ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Nature is our great mother, she welcomes us at all times, has an ear for us, allows us to calm down and find confidence in difficult times.
Times like these, in which too many people on the planet are once again confronting each other with violence, waging wars, searching for differences instead of common ground.
It helps me to be in nature, among the wise trees on the riverbank, like that cold morning this autumn when the lonely swan swam peacefully past me.
A moment like this is poetry for me, and I want to capture it, hold on to it, so that I can read it over and over again, this visual poem, and so that I can share it with other humans.
I think our world needs a lot of poetry.

AUTHOR
Lennard Grohn is a german photographer whose work seamlessly blends melancholy with a profound celebration of life's beauty.
His first camera was given to Lennard by his parents at the age of 12.
When he left school, he studied photography at University of Fine Arts in Mainz/ Germany where he graduated. This time was essential for his approach to classic photography through light, drawing and composition.

After the early death of his beloved father, his work consists of a systematic approach to black and white photography as a way of expression, where he wants to create timeless images about personal stories connected to his past and imagination, his childhood and the decay of the illusion of a perfect world.

Lennard’s work is characterised by a minimalist approach and a deep artistic sensibility - from intimate portraits to poetic landscapes.

Asides from photography, Lennard has a background in music. He has played drums since childhood and toured for many years with bands and his own ensemble together with a masterdrummer from Senegal, never losing his passion for photography along the way. During the pandemic, photography became more important again as a form of personal expression and also a search for meaning in his life.

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