ABOUT ME
WELCOME, I AM SEBASTIAN RAABE, A BERLIN BASED PHOTOGRAPHER SPECIALIZED IN DAYTIME LONG EXPOSURES. BORN IN 1983, RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN IN SAXONY, I STARTED MY PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY IN 2014. STRUGGLING TO FIND MY STYLE AT FIRST, I SHORTLY AFTER REALIZED THAT LONG EXPOSURES COULD BE THE WAY I WANT TO EXPRESS MYSELF. COMBINED WITH A MINIMALISTIC APPROACH, I FOUND MY PERSONAL WAY IN PHOTOGRAPHY. I LOVE TO USE LONG EXPOSURES FOR CREATING A SURREAL ATMOSPHERE IN MY IMAGES. CITIES AND LANDSCAPES WITH DEEP HANGING CLOUDS OR IN THICK FOG ARE MY DRIVE TO GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND ENJOY THE CALMNESS. I STILL SEE PHOTOGRAPHY AS A HOBBY, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HELPING ME TO GROW IN ALL THE TOPICS AROUND WITH NO PRESSURE AND KEEPING MY CURIOSITY. TO EXPAND MY KNOWLEDGE, I VISITED WORKSHOPS OF NOEL CLEGG AND RONNY BEHNERT.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 · SIGMA DAY (SIGMA ART EXHIBITION)
PUBLICATIONS
2022 · B&W MINIMALISM MAGAZINE (ISSUE 34)
2021 · LEMAG - LONG EXPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE (JUNE EDITION)
AWARDS
2024 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2023 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2022 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2021 · INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2021 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (SECOND PLACE AWARD - LONG EXPOSURE, HONORABLE MENTION)
2021 · BLACK & WHITE MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE (BEST 50 BNW MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHERS + HONORABLE MENTION)
2020 · INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2020 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2019 · ND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2019 · INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2019 · MONOVISION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2019 · MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2019 · ONE EYELAND'S B&W PHOTO CONTEST (FINALIST)
2019 · MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2018 · ND AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2018 · MONOVISION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)
2017 · MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (HONORABLE MENTION)