Connecting to nature through photography has been important to me ever since I picked up my fathers (film) camera for the first time in my youth. The ability to capture a fleeting moment in time, a glimpse of the unusual within the normal or the sheer beauty nature presents in all its forms is whats keeps me going.
After starting, like most amateurs, photographing the world around me I quickly discovered my passion for animal and nature photography. First steps within animal photography as a side job (I was still a student) taught me some tricks and was great fun. Yet I moved on to nature and travel photography, due to opportunities abroad traveling the US, documenting the world around me as it happened.
About
First smaller projects where realized with trips to the baltic states, Russia and Scandinavia (2006), Tunesia (2011), Morocco (2013), Mongolia (2019), Sweden (2020), Italy (2021), Portugal (2023) as well as some smaller trips in between and thereafter. Submerging in the culture of other countries, trying my best to understand a different point of view on topics whilst being aware of only being an observer.
Far from being professional or anything close, I strive to become better documenting, observing, photographing life, nature, culture – whenever possible.
If you fancy connecting feel free to drop me a line at: mathias@roc-image.com
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