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Photographer Profile: Guto Bertagnolli

I am currently studying conservation Biology at Columbia University in New York , a fertile city for artists, a place with endless possibilities and where I am getting in contact with a universe of photographers and their lenses. The idea and the pleasure of photography got in to my life almost naturally. And I feel honored to show these images to you.

Since I was a kid, my curiosity for the unknown, for the green and for the animals, has always led me to readings, to my studies and to outdoor activities. While studying Biology in Ribeirão Preto , Brazil , I became a dive master and worked in a scuba school for almost four years. This job kept me traveling and discovering the Brazilian Coast during my years at the university.

In 1995, I moved to Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, where I worked for four years - I got fully involved with Ecotourism and, as a result, with Nature Photography.

In 1999, along with two of my best friends, I rode almost 5000 kilometers of the Brazilian Coast , in the project "Pantanal goes to the Beach". Between the cities of Vitória and São Luís do Maranhão, the project publicized the culture and beauties of the Pantanal to the Brazilians who live by the coast, through exhibits, lectures and workshops at universities, resorts, bed and breakfasts and hotels.

Besides six months of pure adventure, we produced large image bank of the Brazilian Coast .

After the trip, I worked as a Biologist and Ecotourism manager in Bonito, also in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul. Following that experience, I was invited to work with one of the greatest Brazilian nature photographers and videomaker, where I got involved in television productions and specialized documentaries.

Back to Pantanal in 2002, I worked for a year as a consultant for the region's potentialities in Ecotourism and its connections to the sustainable development and maintenance of Biodiversity in the north of Pantanal.