This time the Africa trip started off in Botswana. I visited the Kalahari with a friend, went to Nxai Pan, visited friends in Khwai and went with another friend to Zutshwa (a rather unknown area South of the Kalagadi). First I’ll tell you about our rather wet visit to the mighty Kalahari.
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I received three honorable mentions in the International Photographer of the Year competition: Night at the Hyena Den, Orange, and Wildlife in the Dark. Feeling very proud!
Right after the last trip to Africa (and mostly to Mana Pools) we left for Mexico. A bit funny to meet each other again after two months on the airport of Amsterdam. And like in the movies we were both walking on these fast ‘treadmills’ in opposite directions when we suddenly saw each other.
Our flight to Mexico went pretty smooth, but passing customs was a nightmare. About three hours we waited in a line that seemed to have no ending. And when we finally got through it looked like our driver gave up waiting. Luckily it only seemed that way… So long after midnight (while we landed at 19:00) we finally arrived in Valle de Bravo, what would be our home for the next 7 weeks.
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The vernissage was a true success. Thank you all for being there in such great numbers; it truly made my day. If you could not be there but would still…
If you want to see my work, I will host my very first exhibition, Dust Till Dawn, in Heidelberg, Germany. We chose photographs from my past trips to Africa that…
It has been a fruitful year. The German nature and nature-photography magazine NATURBLICK published an interview with me in its latest edition, and one of my photographs even made the…
So after the rain in October (you can read about that here), Mana Pools looked quite different as you can see in most of the pictures. More mud, more green, less animals although I had some nice sightings still. And as always I also go for the little things.
In the ablution for instance I found this little green snake. I was doing my laundry and the snake passed me by over the wall in front of me. Since my car was quite close, I ran back to get my camera.
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