Sebastian Kennerknecht

Sebastian Kennerknecht is a wildlife and conservation photographer with over fifteen years of experience visually covering wildlife and environmental issues internationally, focusing in particular on wild cats. He has produced high quality editorial photographs, time-lapses, videos, and web content featured in and by the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC Wildlife, Smithsonian, The Economist, Science, and Conservation International, among others. Using highly customized SLR camera traps, along with conventional photographic techniques, he works closely with field biologists to both effectively and ethically capture photographs of some of the rarest cats on the planet while also highlighting the threats they face. Working for conservation organizations and on magazine assignments, Sebastian has photographed twenty-three of the forty species of wild felids, in twenty-nine different countries.

Sebastian graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolution from the University of California " Santa Cruz, won NANPA's emerging photographer award, and is an associate fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers. He also runs Cat Expeditions, leading ethical wild cat photo tours to destinations around the world, offering exclusive luxury safaris to see and photograph felines.