Bio

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Marcelo Krause

Marcelo Krause is a professional nature and wildlife photographer living in Brazil. His photos have appeared in more than 50 articles for magazines such as Revista Mergulho, Scuba, Náutica, Iate Life, Terra da Gente, Nossa História, National Geographic Brasil, BBC Wildlife Magazine and many websites.
In 2004 he published a photo book about the island of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) and in 2012 a book portraying a variety of tropical marine life called Mares Tropicais.
He has collaborated with pictures for different book titles and publishers. He took part in many photo exhibitions such as "Ecossistemas Aquáticos" organized by Itaipu Binacional, "Antes que a Natureza Acabe" organized by AFNATURA/IBAMA and "Brasil Submarino", a solo exhibition with more than 40 pictures.
He is a member of AFNATURA, ARFOC and FOTOTECH.

Prizes


- 2016 - “Aquatic Life” finalist at BigPicture: Natural World Photography.
- 2016 - Selected image for the Kolor/GoPro Panobook 2016 
- 2011 - PLONGEUR D'ARGENT -Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine - trio photo
- 2010 - Highly Commended - BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year - Underwater World
- 2010 - 1st place - Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica - Profissional
- 2010 - Commended - 4o concurso Itaú Avistar de fotos de aves
- 2009 - 3rd place - Melhor Foto - 3o concurso Itaú Avistar de fotos de aves
- 2009 - 1st place - Melhor Registro - 3o concurso Itaú Avistar de fotos de aves
- 2006 - Commended - 1 concurso Itaú Avistar de fotos de aves
- 2006 - 1st place - CBPDS Brazilian Championship of Underwater Photography
- 2006 - 1st place - Grande Premio Brasil - ProAqua de Fotosub
- 2005 - 3rd place - Grande Premio Brasil - ProAqua de Fotosub
- 2005 - 3rd place - CBPDS Brazilian Championship of Underwater Photography
- 2004 - 2nd place - CBPDS Brazilian Championship of Underwater Photography
- 2003 - 3rd place - CBPDS Brazilian Championship of Underwater Photography
- 2002 - 2nd place - Photographer of the year - Revista Mergulho
- 2002 - 1st place - Pictures of the year - Revista Mergulho
- 2002 - 2nd place - Pictures of the year - Revista Mergulho
- 2002 - 2nd place - CBPDS Brazilian Championship of Underwater Photography