Born in Frankfurt in 1955, Bernhard Hartmann began his career at the age of 18 as a press photographer. Self-taught, he studied art and became a landscape photographer. He owes his success to his breathtaking representations of historical buildings and monuments. He questions the meaning and heritage value that is given to abandoned sites, such as in this photograph of the sublime Alhambra Palace in Granada, Andalusia, built by Moorish architects and listed as UNESCO World Heritage.