Concept
Germany’s path to climate neutrality is closely tied to the question of energy—where it comes from, how it is produced, and who it affects. “Landscapes of Power“ documents the country’s energy transition. My work does not portray it as a linear process, but as a fragmented landscape of symbols, tensions, and competing visions.
The status quo of Germany’s energy transition is as complex as it is paradoxical: ambitious goals collide with social tensions, old dependencies, and political fractures. From protests at coal mines to business talks at solar trade fairs, from decommissioned nuclear power plants turned amusement parks to energy self-sufficient villages with citizen-owned infrastructure, my work traces fragile, often contradictory spaces—where energy is not only produced, but also politically negotiated, economically contested, and symbolically charged.
Vita
Ingmar Björn Nolting (1995) lives and works as a freelance photographer in Leipzig, Germany. He holds a Master Degree in photography at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He is a founding member of the DOCKS collective for humanist photography and a regular contributor to the New York Times and member of laif agency.
Ingmar's long-term projects have been awarded national and international prizes such as the Getty Reportage Grant, Leica Society International Grant, World Report Award and a VG Bildkunst Grant. His images have been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, TIME Magazine, Washington Post, Le Monde, ZEIT Magazine, Spiegel, ZEIT, GEO, Der Spiegel and Stern, among others. Ingmar held a scholarship of the German Art Fund. His work has been internationally exhibited.
In his recents works, Ingmar condenses the moods and conditions of German society. With his restrained, stage-like images, he describes and explores the complex interconnections of environment, politics, and social dynamics. Poetically and at the same time paradoxically, he documents the transformation of his homeland, Germany – amidst division, rearmament, pandemic, and climate crisis.