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Johan Siggesson | |
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| Born | 11 June 1977 Älvängen, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Wildlife Photographer |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | johansiggesson |
Johan Siggesson (born June 11, 1977) is a Swedish nature and wildlife photographer. He has been a category winner in Travel Photographer of the Year[1], European Wildlife Photographer of the Year[2] and Malta International Photo Awards.[3] He has also been the overall winner of the Scottish Nature Photography Award.[4]
Biography
editSiggesson was born in 1977 grew up with his older sister and parents in a middle class family in a residential town of Älvängen 30km north of Gothenburg, Sweden. After finishing the natural science program in high school he signed up for a 3 year college-course of Digital information production at University West where he was introduced to photography and graphic design. For a number of years he followed a career in graphic and web design until 2012, when he went on a photographic Safari to Kenya and fell in love with photography. He decided to change his life goals completely to pursue a career in nature and wildlife photography.
In March 2019 Johan was elected into Naturfotograferna /N.[5] Naturfotograferna /N is an association for Sweden's highest regarded nature photographers established in 1966.[6]
Books
editSiggesson has published one book, It is the first book in a planned series of books highlighting Malta's natural history with the aim of raising awareness of the dwindling natural world of the Maltese islands.[7][8] Marvellous Malta - Where Wild Orchids Grow is a 176-page coffee-table book with a selection of photographs of Malta's wild orchids.[9][10][11].
Notable Photography Awards
edit2014: Overall Winner – Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year[12][13]
2014: Winner Bird Category – Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year
2017: Category winner in Travel Photographer of the Year[14][15][16]
2018: Category Winner in European Wildlife Photographer of the Year[17]
2018: Silver medal in Moscow International Foto Awards[18]
2019: Bronze medal in Prix de la Photographie, Paris[19]
2020: Category winner in Malta International Photo Award[20]
References
edit- ^ "2017 Winners". Travel Photographer of the Year. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Winners 19/20 Nature – Malta International Photo Award". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Natural poses: Scottish nature photography prize winners". BBC News. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Johan Siggesson". Naturfotograferna (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Naturfotograferna". Naturfotograferna (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Malta grew more over the past 10 years than any other EU country". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Malta's overpopulation: a ticking time-bomb? - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "A close-up view of the wild orchids of Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Here's how one man captured the beauty of a lesser-known side of Maltese flora". www.guidememalta.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ Siggesson, Johan (2021). Where Wild Orchids Grow. Malta: Marvellous Malta. p. 178. ISBN 978-9918-0-0094-4.
- ^ "SNPA | 2014". scottishnaturephotographyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Three local photographers praised by awards judges". The Shetland Times. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Photographer gets lucky with 'monkey in the abyss'". TVMnews.mt. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "In pictures: Travel Photographer of the Year". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Winners of Travel Photographer of the Year revealed - Capture magazine". www.capturemag.com.au. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "GDT European wildlife photographer of the year 2018 – in pictures". The Guardian. 2018-11-02. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Johan Siggesson, Silver Winner - From The Abyss". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "PX3 2019 Winner - From the Abyss". Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ^ "Winners 19/20 Nature – Malta International Photo Award". Retrieved 2023-01-17.