Degree in Zoology (major: entomology and herpetology) and Applied Chemistry. I've been working as a chemist for the last twenty years, most recently running semivolitales on a GC/MS. I have had an interest in photography since childhood but never could afford to pursue it as I can now. In the last several years, the advent of digital photography has opened me to limitless possibilities and experiments. I have taken some college photography courses but prefer to learn from books and even more by my own experimentation.

The two mottoes I like best: ... Imagination is more important than knowledge ... and ... Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Both uttered by Albert Einstein.

Since 2002 I started to be serious about nature and wildlife photography. Also then, I started to show my work publicly.

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In 2012 I decided to ‘retire’ from photo competitions as I devoted myself mainly to documentary photography collecting data about bird behavior. But old habits die hard so I ‘semi-retired’. I entered only one contest in 2012, National Wildlife Magazine yearly contest. From now on I will only enter selective contests from time to time.

My own motto is ... In my time, I fill up the space around me with beautiful animals' worlds and try to document both the unusual behavior and the natural beauty of the specimens as they pass through their time on Earth.