images have been exhibited in many countries as either solo exhibitions or group exhibitions. Wherever they are displayed - be in public or private galleries as well as natural history museums - Bernhard Edmaier's images fascinate and inspire the viewers from all walks of life.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2022 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH
Deutsches Museum Flugwerft in Munich/Oberschleißheim, Germany
2021 EARTH - House of Photography, Burghausen, Germany
2021 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH
Natural History Museum Dortmund, Germany
2020 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH

Natural History Museum Karlsruhe, Germany
2020 THE ALPS - A WORK OF ART

Terra Mineralia, Freiberg, Germany
2019 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH

Nature Museum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2018 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH
House of Mountains, Berchtesgaden, Germany
2018 COLOURS OF THE EARTH
Nature Museum, Reutlingen, Germany
2018 WATER - HOW IT FORMS OUR EARTH
Museum Mensch und Natur, Munich, Germany
2018 COLOURS OF THE EARTH
Museo die Storia Naturale, Lugano, Switzerland
2017 THE ALPS - A WORK OF ART
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