OLIVER WEHRLI
Swiss photographic artist and light painter.
Analog large format photography, created in the stillness of nature.
Pure, unadulterated works.
I work with analog photography, using large-format cameras.
I am fascinated by what happens when time, light and silence interact.
The slow pace of work demands patience and attention. It opens up space for perception.
I find my inspiration in nature, in the immediate surroundings, in transitions of light and weather, of proximity and distance.
I am not interested in the spectacular, but in the inconspicuous, the quietly present.
I consider myself a painter of light.
The subtle nuances of light are at the heart of my work and shape the atmosphere of my pieces.
Each picture is created as a unique piece.
It will only find its final form and materiality when it is complete for me as a work of art.
Printed on selected fine art paper, handcrafted – each piece is unique.
My photographs have won international awards, but my focus is on the moment, not the competition.
PURE Photo Art is my approach: analog, reduced to the essentials.
Awards
2025: Tokyo International Foto Awards. Silver Winner with "Avelis"
2025: Fine Art Photography Awards: Nominated with Matrix Motion" and "Verborisia"
2024: Epson International Pano Awards: Category winner with “Matrix Motion”
2024: Tokyo International Foto Awards: Bronze Winner with "Matrix Motion"
2024: Fine Art Photography Awards: Nominated with “Monteverde” and “Maurigicae”
2023: Tokyo International Foto Awards: Silver Winner with “Monteverde”
2023: Fine Art Photography Awards: Nominated with “Senses of the Forest” and “Voice of Spring”.
2022: ipa (International Photo Awards): Official Selection with “Silentium”, “Sparks of Joy”, “Tree Whispers I” and “Voice of Spring”
2022: Fine Art Photography Awards: Nominations in various categories: Landscape, Nature, Panoramic with “Voice of Spring”, “Baumflüstern”, “Brouillard III”, “Entschwinden”, “Funken der Freude”, Regenwald #4” ‘Serenity’, ‘Silentium’ and ‘Wege des Waldes 2’.
2021: Epson International Pano Awards: Category Winner with “Gastlosen” + Silver Award with “Wege des Waldes”.
2021: ipa (International Photo Awards): Honorable Mention with “Silence”, “Serenity” and “Paths of the Forest”.
2020: ipa (International Photo Awards): 1st place with “Brouillard III”
2019: Epson International Pano Awards: 5 x silver award
2018: the International Landscape Photography of the Year: Special prize winner category fog with “Colorful rustling leaves”
2018: Epson International Pano Awards: 4 x bronze award
