Bernhard Edmaier

Edmaier ( * 1957 in Munich) is a South German geologist and photographer.

Edmaier studied civil engineering and geology at the Technical University of Munich. He worked as a geologist in tunnel construction. In 1993, he makes the photography to his day job and founded - based on its geological formation - the agency " Geophot - Images of the Earth". He has specialized in aerial photography.

In his photographic projects he deals with the various textures, colors and forms of the earth's surface. He works closely with the geologist and freelance science writer Angelika Jung - Huettl. His paintings appear in various national and international magazines (see Related links), to be published in illustrated books and shown in exhibitions. In his book " Earth Song ", he opened a new, based on image pattern way of looking at the earth.

For his style of landscape photography Edmaier 1998 with the Kodak Photo Book Prize and in 2001 with the prestigious Hasselblad Master Award (see Related links) was excellent.

Edmaier lives in Ampfing at Mühldorf.

Book " Earth Song "

The 2004/ 05 published photo book ( text author: Angelika Jung - Huettl ) combines large-scale, self-willed selected aerial images with geological and geomorphological factual texts. He describes the earth in terms of specific water, rocks and landforms, and is creating a new image of the Earth caused.

The classification of images and text follows an artistically - geographical themes:

• Brief history of the earth
• Water ( sea, rivers, lakes, reefs, etc.)
• Badlands ( high mountains, tundra, etc.)
• Desert (sand and stone desert, ice and volcanic deserts, etc.)
• Green ( river and land forms, vegetation)

One goal of the band is to look at aerial photographs and remote views and the comparison of patterns the earth as a work of art. The images and themes are not - according to scientific typology or origin, but by their appearance - as in most textbooks. Introduction, the authors write to:

The unusual juxtaposition of about Arctic glaciers and tropical oceans opened striking similarities. The eccentric sequence - created from emotional and artistic perspectives - provides new insights into the genesis of the earth's surface. The book is published in six languages.