About Joris
Photo by Wout Overkamp
Joris van Alphen is an award-winning conservation photographer and marine biologist based in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Joris’ photographs appear in magazines, books and museums worldwide. He has been commissioned to portray scientists for numerous institutes, as well as the world’s leading scientific journals Science and Nature. Currently he is ambassador for the international photography platform Noorderlicht and a contributor of Meet Your Neighbours, an international photographic initiative that connects people with the wildlife in their communities, for which he partners with the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam.
This year Joris received the National Geographic Emerging Nature Photographer Award, a new prize for “seriously talented photographers with proven contributions to nature conservation and awareness raising.” In 2011 he was awarded the NANPA College Photography Scholarship, a prestigious grant from the North American Nature Photography Association. His recent film, Cold-blooded Cannibals, created in collaboration with Day’s Edge Productions, won first prize at the 2011 NESCent Evolution Film Festival.
Joris displays an outstanding combination of passion for photography and knowledge of biology in his work. He has the potential to become a renowned nature photographer.
— Jury of the National Geographic Emerging Nature Photographer Award
Exhibitions
| 2012 | June 2 — De Nacht van Kunst & Wetenschap (festival) Groningen, the Netherlands |
| April 23 — National Geographic Society Explorer Salon Amsterdam Academic Club, Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |
| March 11–June 9 — Festival de l’Animal (group exhibition) Atelier Horneman, Ten Boer, the Netherlands. | |
| 2011 | Eelder Eden, 15 jaar paradijs op aarde (jubilee exhibition) Museum of Figurative Art “de Buitenplaats”, Eelde, the Netherlands. |
| 2010 | A Year in Underwater Photography Tergooi Hospitals, Blaricum, the Netherlands. |
| Week of Culture (group exhibition) Biological Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, the Netherlands. | |
| 2009 | Portraits De Smederij, Groningen, the Netherlands. |
| 2007 | Week of Culture (group exhibition) Biological Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, the Netherlands. |
Clients
Joris’ work has been commissioned and published by organizations including:
