Damien Esquerré
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Nature Photography

Since I can remember being alive I have been uncontrollably attracted to nature, especially to the creatures that escape the first sight and are usually found hidden under logs, rocks or leaves. I am talking about reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. When I first got my hands on a camera I could only think of documenting all the animals I could find, but progressively as I start to understand light, composition and photography I became more interested in trying to portrait nature in a personal and more artistic way.
Most of my photography has been done in the Bolivian Amazon (Beni Department), the Andes and southern region of Chile, Costa Rica, Australia and Southeast Asia. Go to galleries and scroll down. Photo by Angel Esquerré
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Published photos

My photos have been published in several scientific papers and will appear in a number of books to be published in the near future. 
Evolution (2019). Cover of the issue

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A Naturalists Guide to the Dangerous Creatures of Australia (2018). Several of my photos are used in this beautiful book. Link

-Hamadryad Journal of Herpetology (2018). Cover of the issue

-Nature Ecology and Evolution (2017). Cover of the issue.

-Guia de Campo Reptiles de Chile (2017). Contributed photos to this field guide. Link.

-A Naturalists Guide to the Reptiles of Australia (2017). Five of my photos are used in this beautiful book. Link.

-Expo "Lagartijas y Coleopteros: Reflejos del Cambio" at the National Natural History Museum of Chile (2016-2017). Link. Link2.

-Costa Magazine (2017-onwards). This magazine decided to include an article of my photography on each issue, starting with August 2017. Link. Here are the PDFs of the different articles (in Spanish): Bolivia, Costa Rica, Southeastern Australia, Western Australia, Komodo, Great Barrier Reef, Bali, China, Cape York

-Ecology Letters (2016). cover of Issue 7, Volume 19, to represent my paper on convergent evolution between pythons and boas

-Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2015), cover of Issue 12, Volume 28, to represent my colleague's and supervisor's paper (Marta Vidal-Garcia and Scott Keogh) on Australian frog evolution. Link.

-Fotonaturaleza de Chile (2012): two photos published in this book compiling nature photography from Chile. Link.

Awards

2020: Seventh BMC Ecology Image Competition: Winner for 'Behavioral and Physiological Ecology'. See the announcement and editorial. The same photo was also selected for Nature's Best Science Images for August.

2020: Seventh BMC Ecology Image Competition: Highly commended for 'Behavioral Ecology and Interactions with the Environment'. See the announcement and editorial.

2016: Best photo at At the Australian Society of Herpetologists Annual Meeting

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