Irene Amiet is an award-winning nature photographer, conservationist and freelance writer from Basel, Switzerland. Having lived and worked in Bermuda, Panama, South Africa and Texas, her work has been influenced by different cultures and people’s co-existence with nature. Her photography has been featured by Africa Geographic, National Geographic, the New York Post, the UK Times and various international press.
Irene started her artistic career after spending time as a Field Rep for Rainforest Concern and Global Vision in Panama and South Africa where she helped with data collection, predator density research and community projects. In Texas, Irene was a long-term contributor to Coast Monthly Magazine and wrote a blog on nature and conservation for the Galveston Daily News.
In her home in the North of England, Irene’s wildlife work is mostly used for interior design projects but her photo journalism aims to raise awareness of human-wildlife co-habitation. Irene sees herself as a story-teller, using the camera as a visualising tool for work that translates a moment in time in all its dimensions. Her travels take her back to Africa often as well as to the treasure chest of the Arctic. With help of her photography, Irene has supported many conservation organisations over the years and contributed to initiatives such as the Texas Coastal Heritage Preserves, the New Big Five, the Lancashire Wildlife Trust and the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
Irene has. been teaching photography workshops for the last ten years and enjoys the exchange of ideas with her students as well as the process of helping her pupils develop their skills and find their own photographic language.
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