Summer wheat field and wildflower meadow in the Oder-Spree district by Silva Wischeropp

This rural photograph shows a summery grain field with a dynamic cloudy sky and an enchanting wildflower meadow on the evening of 7 June 2017 in the district of Kehrigk in the rural district of Oder-Spree. The colour photograph was taken with the Nikon.

Kehrigk (Lower Sorbian Keŕki) is a district of Storkow (Mark) in the Oder-Spree district.
Kehrigk is located on the L74 near Bugk and Groß Eichholz. Kehrigk is a street village which was first mentioned in a document in 1493; the Milasee nature reserve is adjacent. The name probably goes back to Kerk or Ker, which means area with bushes and shrubs. In 1518, seven farmsteads were recorded in the street village, and at a later date a pit mill. In 1912, a water tower was built. In 1927, the volunteer fire brigade was founded. In GDR times, a holiday camp was built at Lake Mila away from the village, where children from the country could spend their holidays. After 1990 it was left to decay. On 26 October 2003, Kehrigk was incorporated into Storkow (Mark).
Kehrigk is a starting point for hiking or cycling tours to the nearby lakes and the nature reserve. The Godnasee lake in the south-east of the Kehrigk district is designated as a nudist bathing lake.

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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As an experienced and passionate travel photographer whose interests span a broad range, she focuses on portraiture, street life, reportage, documentary, travel, tourism, landscape and nature. In addition, she is known for her recordings in the fields of architecture and fashion. Since 2016, her new repertoire includes surreal digital photo collages. For 20 years she has been known in Germany and abroad as a creative photo artist. Her works have been widely published and exhibited. "The photographic image process represents my personal work and creation area. This means dealing with image worlds, politics, human needs and sensitivities. The camera expands my scope to meet that other reality. Photography makes me happy, creates joy, closes boundaries, opens new doors, widens horizons. The camera teaches me to see, to sharpen the view, to capture moments, to perceive fleeting moments that are not visible to others. I am a creative person, a picture-maker, who draws on herself, does not copy a lot and develops her own imagery. So I move between the poles, reach different fixed points, look behind the scenes. Out of the thousandfold existing I manage to bring out something unique, unique moments of the picture."

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