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San Giovanni Battista

Simple forms, strict geometry, reduced colors, solid materials - these are the characteristics of Mario Botta's architectural style. To capture the geometry of this sacred building, I focused on the details of the architecture and photographed in black and white.

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Black & White Photo Contest

2025

Gold

Architecture

Non Professional

San Giovanni Battista

Simple forms, strict geometry, reduced colors, solid materials - these are the characteristics of Mario Botta's architectural style. To capture the geometry of this sacred building, I focused on the details of the architecture and photographed in black and white.

About Artist

Thomas Halfmann

Thomas Halfmann is a street photographer with an eye for the invisible in everyday life. His photographic career began in the 1990s with concert photographs. Today he documents urban life in Basel and around the world, mostly in expressive black and white images. In his street photographs, movement, light and emotion are condensed into haunting snapshots of human existence. His work has been published internationally and has won several awards. Since 2010, he has been giving workshops in which he inspires others to develop their own visual language.

Thomas Halfmann

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Landscapes, People, Street

Location

Switzerland

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