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Biography

Norbert Rosing,
born in northern Germany (Münsterland) 1953,
lives together with his wife Elli in southern Germany (Bavaria) since 1975.

Photography has always been his passion. He started of in the late 1960s with a small Kodak Instamatic 104, improved later on to a Practica LLC and the Canon FD System; since 1989 he is an enthusiastic user of Leica cameras, especially Leica R System.

In the early years he visited several Scandinavian countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden) many times during all seasons of the year, falling in love with the beauty of the North. But he did not forget his roots and photographed the amazing landscapes, trees and parks in Germany.

1988 he started his still ongoing project: The World of the Polar Bear. It covers the entire Canadian Arctic from Churchill/Manitoba to Pond Inlet and Cambridge Bay in Nunavut. He captured in his pictures the life of the Inuit, Muskoxen, Atlantic Walrusses, Whales, Aurora Borealis and of course the life circle of the Lord of the Arctic, the Polar Bear. He is travelling to different parts of the Arctic including Spitsbergen (Svalbard)/Norway.

Three years were spent in capturing the natural richness of the "mother" of all National Parks, the Yellowstone N.P. travelling to this wonderful place many times at all seasons of the year.

From beginning 1989 until now he spent a lot of time in German Nature - and National Parks to take pictures of these unique areas to show people a different side of Germany.

The most important publications in the recent past have been:

• Three stories in German GEO Magazine
• Eight stories in National Geographic Magazine:
  • 12/2000 Polar bears
  • 09/2001 Walruses
  • 04/2002 Muskoxen
  • 07/2002 Bald eagles
  • 09/2003 Aurora Borealis
  • 02/2004 Polar bears
  • 10/2004 Arctic foxes
  • 12/2005 Polar Bears /Wapusk National Park
• 13 stories on German National Parks in National Geographic Germany

So far Norbert Rosing has published 11 books:

• "Unbekanntes Deutschland" (Unknown Germany) Tomus Verlag, München 1992
• "Cheetahs" with Fritz Pölking, Tecklenborg Verlag, Steinfurt 1993
• "Im Reich des Polarbären", German Edition, Tecklenborg Verlag, Steinfurt 1994 + 1999
• "The World of the Polar Bear", English Edition, Firefly Books, Toronto, Canada 1996
• "Yellowstone - America's Playground", Firefly Books , Toronto , Canada 1998
• "Yellowstone - Land aus Feuer und Eis", German Edition, Tecklenborg Verlag, Steinfurt 1999 + 2001
• "The World of the Polar Bear", English Edition,Firefly Books, Toronto,Canada Sept. 2006 - a totally new book on the Arctic
• "Im Reich der Eisbären", German Edition,Tecklenborg Verlag, Steinfurt Dezember 2006
• "Wildes Deutschland" (Wild Germany),German Edition,National Geographic,2007
• "Face to Face with Polar Bears" with Elizabeth Carney,English Edition, National Geographic,2007
• "Arctic Fox - Life at the top of the world" Firefly Books, Toronto, Canada 2008

Calendars: since more than ten years "Polar Bears",Firefly Books,Toronto,Canada

Wildes Deutschland 2008 + 2009, National Geographic Deutschland

Slide presentations: since many years worldwide about the "World of the Polarbears", including a presentation at the National Geographic Auditorium 2005, at the Smithsonian Institute Washington 2008, at the German embassy in Bejing 1999, as well as in Dubai, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, The Netherlands and of course at many different places in Germany. Since two years the slide presentation "Wild Germany" is shown in cooperation with National Geographic Deutschland in Germany.

Exhibitions 2008:
Wild Germany in the Automobil Forum, Berlin, Unter den Linden and in Zingst at the "Horizonte" Festival.

2008 Norbert Rosing was a member of the jury for the British photo contest "Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year", he was featured as an analog photographer in the "Zeit Magazin", Germany, introduced as nature photographer in the National Geographic Magazine Germany and he started his personal book edition "Edition Norbert Rosing" in Canada.

Norbert is a member of the following organizations:

   © 2005-2010 by Norbert Rosing