Rolf Nussbaumer has loved nature for his entire life. He was born and raised in the northeastern part of Switzerland. Since his youth, Rolf has won several major bird counts in Switzerland and has been especially active in various nature organizations. He has taught bird-identifying classes and led many excursions.

At the age of 17, his love of nature photography began. He started photographing butterflies. He quickly began capturing his favorite subjects - BIRDS - on film. Rolf enjoys photographing all nature, including mammals, insects, reptiles, and landscapes. He believes the main issue in nature photography is showing people what they usually would not see. He also shoots macro photography and medium-format landscape images.

In 2002, Rolf won first grand prize in The Valley Land Fund's Wildlife Photo Contest in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. In 2003, Rolf was a grand prizewinner in the Coastal Bend Land Trust's Wildlife Photo Contest, also in Texas. He photographs have appeared in Texas Parks & Wildlife, Birder's Digest, and numerous other U.S. and European publications.

Rolf currently lives in central Texas with his wife, Karen, and their greyhound, Scout.

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