Kevin Benckendorf

Kevin Benckendorf is an award-winning German photographer who has explored over forty countries across six continents. As a certified divemaster, Kevin has experienced first-hand the ocean’s incredible diversity. He has dived with thresher sharks in the Philippines, manta rays in Australia, and bull sharks in South Africa, amongst a plethora of other marine wildlife.

He has been traveling full-time for over five years and has garnered a deep appreciation for different cultures, flora, and fauna along the way. Since then, he has had profound moments observing nature’s most vulnerable populations, such as trekking with wild orangutans in Indonesia, capturing the wide variety of lemur species in Madagascar, and observing species found only in the Galapagos.

Kevin worked as a physiotherapist before deciding to pursue his passions for traveling and photography. He now studies tourism management with a focus on sustainable practices while working on challenging and adventurous assignments around the world. He operates best when having the opportunity to thread together unique stories and capture the essence of special places and rare phenomena. His motivation as a wildlife photographer comes from a desire to raise awareness for the preservation of biodiversity and the life that inhabits our beautiful planet.