CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER
Christian Ziegler, a native of Germany, is a photojournalist specializing in natural history and science related topics. A tropical ecologist by training, he has been working extensively in tropical rainforests on three continents. Christian is associate for communication with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama where the main focus of his work has been for the last 10 years. As an assignment for STRI, he spend 15 months in the field taking the images for a book on the ecology of tropical forests. “A Magic Web”, published by Oxford University Press in 2002 was named the best biology book by the American Association of Publishers. He sees himself as a translator, sharing the extraordinary beauty and scientific fascination of tropical ecosystems with the general public and thereby raising awareness for their conservation.
Christians work is frequently contracted and published internationally in leading magazines such as National Geographic, GEO, Smithsonian, BBC Wildlife, National Wildlife, and others. Next to his editorial work, Christian has been working in educational projects with museums and with environmental groups such as the WWF, CI and others.
His work has been awarded several international prizes, including two category category winner each in BBC Wildlife photographer of the year and the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Single exhibitions of Christians work include a travel exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Travel Exhibition Centre and an exhibit produced by GEO magazine. He is a founding fellow of the ILCP.
Currently, Christian is working in Panama and Costa Rica on several magazine articles and a museum project.
Christian Participated on the ILCP Bioko RAVE!
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