About us
Nature Talks was founded in 2016 by Lesley de Beer and is based in the Netherlands. Since January 2025 we also have a office and team in Bristol, Engeland.
Our aim is: bring the joy of nature’s beauty to you as a nature lover and photographer. Give you insights and inspiration to spark your creativity. Nature Talks is the platform for nature photography in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Let Nature Talk
We are lending a voice to nature and let her talk. From the smallest insect to the largest mammal, from an unsightly detail to the vastness of the universe, we show it. And sometimes, sometimes you don’t have to say anything, just watch or listen to how nature talks. We hope to inspire you to enjoy nature as much as we do, and also encourage you to capture its beauty. We try to achieve this by organizing:
1. Nature Talks Photo Festival
We organize an inspiring annual Photo Festival. Every year, more than 3000 visitors relished all the compelling stories with amazing photos of the best national and international photographers during the festival. And they also enjoy the masterclasses, portfolio reviews, exhibition floor and the award ceremony of the Nature Photographer of the Year-contest.
To name a few photographers who gave a talk Photo Festival;
Brian Skerry, Danny Green, Tin Man Lee, Andy Rouse, Peter Cairns, Steve Winter, Tony Wu, Sandesh Kadur, Albert Dros, Agorastos Papatsanis, Patricia Homonylo, Jasper Doest, Jan van der Greef, Barbara Dall’Angelo, Tin Man Lee, David Maitland, Marco Gaiotti, Joan de la Malla Gomez, Ellen Cuylaerts, Manon de Bruin, Nando Harmsen, Andrea Gulickx, Stefan Gerrits, Jacquie Matechuk, Felix Heintzenberg, Matthew Maran, Gheorghe Popa, Jo-Anne McArthur, Garth Lenz, Alex Mustard, Federico Veronesi, Aaron Gekoski, Marsel van Oosten, Andrew (Andy) Parkinson, Stefan Christmann, Audun Rikardsen, Mathijs Frenken, Emanuelle Biggi, Pie Aerts, Johan Lolos, Peter van der Veen, Zoltan Gergely Nagy, Wenche Dahle, Roelof Molenaar, Herman van der Hart, Edo van Uchelen, Christian Ziegler, Adrian Steirn, Sergey Gorskov, Loulou Beavers, Jan Vermeer, Sven Zacek, Staffan Widstrand, Fred Buyle, Heike Odermatt, Grzegorz Lesniewski, Leon Baas, Maximilian Hornisch, Bartosz Strozynski, Theo Bosboom, Mario Suárez, Erlend Haarberg, Marco Colombo, Rick van der Kraats, Jose Pesquero, Michel d’Oultremont, Keith Wilson, Britta jaschinski, Paul Goldstein and many others.
2. Nature Talks Photo Travels
Nature Talks Travel specializes in organizing and guiding photo-, nature-, and bird- trips to beautiful nature reserves and photogenic destinations all over the world. We travel to beautiful places in Europe and also to special places outside Europe. In 2024 we had more then 94 Photography Tours all over the world.
3. Nature Talks Photo Workshops
Together with numerous well-known nature photographers and biologists, Nature Talks organizes nature photography workshops and courses to coach you in your photographic development.
4. Nature Photographer of the Year-contest
The Nature Photographer of the Year-contest, is a worldwide renowned nature photo competition with more then 23.000 submitted images from 96 countries. Amateurs and professionals, young and old, everyone is very welcome. Besides the prestigious title “Nature Photographer of the Year” there are some fantastic prizes to win.
5. Supporting (little) Conservation Projects
With our Nature Talks foundation, we contribute to the preservation and protection of different (little) nature conservation projects. And with every festival ticket we sell, we donate an amount to these projects. So with your purchase you also support these vitally important projects.
Love for nature and photography
We are a small team with an enormous enthusiasm and love for nature and photography. We hope to inspire you to love and value nature as much as we do, and also encourage you to capture its beauty.
