About US
MARTINA ANDRÉS
Manuel was born in Switzerland in 1992. Even as a small child, it was clear that he wanted to study biology. A good 20 years later, he completed his Master's degree in ecology. This made him even more aware of one thing: nature is suffering and it needs our help! Science plays a big part in solving many problems, but if people don't know about environmental changes, not much will happen at a political level. So Manuel decided not to pursue an academic career, but to try to get people excited about nature. Together with Martina Andres, whom he met during his studies, he wanted to start a multimedia project to promote environmental education.
Martina was born in 1989 in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Martina was fascinated by nature and animals from an early age. She soon realized that her future career would have to have something to do with animals. She began her riding training at the age of 7, which later led to her desire to support people with mental and physical disabilities through riding therapy. When it came to choosing a course of study, however, she decided to study biology, which opened up unexpected opportunities for her. For example, a master's degree in evolutionary biology, which gave her the opportunity to spend several months on a desert island on the west coast of Canada. At the same time, as an environmental educator at the zoological museum of the University of Zurich, she began to get children and adults interested in nature conservation. It was in Canada that her passion for photography was sparked.
MANUEL SPESCHA
Martina and Manuel met on a scientific master's course at the university in 2015. They discovered they had a lot in common, a love of nature and the sea and a desire to share this love and mindfulness with people. During their free diving instructors courses in Egypt, they contacted Blue Planet Film. This led to the opportunity to work as freelance camera operators for a TV Documentary “Seas in Motion”, a four part series about the North and Baltic Sea. Their skills and knowledge as freedivers were a huge benefit in filming shy animals and catch unique behaviours on camera.