Country: Germany 🇩🇪
Jens Cullmann was born in Nuernberg, Germany, in 1969. His introduction to photography was at the age of 13, when he got his first camera.
As a teenager, he worked with black & white film and image development until he was able to acquire more sophisticated equipment.
´There is a very physical aspect to my work because you need a lot of discipline and endurance to deal with some of the tough environments that come with wildlife photography.’
It was during a trip to Namibia and Botswana in 2003 that Jens’ passion for wildlife photography really ignited and he has grown in stature since then. He has won several prestigious international awards such as the 2017 Botswana Wildlife Photographer of the Year, 2019 Jens was a runner-up in the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year and in 2020 he won this competition and was a winner in the 2020 GDT Nature Photography of the Year.
In 2023 he won the World Nature Photography Award with his picture ’Danger in the mud’.
’I have come to realize that my images evoke intense discussions about Africa’s wild places and about how nature functions, and so stimulating these important debates has become part of my personal narrative. I hope to use this opportunity to create awareness about conservation issues and the preservation of natural habitats. Every time I am out in nature, I appreciate the rawness of its beauty, the working balance of all its elements, and how urgently we have to preserve it.’
As a teenager, he worked with black & white film and image development until he was able to acquire more sophisticated equipment.
´There is a very physical aspect to my work because you need a lot of discipline and endurance to deal with some of the tough environments that come with wildlife photography.’
It was during a trip to Namibia and Botswana in 2003 that Jens’ passion for wildlife photography really ignited and he has grown in stature since then. He has won several prestigious international awards such as the 2017 Botswana Wildlife Photographer of the Year, 2019 Jens was a runner-up in the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year and in 2020 he won this competition and was a winner in the 2020 GDT Nature Photography of the Year.
In 2023 he won the World Nature Photography Award with his picture ’Danger in the mud’.
’I have come to realize that my images evoke intense discussions about Africa’s wild places and about how nature functions, and so stimulating these important debates has become part of my personal narrative. I hope to use this opportunity to create awareness about conservation issues and the preservation of natural habitats. Every time I am out in nature, I appreciate the rawness of its beauty, the working balance of all its elements, and how urgently we have to preserve it.’