Axel Gomille is a trained biologist. He studied zoology in Frankfurt and in Lakeland, Florida, and works for the German public television broadcaster "ZDF" as an editor and journalist, specializing in nature documentaries. His film "The Tiger Experiment" portrayed conservation efforts for tigers in India. To work in the tiger reserves of central India was a defining experience for him as a biologist, but his work as a photographer and author has taken him to many other nature reserves around the globe. Axel Gomille's photographs have received multiple awards and have been published worldwide,