ABOUT ME
WELCOME. I'M SEBASTIAN RAABE – A BERLIN-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER WITH A FOCUS ON DAYTIME LONG EXPOSURES.
BORN IN 1983 AND RAISED IN A SMALL TOWN IN SAXONY, I PICKED UP PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2014. LIKE MANY, I SPENT THE EARLY DAYS EXPLORING DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SEARCHING FOR A VOICE. THAT VOICE BECAME CLEARER WHEN I DISCOVERED THE POWER OF LONG EXPOSURES – A TECHNIQUE THAT ALLOWS ME TO SLOW THE WORLD DOWN AND CREATE CALM, SURREAL IMAGERY ROOTED IN MINIMALISM.
MY WORK IS SHAPED BY SILENCE AND SIMPLICITY. CITIES DRAPED IN FOG, COASTLINES UNDER HEAVY CLOUDS – THESE ARE THE MOMENTS THAT PULL ME OUT OF BED EARLY AND PUSH ME INTO THE STILLNESS. I USE LONG EXPOSURES TO STRIP DISTRACTIONS AWAY, LEAVING ONLY STRUCTURE, MOOD, AND SPACE TO BREATHE.
PHOTOGRAPHY REMAINS A PASSION, NOT A PROFESSION. AND I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT KEEPS IT HONEST. WITHOUT PRESSURE, THERE’S ROOM TO GROW, EXPLORE, AND STAY CURIOUS. ALONG THE WAY, I’VE HAD THE CHANCE TO LEARN FROM INSPIRING ARTISTS LIKE NOEL CLEGG AND RONNY BEHNERT – MOMENTS THAT HAVE HELPED SHAPE BOTH MY CRAFT AND MINDSET.
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)