Vocational
and self-educated, he has developed a passion for wildlife as
a photographer and naturalist since childhood. He has always been
involved with conservationist associations, founding one in Alicante
when he was sixteen years old.
Responsible
for running local radio and TV programmes about environmental
issues.
Author
of eleven books about wildlife/ photography.
He
writes articles about wildlife and ecology for specialised webs
such as www.planetatierra.org and also for nature magazines and
the general press.
In
1987 he discovered in Spain a new botanical species for Europe
(Annals of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, 1987), (Science
Magazine, France, 1987), Argán (Argania spinosa) L. Skeels.
Rivera & Ruiz.
As
environmental adviser he has worked for several councils and enterprises
as a specialised consultant. He also works in different activities
for state organizations.
He
has been a script writer, director of photography and camera operator
in six documentaries on environmental themes, and three national
TV series “Chronicles of the Mediterranean” (13 chapters),
“Underwater Spain” (15 chapters) and “Underwater
Andalusia” (13 chapters), twelve times awarded in Competitions
at national and international level. He has also acted as director
of five documentaries about wildlife for a local TV station.
As
a wildlife photographer, amateur from twelve years old and professional
since twenty two he has never stopped learning. He was admitted
in agencies like Planet Earth Pictures and Oxford Scientific Films
but finally decided to join the BBC Natural History Unit Picture
Library, now known as Nature Picture Library, in 1993. In Spain
he works for agencies such as Nature and Travel and Digital Press.
He
has always been very keen on sharing his experiences and has given
lectures, conferences and presentations as a photography teacher
at national and international level. Among his presentations a
public conference given for The Darwin Centre at the London Natural
History Museum can be highlighted.
In
2003 one of his pictures, “White storks roosting”,
won the Innovation Award category and was Highly Commended for
the overall prize at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.
Four other of his photographs have also been Highly Commended
in the recent years.
He has recently built his own, small editorial, publishing company.
His
photographs can be also seen at www.naturepl.com
