Felipe Toledo, the Photographer of the Fisherman Martin: “when Nature Is Portrayed It Is Necessary to Be Part of the Landscape”

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Sometimes, when photographer and marine biologist Felipe Toledo (Santiago, 31 years old) goes hiking through the pristine forests of southern Chile, he stays stony, like a crocodile waiting for his prey, for hours. What he wants to capture are images of birds, frogs, flames and other animals. One of these photos, that of a fisherman martin (Megaceryle torquata) in the Saval Park of the city of Valdivia, in the region of Los Ríos, has won the Gra…