2nd Place 2016 / Book

Grey Matter(s)

  • Photographer
    Tom Jacobi
  • Prizes
    Gold in Book (Series Only)/Fine Art, 2nd Place winner in Book (Series Only)

Colors are only reflected light, assembled in our brains, which is also called "Grey Matter". Tom Jacobi spent two years photographing archaic landscapes on six continents. He discovered mystic places that had been created by nature over the millennia and that are nonetheless timeless. When photographed in the twilight world they unfold their immortal power.

Tom Jacobi joined »Stern« magazine 1977, where he worked as a staff photographer until 1986. He created a total of 29 covers for the magazine and won numerous awards for his formative work. In the following 14 years Tom Jacobi worked as a freelance photographer, for magazines like »Vogue«, »Amica« and »The New Yorker« and created numerous fashion and advertising campaigns. In 2000, he returned to »Stern« as art director. In 2005 he founded the magazine »View«, whose editor-in-chief he was until 2008. Since then Tom Jacobi has been working as a photo artist.