BIOGRAPHY
Martin N. Johansen is a Danish photographer.
He remains committed to issues relating to conservation, climate change, diminishing cultures, wildlife and the environment. His photo stories often have themes relating to the environment and how cultures around the globe relate to nature. He is dedicated to social and humanitarian issues and usually try to include such topics, when he tells a story through his photos.
Martin took up photography at an early age and as a 15-year-old found himself photographing the Scandinavian landscape and its wildlife mostly in monochrome. His first camera was a Nikon FG-20 analog camera, a gift from his father. He soon after established a darkroom at home and began to develop his own films and made black & white prints. One of his favourite subjects to photograph was his beloved dog, an Old Danish Pointer.
Martin’s work has been published by Outside Magazine, Terre Sauvage, Politiken, GEO, Le Figaro and other respected international magazines and newspapers. He has published 6 books and created several eBooks to view on desktop computers. He is currently preparing another title of a book project about the Faroe Islands, which is expected to be published end of 2026.
Martin has received several awards for his photo stories on the environment and some of his pictures have been recognised and highly commended in some international photo competitions.
He was the founder and organiser of the annual co-exhibitions of nature photography, titled 'Grandeur Nature', which was held in Château Royal de Collioure in France from 2005 until 2020.
He has developed a long-term documentary titled 'Føroyar - Náttúra & Fólk'. With this personal project, he aim to photograph the harsh landscapes of the Faroe islands, while documenting the lifestyle of the Faroese as well.
Another long-term photographic project he’s working on, titled 'Apis Dorsata', is to document indigenous communities from northeast India, Myanmar and Bangladesh, who still collects wild honey in a traditional way. A photo documentary about an ancestral art and a rapidly disappearing lifestyle. This project began in 2019, when Martin visited Nagaland in northeast India, to work on a story about some of Asia’s last honey gatherers.
Martin doesn’t use Ai technologies and he never manipulate his pictures when post-processing.
He is a member of Ritzau Scanpix photo agency and NPS Nikon Nordic.
Martin will be available for photo assignments, workshops and speaking engagements. Email him for inquiries.
AWARDS & HONORS
2026
• The Environmental Photography Award, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
An image in the category Polar regions shortlisted in annual photo competition
2025
• Chamonix Photo Competition, Chamonix International Photo Festival,
Category: Man & Nature (Déchets de plage), Highly Commended
2024
• Chamonix Photo Competition, Chamonix International Photo Festival,
Category: Man & Nature (Honey hunter), Highly Commended
• Chamonix Photo Competition, Chamonix International Photo Festival,
Category: Man & Nature (Grindadráp), Highly Commended
2023
• Montier Photo Competition, Montier-en-Der International Wildlife Photography Festival,
Category: Graphics, form & matter of nature (Eroding iceberg), Highly Commended
• Montier Photo Competition, Montier-en-Der International Wildlife Photography Festival,
Category: Man & Nature (Tour operator vs. wilderness), Highly Commended
2021
• Politiken Newspaper, (Kom du bare), voted among best photo stories 2021 by Politiken’s readers
2020
• Montier Photo Competition, Montier-en-Der International Wildlife Photography Festival,
Category: Man & Nature (Grindadráp), Highly Commended
2014
• Recognitions of achievement for the promotion of cultural life in the Occitanie region, France
2011
• Photo Competition, Département des Pyrénées-Orientales, Category: Water (Nyer), Winner
2009
• Book Review: Atlantique Nord, Editions Cacimbo, Recommendation & Highly Commended,
Les librairies Sauramps ( french bookstore chain)
2008
• Annual Photo Competition, Édition 2008 du concours photo de la ville de Collioure, Grand Prix
2007
• Photo Competition, Festival International de Photo de Montagne et de Nature,
Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Category: Landscape (Lac Blanc), Winner
2006
• Annual Photo Competition, Édition 2006 du concours photo de la ville de Collioure, Prix
BOOKS
• Luangwa Valley (2025)
• Nagaland - The last honey gatherers (2024)
• Antarctica - face to face with a vast wilderness (2023)
• Greenland (2021)
• Îles Féroé - l’Archipel aux oiseaux (2020)
• Nature secrète en Pays Catalan (2015)
• Atlantique Nord / North Atlantic (2009)
• Les parcs nationaux de France (2007)
• Histoire des Gorges du Verdon (2001)
• L’arbre Familier en Provence (2001)
Photo credits (top left/clockwise) : Colorado, USA © C. Albin, Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland © J. Chemnitz, Jan Mayen island
© F. Pothecary, Streymoy, Faroe Islands © A selfie, Nagaland, India © L. Yimchunger, Luangwa, Zambia © Hélène Jacques
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