« Travel, Experience: These are an Education in themselves »
Quote by Euripides, a Greek tragedian of classical Athens.
I am Nicolas Giroud, a freelance landscape and astro photographer based in Basel, Switzerland. Beside photography, my main professional activity is molecular biology where I work as Data Manager and Laboratory Genomics Expert in Pharmaceutical Research. I am a very positive person who loves to connect with new people and share our experiences.
Although my main job is located in Basel, I try to maximize my holidays and free time to live out of my passions: discovering new people and places, diving around the world and improving and sharing my skills and eye in photography. Thanks to my personal experience, self-education through workshops, tutorials and courses, I developed my creativity, expanded my interests and refined my style which are reflected in my photographs.
My passion for traveling started during my late adolescence and has guided my whole life since then. I discovered the art of photography a little bit later in my adulthood and since then my camera accompanies me in all my adventures, on land and underwater. As I was mesmerized by the night sky, the practice of astrophotography came a bit later around 2021 and started to become a central part.
Receiving some awards and images well positioned in some worldwide competitions, I decided that it was time for me to show the beauty of our planet through my own eyes. I hope you will enjoy my pictures and my vision of the subtle art of photography.
PS: Swede is a nickname that was given to me a long time ago by an American football coach while I was doing an exchange year in a High School in the State of Alabama (USA). Funny anecdote, he confused Switzerland with Sweden when I told him from where I was from, as a result he gave me that nickname. I kept it since then to remember one of the most unforgettable times of my life – when my passions for discovering new places, sharing with other cultures, communicating in other languages (I speak French, English, Spanish and a bit of German) became part of my present and future.
My preferred quotes:
” Life is a one time offer – Use it well “
” Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer “
