Marsel van Oosten

Nature photographer

Marsel van Oosten is a Dutch nature photographer. He currently lives in South Africa, with producer and videographer Daniella Sibbing. Together they run Squiver (www.squiver.com), which offers specialised wildlife and landscape photography tours. Marsel won the grand title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 for his shot ‘The Golden Couple’. Other awards include International Nature Photographer of the Year (twice), Travel Photographer of the Year and Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Marsel’s images are exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, and have appeared in National Geographic,Audubon

and Geo. He is a Nikon Ambassador and one of the nature photographers supporting the New Big 5 project (see page 112). He recently released a short documentary, DragonBlood: APhotographer’sJourneyto Socotra,Yemen, on YouTube.