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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Swedish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Environmentalist and Photographer
  • MS, PhD
  • From Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

live simply

ABOUT ME

Born 1979 near Basel / Switzerland, I studied Ecology (Masters and PhD) and lived in Germany as well as in Sweden. Now I work and live in New England.
Landscapes with portraits in one photograph highlights what I find most beautiful and interesting which is the environment and the living interacting and enhancing the other.

PHILOSOPHY

a smile is the shortest distance between two people

Interests

photography, traveling, hiking, research, maps, photo editing, talking to people

  • photography
  • environment
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • cartography
  • ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: The Shins, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, Band of Horses, Interpol, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Broken Bells, Tired Pony, Plants and Animals, dredg, White Lies, Local Natives, Wintersleep, Kraftwerk, Warpaint, Radiohead, Okkervil River, Earlimart, The Postal Service, Iron & Wine, Hundreds, Phoenix, Great Lake Swimmers, Shearwater, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Tocotronic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing Northern Lights in Northern Sweden for 2 weeks in a row was mind blowing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a lot about photography, capturing and developing, digital or film. Also, I got a strong background in Ecology and know a lot about the environment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

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