Featured Photographer | Severin Pöhlmann

My name is Severin Pöhlmann and I am a mechanical engineer from Munich, Germany. For as long as I can remember, I was very interested in animals of any kind - may be apart from mosquitos. My passion for the underwater world started as a child when I would go snorkelling in the Mediterranean Sea in Croatia and Italy during our family holidays. 

The first time I saw a reef was in Egypt and it was absolutely jaw-dropping. After this experience, I kept going back to the South of Egypt sand learned to dive in 2008. After university, I went on a round-the-world trip with my wife for almost one year with only a compact camera. The trip was amazing and my camera helped me bring my stories and experiences to life.

This was followed by many more travels around the globe and  I brought along the camera I’m still shooting with now: my Olympus OMD-EM5. It is now quite old and I am still very happy with it. Having dived now in several amazing locations - Egypt, Galapagos, Australia, Caribbean Sea, French Polynesia - South East Asia is my absolute favourite because it offers the highest diversity of underwater flora and fauna and features some of the most amazing and elusive underwater creatures on the planet.

I have a couple of animals on my bucket list and number one, my personal holy grail, is the Rhinopias. I have been searching for it for quite a while but so far without luck.

Galápagos penguin, Isla Isabela, Galápagos

Dugong, Abu Dabbab, Egypt 

 Ghost pipefish, Malapascua Island, Philippines

Green sea turtle, Abu Dabbab, Egypt

Nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines

Nudibranch, Tulamben, Bali

Hairy shrimp, Anilao, Philippines

 Longnose hawkfish, Tulamben, Bali

Blenny, Anilao, Philippines

Pygmy seahorse, Tulamben, Bali

Emperor shrimp on green nudibranch, Padangbai, Bali

Shrimp, Tulamben, Bali

Squid at night, Anilao, Philippines

Find Severin on Instagram @severin.pohlmann

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