Klaus Fengler wins the Arco Rock Star 2019 climbing photo contest

The international climbing photography competition Arco Rock Star was won yesterday in Arco, Italy, by German photographer Klaus Fengler. The jury, composed by the alpinist Zoe Hart, the editor of Planetmountain Vinicio Stefanello and the Arco Rock Star team, awarded the 4 photos taken by Fengler thanks to "both the photographic quality and the narrative capacity of the images, able to talk about the landscape, the passion and everything that revolves around climbing."

Federico Ravassard placed second and was awarded for his original and creative choices. In third place the exciting photographs taken by Matteo Pavana. Luca Rigo won the Open category.

The nine professional teams arrived in Arco from 5 countries and had two days, in the Garda Trentino region, to take four photographs: a creativity challenge but also the ability to choose the most suitable spaces to capture the magic of the landscape, despite the weather conditions that were anything but ideal

Arco Rock Star is supported by La Sportiva, Garda Trentino, f-stop Gear, sestogrado.it, Vertical Life e Tonki, which has set up an exhibition with the best photos of the past editions in the shop windows of Arco.

PRO photographers
Rainer Eder (SUI) - Alexandra Ladurner, Andrea Prünster
Klaus Fengler (GER) - Rosalie Klaus, Robert Krotky
Graziano Galvagni (ITA) - Luca Baldessari, Mario Ruele, Stefano Ghidini
Thomas Monsorno (ITA) - Johanna Ratschiller, Benjamin Kofler, Aron Bertoli
Matteo Pavana (ITA) - Luca Forti, Daniele Giacomoni
Federico Ravassard (ITA) - Sara Mastel, Cristina Santini
Alice Russolo (ITA) - Stefano Ragazzo, Silvia Loreggian, Ralf Brunel
Rus Vakrilov (RUS) - Graziano Guardabassi, Nicola Parziani
Ryu Voelkl (JAP) - Wafaa Amer, Federica Mingolla

Info: www.arcorockstar.it - www.adventureawards.it