This is Patagonia as you see it nowhere else: vast, quiet and breathtaking in all its simplicity. The river meanders through the landscape, the steppe stretches for kilometres in front of you, and above it rises the iconic mountain massif of Torres del Paine - like a wall of rock and ice dominating the horizon.
The light is soft, the clouds play around the granite peaks, and the autumn colours in the scrub provide a warm tone in the otherwise cool landscape. This photograph exudes space, tranquillity and grandeur.
As an artwork on the wall, this image creates a sense of openness and freedom, as if you were stepping outside into the Patagonian wilderness for a moment every day. It is a landscape that inspires and captures the imagination, timeless and powerful.
Krijn van der Giessen is a passionate photographer with a love for nature & wildlife photography. All pictures of animals are taken in the wild, where animals live in their natural environment.
All photos are taken with the Canon 5d iii or iv and professional L lenses, which..
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