Travel Along With Mattias Klum

Mattias Klum was born in Uppsala, Sweden and began taking photographs in his teens. He has been a full-time freelance photographer since 1986 and a filmmaker since 1994. Klum’s photographs have appeared in countless publications worldwide, including, National Geographic, Wildlife Conservation, Audubon, Terre Sauvage, Stern, Der Spiegel and The New York Times. He has photographed many stories for National Geographic.

Throughout his whole career, Mattias has been focused in portraying and interpreting threatened environments, species, and cultures. He has received several awards for his work and earned a medal from the King of Sweden for his advocacy on behalf of biodiversity. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of WWF Sweden, a Senior Fellow of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

In addition to all of his achievements, Klum was named a National Geographic Fellow in 2010. To get the gist of what being a “National Geographic Fellow” means, he supports ongoing National Geographic Mission Programs, conservation efforts such as, Mission Blue, Freshwater Initiative, and Great Energy Challenge. His concentration is on critical biodiversity and conservation issues.

Luckily, here at MAC we are granted the chance to see Mattias Klum performing live in our National Geographic Live series! This is one show I am very excited for. Hope to see you there!

-Tara Kerege

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