Rico Nestmann

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Rico Nestmann (born December 17, 1969 in Bergen (Rügen) ; † February 3, 2016 in Gingst ) was a German photographer , journalist and writer. He dealt with wildlife and nature photography .

Life

Rico Nestmann has been interested in the local nature since childhood. From May 1996 he worked as a freelance photographer, journalist and writer. Among other things, he worked for the local Rügen editorial team of the Ostsee-Zeitung , for which he reported on local politics and local sports on the island of Rügen. As an animal and nature photographer, he published several illustrated books and photo books.

In 2000 he became a member of the Society of German Animal Photographers (GDT), whose regional group IX Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania he headed from 2003 to 2008. Since 2011 he has been a member of the German crane protection working group. Nestmann supported the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) and WWF Germany . He ran his own publishing house and photo agency.

In 2012, Norddeutsche Rundfunk filmed the documentary NaturNah - Rügen's wilderness on the doorstep about Rico Nestmann and his work.

On February 3, 2016, Rico Nestmann was killed in a fall from an animal observation post, which was located at a height of 18 meters in a tree near Gingst.

Publications (selection)

  • Islands of the eagles. Natural wonders on Rügen and Hiddensee. Nestmann's photo, Wiek / Rügen 1999, ISBN 3-934162-00-2 (picture text volume).
  • Adventure on Möwenort. Nestmann's photo, Wiek / Rügen 2004, ISBN 3-934162-03-7 (children's and young people's book).
  • Ruler of heaven. White-tailed eagles over the bay, sea and inland. Nestmann's photo, Wiek / Rügen 2006, ISBN 3-934162-02-9 (caption).
  • Poetry & the sea. Photographs and poems from the Baltic Sea. Nestmanns Photo, Lancken / Rügen 2009, ISBN 978-3-934162-05-1 (caption).
  • Wild children - sea eagles. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-8369-5267-5 (photo non-fiction book).
  • Wild children - white storks. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-8369-5297-2 (photo non-fiction book).
  • Vilde dyreborn - Storken. Klematis, Risskov 2010, ISBN 978-87-641-0524-7 (Danish edition of the Wild Children's Volume White Storks )
  • Mile Prerad . An artist biography. Nestmann's photo, Lancken / Rügen 2011, ISBN 978-3-934162-07-5 (photo non-fiction book).
  • Birds of the Baltic Sea. Demmler, Ribnitz-Damgarten 2012, ISBN 978-3-910150-94-2 (caption).
  • Animals of the Baltic Sea. Demmler, Ribnitz-Damgarten 2014, ISBN 978-3-944102-09-2 (caption).
  • Small Baltic Sea Gull Book. Rhino, Ilmenau 2015, ISBN 978-3-95560-033-4 (non-fiction book).
  • To reprimand. Animal worlds. Demmler, Ribnitz-Damgarten 2016, ISBN 978-3-944102-15-3 (illustrated book).
  • Nature guide Rügen and Hiddensee. Animals - plants - protected areas. Wachholtz, Kiel Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-529-05463-1 (bid text volume).
  • Cranes. Gray dancers on the lagoon and the sea. Demmler, Ribnitz-Damgarten 2016, ISBN 978-3-944102-14-6 (illustrated book).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thorsten Czarkowski: Great sympathy for the family of nature photographer Rico Nestmann. In: Ostsee-Zeitung . 5th February 2016.
  2. ↑ Alexander Loew: The cause of death is clear: the nature photographer died from a tree fall. In: Ostsee-Zeitung . February 13, 2016.


personal data
SURNAME Nestman, Rico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wildlife and nature photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Mountains on Rügen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2016
Place of death Went