mareen:

thanks for the link, sebastian!
and i received it in the mail yesterday.

i guess our country is too small (though industrious) for me to be proud of being mentioned in the top 30-something.

first i liked this entry, but i realised i missed the second paragraph. i must say that i dont like that kind of behavior. you wouldnt post something like this if you werent proud or wouldnt like yourself being in that book, so stop trying to be nice and overmodest if you finally have a real reason to think you actually belong to the better ones. being featured somewhere is always great and an honour for your accomplishments! as germany does have thousands of really good photographers, it does mean something being among the top 30! just be happy and proud of it. :)