Annette Apel

Annette Apel is a Berlin-based photographer and Creative Director with a background in international advertising and design. Born in East Berlin in 1970, she emigrated to West Germany as a child and later studied Visual Communication in Mainz. After a decade as an art director in Frankfurt, she returned to Berlin in 2007 and began her photography career in her late 40s. Her work is shaped by a lifelong habit of documenting her surroundings with a subjective, intuitive camera and a strong graphic sensibility rooted in her design background. Today, she balances her photographic practice with her ongoing work as a Creative Art & Design Director.


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Misty volcanic landscape with low shrubs in the Canary Islands, a rugged mountain peak partially hidden by thick clouds.
Sunny tropical beach on the Canary Islands framed by tall palm trees and turquoise ocean water.
Sunset light over rugged mountains in the Canary Islands with silhouetted cactus and yucca plants in the foreground.
Sunlit plastic sheet draped over roadside posts with hazy mountain cliffs in the background in the Canary Islands.
Sunny grassland with scattered rocks in front of rugged volcanic mountains in the Canary Islands.
Tall dry desert plant standing among shrubs in a rugged volcanic landscape in the Canary Islands.
Moody fog drifting over a dark volcanic landscape in the Canary Islands
Abstract black and white photograph of cactus plants seen through a hazy plastic sheet in the Canary Islands.
Two dolphins swimming side by side on calm ocean water near the Canary Islands, captured in black and white.
Misty laurel forest in the Canary Islands with moss-covered trees and ferns
Close-up macro photograph of a curled fern fiddlehead unfurling in the Canary Islands, with soft blurred background.
Misty moss-covered tree branches in a dense forest on the Canary Islands
Misty forest scene in the Canary Islands with moss-covered tree branches and soft, diffused light.
Misty laurel forest in the Canary Islands with twisted tree trunks and lush green ferns on the forest floor.
Misty laurel forest with moss-covered tree trunks in the Canary Islands.
Misty laurel forest with twisted tree trunks and dense undergrowth on a hiking trail in the Canary Islands.
Dramatic rocky mountains of the Canary Islands partly covered by drifting clouds and mist.
Dramatic volcanic mountain ridge rising above a thick sea of clouds in the Canary Islands.
Dramatic mountain ridges of the Canary Islands rising above a thick sea of clouds under a clear blue sky.
Dramatic rocky mountains of the Canary Islands rising above scattered clouds and forested slopes.
Dramatic forested mountains of the Canary Islands rising above a sea of clouds on a clear day.
Dramatic mountain ridges of the Canary Islands rising above a thick sea of clouds under soft, hazy light.
Dramatic mountain ridges of the Canary Islands rising above a thick sea of clouds at sunrise.
Astronomical observatory domes and a large telescope dish on a dry, hilly landscape in the Canary Islands under a clear sky.
Moody black and white photograph of a foggy pine forest in the Canary Islands, with tall dark tree silhouettes fading into th...
Volcanic landscape with dark lava rocks and ash slopes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Canary Islands.
Soft, hazy view of banana leaves seen through the translucent mesh of a greenhouse in the Canary Islands.
Weathered greenhouse netting and door on a stone terrace in the Canary Islands, with faint silhouettes of plants behind the t...
Rugged volcanic landscape on the Canary Islands with rocky craters and barren lava slopes under harsh daylight.
Rugged volcanic landscape with eroded lava rocks and craters on the Canary Islands.
Sparse pine trees growing on the dark volcanic slope of a crater in the Canary Islands under a clear sky.
Sparse green trees scattered across a dark volcanic slope in the Canary Islands.
Volcanic cone and rugged lava landscape overlooking the ocean in the Canary Islands.
Volcanic crater landscape in the Canary Islands with sparse green pine trees scattered across dark ash-covered slopes under a...
Sunlit hillside forest with pine trees and wild shrubs in the Canary Islands, with a faint rainbow lens flare crossing the sc...
Waves crash against a rugged volcanic sea cliff on the Canary Islands coast, with misty green mountains rising in the backgro...
Close-up of a prickly pear cactus pad with a single pink fruit against a soft blue sky in the Canary Islands.
Young bearded man climbing out of clear green water onto a rocky shore in Sicily, Italy.
Young man diving headfirst into clear green water in Sicily, Italy.