Wednesday, December 07. 2011 - 12.00 PM
Harp seals - Nursery on thin ice
In the December issue of NaturFoto my article about the Harp Seals in Canada has been published.
Friday, December 02. 2011 - 01.00 PM
Many people and even more cranes
The Photo-Festival in Montier-en-Der is really something special: For four days the little town in the Champagne becomes the capital of nature photography in Europe. Over 30.000 visitors from all over the country and abroad roam through exhibitions that are located everywhere in Montier: In churches and gymnasia, in schools and palaces, townhalls and nature conservancy centres, indoors and outdoors. A folk festival of nature photography with music, champagne and lots of regional gastronomic specialties. Days are long, nights even longer, because friends and colleagues are widely distributed over the town and the evenings offer the only chance for talking and celebrating. Sleep becomes a rare good. Nevertheless it's a great experience even if you are completely exhausted when the festival is over. Sandra Bartocha, Karen Korte and Serge Sorbi supported me very much, be it the setup of my exhibition "Nordic Moments" or selling books and postcards at my stand. We had a really good time there, working, laughing, celebrating and watching the thousands of cranes flying to the Lac-du-Der to roost in the late evening hours.
Photos: Sandra Bartocha
Friday, November 11. 2011 - 10.00 AM
Interview in LOFO
In the latest issue of the Estonian Online-Magazine LOFO you can find an interview with me.
Have a look here!
Thursday, November 03. 2011 - 04.00 PM
International Nature Photography Festival of the GDT 2011
Every year you think it couldn't become better - but it could! Again it was a perfect weekend at the International Nature Photography Festival of the GDT in Lünen. First-class lectures, a lot of interesting conversations and a perfect exhibition of the contest "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011". Especially the last thing made me very happy (and proud, too) as I was member of the jury 2011. Our book "Nordische Momente" appealed to the visitors. A very good feeling, because estimating your own work is one thing, to get assurance from others feels even better! A part of my photo exhibition that is accompanying the book has also been presented at the festival, and I got some nice compliments for it. The complete exhibition will be shown in two weeks at the International Naturephoto Festival in Montier-en-Der (France).
Lünen was great, much too short, as always, and I'm already looking forward to next year when nature photographers from all over the world gather in the little town north from Dortmund!
If you would like to see more details of the festival 2011 click here.
Photos: Sandra Bartocha
Thursday, October 20. 2011 - 02.00 PM
Nature Namur – A very charming festival
From October 14th to 16th I had the opportunity to present my photo-exhibition “ABC of Nature” at the International Naturephoto-Festival “Nature Namur” in Belgium. Like in Montier-en-Der in France the focus of this festival is mostly on exhibitions. And these were presented at the most beautiful places of the historic district of Namur one could imagine: In churches and palaces and in dreamy backyards. The festival was well-attended and to my great joy our book “Nordische Momente” found the visitor’s approval. But beside the good sales I especially appreciated the relaxed and familiar atmosphere of this festival. It was great to visit the colleague’s exhibitions, to have lots of interesting talks and, of course, to party deep into the night. Thanks to the great work of chief-organizer Serge Sorbi professionalism and fun complemented each other perfectly. And as a last point it only remains for me to add: “Nature Namur” is really worth visiting!
Lassi Rautiainen, Karen Korte, Sergey Gorshkov and Barbara Bollmann