Tom Hegen

Tom Hegen is a photographer and designer based in Munich, Germany, whose aerial images offer an overview of the earth’s surface as transformed by human presence. Interested in the relationship between man and nature, he focuses on landscapes shaped by heavy intervention, from extraction and agriculture to energy production, choosing dramatic, abstract views that turn infrastructure into graphic composition.

His aim is to sensitise viewers to the forces at work in our environment and make the scale of human impact legible in a single frame. Hegen has exhibited in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, South Korea and China, and his work has received the Red Dot Design Award Best of the Best, the International Photography Award, the Leica Oskar Barnack shortlist and a Webby Award.