Sony World Photography Awards recently announced “Gassing up at Roy’s” by photographer Ralph Gräf is the winner of the Travel category for 2017.
Graf is a university professor in the field of cell
biology. He resides in Potsdam, Germany
near Berlin. Graf is also one of a dozen colleagues, who have organized Photogallery
Potsdam, a gallery to champion contemporary artistic photography in the Potsdam
region .
Here’s Ralph’s take
on his prize winning image:
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“...In August 2016 I was on a scientific meeting in Tucson
Arizona. Since I love the southwest of the USA with its extreme landscapes and
its sometimes quirky roadside attractions I decided to continue my stay for
nine further days to take photos for my "Roadside America" series. I
travelled through Arizona, New Mexico and California. I encountered the old
service area in Amboy, California, located at the historic Route 66. I was
there twice to capture the optimal light situation and I had to wait for a
while to encounter a situation with a suitable car at the right position for
the image I had in mind...”
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