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Urban Clockwork

Through the aerial perspective, architecture resembles a vast clockwork me-chanism. Circular volumes and intersecting geometries suggest gears and mo-ving components, turning the urban landscape into a metaphor for systems of order, precision, and the passage of time.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2026

Bronze

Aerial

Non Professional

Urban Clockwork

Through the aerial perspective, architecture resembles a vast clockwork me-chanism. Circular volumes and intersecting geometries suggest gears and mo-ving components, turning the urban landscape into a metaphor for systems of order, precision, and the passage of time.

About Artist

Olesja Brandt

Olesja Brandt was born in 1978 in Omsk, Russia. She lives and works in Germany. She became involved in photography in 2023 and has since been actively deve-loping her artistic practice. Her work has been presented in international group exhibitions, including at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Florida, USA (2026); The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland (2026); an exhibition held as part of Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France (2026); LENSCRATCH — Fine Art Photography, USA (2026); Decagon Gallery, USA (2026); Blue Sky Gallery, USA (2026); and Gallery Carlotta, United Kingdom (2026). Olesja was awarded third place in the People category at the 2026 Internatio-nal Photography Competition, organized by the Florida Museum of Photogra-phic Arts, Florida, USA. She was also selected among the Top 25 best images at the Dodho Portrait Awards 2026, Barcelona, Spain.

Olesja Brandt

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Architecture, Minimalism, Minimalism, People

Location

Germany

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