About the photographer

My job lets me combine my two passions : Animals and Photography.

As a child my pets included dogs, a cat, mice, rabbits, sheep and ponies. When I was nine I started horse riding and a couple of years later I started doing agility training with my dog Jimmy. My neighbours started bringing me injured wild animals they had found and I was simply fascinated by the variety and beauty of the natural world. During work experience at frankfurt zoo I started photographing animals seriously and since then I never stopped.

After school in Germany and England I studied Biology and Biological Photography in England and Finland. My studies took me to many interesting places around the world. Kenya, Guatemala and Greece. In Guatemala I looked after wildlife that had been taken away from smugglers. I spent a summer camping at a beach on Crete to study sea turtles and in Kenya I produced information materials for visitors and school children at "Lake Bogoria National Reserve". I returned twice to Kenya and achieved a distinction for my "Masters in Biological Photography and Imaging". All these experiences confirmed my decision to work as a professional animal photographer.

As an animal photographer I see the beauty in every animal and would like to show their individual personality with the images I produce. It is my aim to produce aesthetic and lasting memories

Debra Bardowicks