Wildlife / Animals nominee

This pod of spinner dolphins was passing underneath me. They seemed calm yet they moved fast. In the silence of the ocean they embodied tranquility.

Marko Dimitrijevic is a Swiss photographer and entrepreneur. He has as spent most of his life photographing the beauty of the world and documenting the lives of endless species. Marko taught himself photography in the field. As a teenager he would spend days capturing images of the creatures inhabiting his backyard. Over the years Marko has travelled to over 120 countries and has gravitated towards nature photography focusing his time on endangered species and conservation. His fascination for the behavior and habitat of wildlife has brought him to photograph animals both above and underwater.

Marko is honored to have his photography awarded by or published in The Sunday Times, Travel + Leisure, Travel Photographer of the Year, Ocean Geographic, Sony World Photography Awards, Digital Foto, Alert Diver, American Photo, Islands, International Photography Awards, Photopro, Boats International, Nature’s Best Photography and many others.