TITLE: spot on

Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany

AUTHOR: Carina Vogel (United States)

I am a German-born American who served in the German Foreign Office before studying architecture and earning a Dipl.-Ing. Architektur (German university degree in architecture). Today, I am an amateur photographer, always searching for moments to capture.
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For me, beauty lies in the individuality, authenticity, and imperfection of life. It is created by the unique reflection of the sun, the play of the clouds, and the unexpected. It can be found in the oldest ramshackle hut and the most technically challenging skyscraper - and everywhere in between. And this applies to every aspect of life...

It is the moment, the feeling, the view - never to be recreated, relived, “re”viewed - that I seek to catch and to cherish and be grateful for: the situations that make every life unlike any other, the moments that make our lives worth living.

I work primarily in black-and-white in order to emphasize this beauty and those moments - the plasticity of form and detail, the interaction of light and shadow - just to focus on the essential . No digital manipulation of the captured moment is needed, no altering of reality required, not even wanted, for such a change would be pretense and rob the moment of its distinctiveness, its originality, its very self.
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Camera & Method: Nikon D3300 | Single Exposure | Handheld | Manual Focus

Awards

2025 MonoVisions Photography Awards
Category - Architecture (Single) - Honorable Mention

2025 Global LENS Photography Awards
Category - Black & White - Honorable Mention

20th Annual  Black and White Spider Awards (2025)
Category - Architectural - Amateur - Honorable Mention
Category - Architectural - Amateur - Nominee
Category -  Nature - Amateur - Nominee
Category - Silhouette - Amateur - Nominee

Monochrome Awards 2025
Category - Architecture - Amateur - Honorable Mention

12th Fine Art Photography Awards, 2025
Category - Architecture - Amateur - Nominee

B&W International Photography Awards 2026
Category - Architecture (Series) - Honorable Mention
Category - Architecture (Single) - Honorable Mention
Category - Landscape/ Nature/ Water (Single) - Honorable Mention

2026 MonoVisions Photography Awards​
​Category - Architecture (Series) - Honorable Mention
​Category - Architecture (Single) - Honorable Mention

Minimalist Photography Awards 2026
Category - Architecture - Honorable Mention
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2026 MonoVisions Photography Awards
Category - Architecture (Series) - Honorable Mention
Category - Architecture (Single) - Honorable Mention

Minimalist Photography Awards 2026
Category - Architecture - Honorable Mention

International Photography Awards 2026
Category - Non Professional: Nature, Trees - Honorable Mention
Category - Non-Professional: Architecture, Abstract - Honorable Mention
Category - Non-Professional: Architecture, Bridges - Honorable Mention
Category - Non-Professional: Architecture, Historic - Honorable Mention
Category - Non-Professional: Architecture, Interior - Honorable Mention

PERSPA Awards 2026
Category - Minimalism - Honorable Mention
Category - Industrial - Honorable Mention
Category - Human & Architecture - 2x Honorable Mention
Category - Historic & Heritage - Honorable Mention
Category - Fine Art - Honorable Mention
Category - Black and white - 2x Honorable Mention