Otto Pfister (naturalist)

Otto Pfister is a nature photographer with particular expertise on the wildlife of Ladakh, India. While working in India^[1] for over 12 years with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, he was an avid bird photographer in his free time, eventually transitioning to a naturalist with strong interests in biodiversity monitoring and conservation.

Pfister is the author of Birds and Mammals of Ladakh (2004) and co-author of A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Himalayas (1998). He has also authored, with Bikram Grewal and Bill Harvey, A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India (2002). His favourite lens is Nikkor 500 mm/f4.^[2]

Born in Switzerland, Pfister has lived in different parts of the world, currently making his home in Colombia.

References

1. ^ Grewal, Bikram; Bill Harvey and Otto Pfister (2002). Photographic guide to birds of India. Periplus / Princeton University Press [1].  from bio in p. 447. Pfister contributed most of the brilliant photographs in this book.
2. ^ "Otto Pfister". orientalbirdimages.org. http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/photographers.php?action=birder&Birder_ID=99. Retrieved 2007-04-05. 

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