OLIVER WEHRLI
Swiss photographic artist and light painter. Moments created in the stillness of nature. Pure, unadulterated works.
I work in a slower pace, using large-format analog photography and deliberately reduced photographic tools.
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 the transitions of light and weather.
I am not interested in the spectacular, but in the inconspicuous, the quietly present.
The subtle nuances of light are at the heart of my work and shape the atmosphere of my pieces.
Each image only finds its final form and materiality when it is complete for me as a work of art.
Printed on selected fine art paper, handcrafted.
Many of my works are created in close proximity and over extended periods of time.
Some photographs have received international awards, but my focus is on the moment, less on competition.
PURE Photo Art is my philosophy: 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
