Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 9 // Gallery ID: 21076
Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the reverse, signed and numbered by Gerald Berghammer, and accompanied by a letter of authenticity. Prints include a 4 cm white border.
LOVE IN A MISTY FOREST – PORTUGAL – GERALD BERGHAMMER
Love in the Mist Forest is an atmospheric black-and-white fine art photograph by Austrian photographer Gerald Berghammer, capturing two ancient, twisted laurel trees emerging through dense mist in the Fanal forest on Madeira, Portugal. Their sculptural trunks and irregular branches create powerful organic silhouettes, while the surrounding fog gradually dissolves the ancient Laurisilva landscape into a soft, ethereal background.
The dominant tree in the foreground anchors the composition with its dark, expressive form, while a second tree recedes gently into the mist, creating a striking sense of depth and isolation. Subtle tonal transitions across the forest floor and luminous fog emphasise the weathered textures, distinctive shapes and sculptural character of the trees.
Combining the ancient laurel forest of Madeira with minimalist composition and refined black-and-white photography, the artwork conveys stillness, mystery and timelessness. Its restrained, contemplative aesthetic makes it particularly well suited to contemporary and minimalist interiors and to collectors of landscape, nature and black-and-white fine art photography.
SILVERFINEART – Analog Roots, Contemporary Vision
Vienna, Austria – Gerald Berghammer (born 1975, Austria) is an internationally award-winning photographer whose work is rooted in a lifelong dedication to analog black-and-white photography. Traveling extensively, Berghammer captures fleeting impressions on film, creating images that consciously slow perception and stand in deliberate contrast to today’s fast-paced digital world.
During his master studies, analog photography became the central focus of Berghammer’s artistic practice and the subject of his final thesis in 2011. The exceptional quality of this work laid the foundation for SILVERFINEART, a body of work defined by technical precision, aesthetic clarity, and a strong commitment to photographic craftsmanship. In the years that followed, Berghammer continued to refine and deepen his engagement with the medium, pursuing photographic art at the highest technical and artistic level.
A defining characteristic of his practice is complete control over the photographic process. All analog negatives were personally developed by the artist in the darkroom. Each image then underwent a rigorous selection process, with only works meeting his uncompromising quality standards included in the final portfolio.
In recent years, Berghammer has expanded his artistic toolkit through the use of state-of-the-art medium-format digital technology. This evolution represents not a departure, but a continuation of his established visual language–preserving the discipline, compositional rigor, and aesthetic principles shaped by decades of analog experience.
SILVERFINEART embodies the synthesis of classical photographic craftsmanship and contemporary vision. The works are characterized by timeless black-and-white imagery, reduced compositions, and a strong emphasis on atmosphere and form.
The portfolio can be viewed online or at the SILVERFINEART Gallery in Vienna, Austria. Gerald Berghammer personally advises collectors in selecting photographic works for private and professional spaces.
More Sizes:
15.75 x 15.75 in. (40 x 40 cm) edition of 9
23.63 x 23.63 in. (60 x 60 cm) edition of 9
31.5 x 31.5 in. (80 x 80 cm) edition of 7
39.38 x 39.38 in. (100 x 100 cm) edition of 5