Amazon Raft

Oskar Barnack Award, prize stories

1989

A combination of a hot air dirigible and an inflatable raft enables scientists to study various life forms in the roof of the rain forest at close range. After the raft is lowered into position over the Amazon, researchers follow. Several international teams took part in the research, which encompassed insects, birds, tree frogs and vegetation.

Commissioned by: Gamma

Photo Credit: Raphaël Gaillarde

In 1989, Raphael Gaillarde received The Oskar Barnack Award for the research from a dirigible at the roof of the Amazon rainforest. The Oskar Barnack Award, presented almost continuously since 1979, recognizes photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment.