Free Weekly Photography Contest | Photographer of the Week

From March 10, 2025, to March 16, 2025 – Week 11

Photographer of the Week | Photographer of the Week

Germany

Promise fulfilled from series Promise fulfilled © Lennard Grohn

Behind the Shot: Promise fulfilled

Since childhood I have a special soul connection with my beloved grandfather.
He taught me that you need humor in life and should not only "function" in society like a machine. As a teenager, he let me drive his Volvo on the campsite and taught me how to drive.
When there were problems at school or with my parents, he was there for me like a friend.
This made me ask him for a promise in my youth: Namely, that he would live to be 100 years old!
In July 2023 he had reached 103 years of life and I decided to make a portrait series of him, to honor him and record it for eternity.
He died in September 2023.

In 2024, I won first place at the ND Awards, Category “Professional – People – Portrait” with this work, which made me very happy and touched me, because in my perception it not only honors the portrait, but also my beloved grandfather.

Expert Juror

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel

Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo

www.hermandgrisel.com | @allaboutphotocom

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel is a professional photographer who specializes in Fine Art Photography and Printmaking. She grew up in Paris, France and in London, UK before she moved to the United States with her family in 2006. She decided to use her knowledge of the photography world to become the curator of the website, All About Photo, which she founded in 2013. Much more than a cultural agenda, All About Photo is a source of information for photographers and aficionados of photography as well as a showcase platform for talented artists.

An integral part of All About Photo is its annual awards competition, The Mind’s Eye, she has juried over the years with renowned photographers and curators such as Liu Bolin, Ann Jastrab, Ed Kashi, Eli Klein, Jules Maeght, Aline Smithson, Ami Vitale, Judy Walgren, Sabine Weiss, Frank Horvat, Elizabeth Avedon and many more. She also juried competitions and shows for A Smith Gallery, Darkroom Gallery, Gomma Photography Grant, Rayko Photo Center, L.A. & N.Y. Photo Curator, Emerge UK Prize, The PhotoPlace Gallery, Praxis Gallery, The Young Photographer's Award and others.

Sandrine Hermand-Grisel's work has been published in books and magazines as well as exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide.

While still working on personal projects, she now spends most of her time discovering new talents for All About Photo. She is also working on the new AAP Magazine committed exclusively to the publication of portfolios.