For more than 25 years, the photographer Bernhard Edmaier 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.
“My expeditions are journeys to my own zero point.”
1957 born in Munich
1977-87 studied civil engineering and geology at the TU Munich, then worked in tunnel construction
1990 Photography training, specialising in landscape and aerial photography
2001 Awarded the prestigious Hasselblad Master Award for his “Images of the Earth
Since 1990 travels to various regions of the world
Publication of photo books and magazines
Exhibitions in natural history museums and public galleries in various countries
2023 Gallery Flow Fine Art, Leverkusen
2022 Wasser – Flugwerft of the German Museum in Munich-Oberschleißheim, Germany
2021 Earth – House of Photography in Burghausen (together with the painter Carsten Westphal), Germany
2019 Water – Naturmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
2018 Colours of the Earth – Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale, Lugano, Switzerland
2015 Artwork Alps – Galerie im Schloss Bruck, Lienz, Austria
2013 Beyond the Picture Postcard – The Alps in Photography (group exhibition) – Galerie Stiehl, Waiblingen, Germany
2008 Geoscape – Konika Minolta Gallery, Tokyo, Japan/ Earthsong – Photo Festival in Oulu, Finland/ Glacial – Tanit Gallery, Munich/ Earthsong – Musee d’Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg
2006 Earthsong – Future Center, Venice, Italy/ Festival International de la Photo de Mer, Vannes, France
