ANKE BUTAWITSCH

Anke is a passionate landscape photographer based near Nuremberg in Bavaria, Southern Germany.

Curiosity and the desire to explore something new marked the beginning of her journey into photography. Early on, she realized that her true love lies in landscape photography, where she brings together tranquility, vastness, and natural aesthetics.

Before photography took on this central role, she was deeply engaged in the visual arts. Through oil painting and watercolor drawing, she developed a strong sensitivity for color, composition, and visual structure. These artistic foundations continue to form the basis of her photographic work and shape her distinctive visual language.

Since 2017, she has dedicated herself wholeheartedly to landscape photography. On her travels through Europe, she captures the diversity and beauty of nature under a wide range of light and weather conditions. In doing so, she has learned to appreciate being equipped with excellent gear and being well-prepared for the journey.

Her work has received multiple international awards. Highlights include the International Landscape Photographer of the Year (ILPOTY) 2019 – Lone Tree Award, along with numerous other prizes at prestigious international competitions.

In addition to her photographic work, she shares her passion through illustrated lectures, offering audiences insight into the unique impact of landscapes under changing light conditions and from different perspectives and she takes great pleasure in sharing her passion for photography with other photographers in carefully designed workshops.

During the last years, she has expanded her photographic practice to include drone photography. From the air, new and often abstract perspectives emerge, revealing familiar landscapes in unexpected ways and powerfully enriching her visual language.