About me
I was born in 1997 and is at the time of writing a 28 year old photographer and birder who is based in Stockholm, Sweden. I was raised in Eskilstuna where my interest in photography as well as birding started around 2010, more or less haphazardly.
In the beginning of my photography career, I focused on getting close portraits of wildlife. Needless to say, with a certain focus on birds. As time has passed, I have shifted towards landscapes and capturing wider perspectives. The latest years, I have been experimenting with composition; seeking structure in seemingly chaotic settings. Preferably old, untouched environments either with or without urban mixture. To this day, I still prefer birds in my images, although now I am interested in describing a situation and including artistic details.
Apart from photography being an art form in itself, the aspect of photographing nature has a role in today's society as a link between people and nature. By heightening interest and fascination of wildlife, nature photography can help increase the understanding of the importance of nature conservation.
One of the highlights in my photography journey was in 2014, when I was nominated as a finalist in the nature photographers’ Oscars; the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The image that was awarded showed a Siberian jay (lavskrika in Swedish) that I took in northern Sweden. I remember seeing this image on the camera screen when I had just snapped it - that this was something extra - the judges had similar thoughts. The awards ceremony took place in London at the Natural History Museum, a fantastic gala that Sir David Attenborough also attended.
The same year, 2014, I was awarded as the Young Nordic Nature Photographer of the Year.
Since 2016, I'm a member of Naturfotograferna/N (Swedish Association for Nature Photographers).
In the beginning of my photography career, I focused on getting close portraits of wildlife. Needless to say, with a certain focus on birds. As time has passed, I have shifted towards landscapes and capturing wider perspectives. The latest years, I have been experimenting with composition; seeking structure in seemingly chaotic settings. Preferably old, untouched environments either with or without urban mixture. To this day, I still prefer birds in my images, although now I am interested in describing a situation and including artistic details.
Apart from photography being an art form in itself, the aspect of photographing nature has a role in today's society as a link between people and nature. By heightening interest and fascination of wildlife, nature photography can help increase the understanding of the importance of nature conservation.
One of the highlights in my photography journey was in 2014, when I was nominated as a finalist in the nature photographers’ Oscars; the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The image that was awarded showed a Siberian jay (lavskrika in Swedish) that I took in northern Sweden. I remember seeing this image on the camera screen when I had just snapped it - that this was something extra - the judges had similar thoughts. The awards ceremony took place in London at the Natural History Museum, a fantastic gala that Sir David Attenborough also attended.
The same year, 2014, I was awarded as the Young Nordic Nature Photographer of the Year.
Since 2016, I'm a member of Naturfotograferna/N (Swedish Association for Nature Photographers).
Wildlife photographer of the Year exhibition in London 2014 and my image "Snowbird"
Me (to the left) and Anders Geidemark/N. Photo: Tom Schandy.