Lorenz Berna is an award-winning Travel and Documentary Photographer based in Florence, Italy when he is not traveling. He discovered a real passion for photography while backpacking Mexico in 2006 and has never stopped traveling to create images ever since.

He has a diploma in the darkroom and alternative analog development processes from The Darkroom Photography school in Florence. In fact, in the first 5 years of his journey as a photographer, he dedicated exclusively to black and white, developing the rolls and printing alone in his darkroom before approaching digital. Over the course of 15 years, Lorenz has worked in various photographic fields such as stock, wedding, reportage, fashion, architecture, and real estate, gaining very different photographic knowledge.

He speaks four languages and is a passionate student of Asian countries and Buddhist cultures where he lived for some years. Always careful not to fall into cliches, his approach to travel photography is to find the right weight and harmony between the subjects and the characteristics of the ever-changing environment such as colors and shapes.

Lorenzo’s images and portfolios have been awarded in several international contests and published in different magazines. In 2022 one of his images was chosen by Steve McCurry for the – Life Framer edition: “World Travelers”. He is also Winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year in the “Creative Travel” category.

We are proud to have Lorenzo as part of TEAM PWA and our THINK ORANGE family.

Awards and Publications

Travel Photographer of the Year in the “Creative Travel” category
2022 Life Framer edition: “World Travelers” Image chosen by Steve McCurry