Michel Roggo (born September 13, 1951 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) is a Swiss photographer . He has been working as a wildlife photographer since 1987 and is a member of the ILCP (International League of Conservation Photographers) . He has received several awards for many of his freshwater photos and publications.
Michel Roggo began taking photos as a hobby at the age of 30. After studying geology , he worked as a secondary teacher in Düdingen . Trips abroad followed. In Alaska he first observed the migration of salmon . This fascinated him so much that he decided to take photos of the salmon migration. He refined his recording technique during annual visits. He took pictures underwater without diving himself. In 2008 he received the Freiburg Culture Prize for his photographic work.
In 2010, after 25 years of experience with freshwater, animal, plant and underwater landscape photography and over 100 trips, Roggo began his global project: to capture 40 freshwater waters worldwide, the Freshwater Project .
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Photographed waters
The following list is not complete and the geographic location on the map is not precise for every body of water. Still, the list illustrates the global work of Michel Roggo.
with Pierre-Pascal Rossi (text): Eau douce: Itinéraire d'un pêcheur d'images. Slatkine, Geneva 2008.
Freshwater. With the eyes of a picture fisherman. Translated from the French. by Hubertus von Gemmingen. Paulusverlag, Freiburg 2008.
Poissons suisse = Swiss fish world = Pesci svizzeri. (+ Companion). DVD. WWF Switzerland, Zurich 2004
The fish of Switzerland = Les poissons de Suisse = I pesci della Svizzera. WWF, o. O. 2003.
with Anton Bertschy (text): Das Senseland. Edited by the Deutschfreiburger Heimatkundeverein. Paulusverlag, Freiburg i. Üe. 2003
with Markus Hostmann, Andreas Knutti (text): Liberated water. Voyages of discovery in the revitalized river landscapes of Switzerland. Edited by WWF / Federal Office for Water and Geology BWG. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2002.
with Anton Schwartz: primeval landscapes. Edited by German Friborg Local History Association. Paulusverlag, Freiburg i. Üe. 2001.
Life on the river. Edited by Pro Natura. Paulusverlag, Freiburg i. Üe. 1998.
with Stefan Stöcklin (text): Fish perspectives. Edited by Office for Forests and Nature, Fisheries Inspectorate. Fisheries Inspectorate of the Canton of Bern, Bern [1994].
Exhibitions (selection)
3 lakes. With Etienne Francey. Museum Murten, June 16 - October 6, 2019
Aqua. Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, July 23, 2019 - February 2, 2020
AQUA. Natural History Museum Basel, March 29, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Aqua. Natural History Museum Freiburg, June 10, 2017 - January 28, 2018
Water worlds. Natural History Museum Freiburg, May 22nd - October 3rd, 2015
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