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Digital Camera World
Kim Bunermann

Hauntingly powerful photo essay on rattlesnake vs human conflict celebrated across Europe and beyond

A coiled rattlesnake on a log at night under a bright, starry sky. The snake's rattle is raised, and the moon shines above, creating a tense atmosphere.

Spanish photographer Javier Aznar has been awarded the prestigious Fritz Pölking Prize 2025 for his hauntingly powerful photo essay Love, Hate and Rattlesnakes.

Aznar's work explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between humans and rattlesnakes in the American West – a tale woven from centuries of fear, myth, persecution, and hope.

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