Honorable Mention / 2021 / Nature / Domestic Animals

Lizard

Photo of a lizard, almost posing for the audience, in a special section at Amsterdam based ARTIS, where animals and people are able to walk freely together.

Martijn Rijnberg has a background in molecular biology, and founded award-winning scientific 3D animation company Cortical Studios in 2001. In 2012 he founded visual production company Zero Landscape to explore the possibilities of photography and film by creating music videos, shorts and now also larger projects including a feature film. His photographs has been used as book covers and in newspapers, and an interview on the Zeiss website will be published that focusses on his photography work of the last years.

Awards In 2019 and 2020, several of his photos received Honorable Mentions at the International Photography Awards (IPA), Color Awards, Mono Chrome Awards and MonoVision Awards, where he was awarded 1st Place at the 2020 International Photography Awards (IPA).