For everyone with a busy schedule, I would like to introduce myself here with a few loose quotes and key facts (everyone else is warmly invited to read the more detailed text as well if interested 😉):
What a feeling it is when one is surrounded by bee-eaters hunting for dragonflies or in the middle of an alpine ibex group during sunset! I will never get tired of enjoying such moments. Such moments are highly intense and priceless for me when I come close to the animals and become a part of nature. They make it worth sitting in an uncomfortable position for hours in a small camouflage tent or hiking up hundreds of meters with a heavy backpack (thanks to the photo gear). Getting out of one’s comfort zone might exactly be what makes the nature experience that intense. Thereby, the senses are sharpened: the rumbling of a thunder sounds especially threatening when I’m high up in the mountains searching for ibexes and sleeping in a tent. Suddenly, I’m feeling tiny and at the mercy of the elements… Such ambiences turn each excursion into an exciting adventure.
I would like to share my experiences with you and transfer them to your dry and cozy room. Perhaps you share parts of my fascination for nature, in particular its wildlife? A proverb states that one only protects what one knows. Environment protection is getting more and more important during the human caused sixth mass extinction (the dinosaurs went extinct during the last one). I hope that I can contribute a tiny part to nature conservation through my photos, although I mainly take photos just for fun. I am studying environmental sciences at the ETH Zurich to better understand the relationships occurring in nature. Thereby, environmental protection is an omnipresent issue and also the reason why I am active in politics. To minimize the ecological footprint of my photography projects, I use public transport or one of my bicycles whenever possible. In fall/winter 2025/2026, I cycled over 10,000 km from Switzerland to Western Sahara and back to photograph animals in the desert and Atlas mountains.
Since my childhood I have been fascinated by animals, birds in particular. Songbirds turn each spring morning into a concert with their songs. Other species fly each year further than I have ever travelled. For example, the arctic tern migrates between the breeding grounds in the Arctic and the wintering grounds in the Antarctic, up to 36’000km! Over time, simply observing birds was not enough anymore. I wanted to take photos inspired by the beautiful images I have seen in books. Who is therefore surprised that I first began photographing birds? However, I quickly realized that my images did not compare to the one in books. Therefore, I started to practice again and again. My photography moved more and more away from simply documenting (rare) species. The light and ambience got increasingly important as well as the point of view. In the meantime, some of my photos have been published in books and magazines or have been rewarded in competitions. Recently, I have been playing with the light and the motive settings more and more. Luckily, digital cameras were invented a while ago and I can attempt anything and everything without overspending the budget with releases and films. Unfortunately, the budget was exceeded by my increased expectations of the photo gear…
Please enjoy browsing through my webpage after this extensive report about myself, my motivation, and my aims for taking photos! Perhaps you may even find a photo that you would like to look at for longer than a second? Contact me via the contact form if you like an image so much that you would like to order a print.
