José D. Riquelme, landscape and nature photography: landscape, night, wildlife and portrait
Scroll to exploreOpen Photographer of the Year · Epson Pano Awards 2023
A photo can take seven trips. Every one is worth it.
Landscape, night, wildlife and portrait.
Four ways of seeing
- Landscape Mountains, deserts and coastlines at the moment the light changes. From the waterfalls of Iceland to the dunes of Namibia.View the gallery
- Night The Milky Way and the northern lights over places you already know by day. It is the discipline that has twice won me first prize for night photography at the 35AWARDS.View the gallery
- Wildlife Animals in their own world, never taken out of it: wildlife as part of the landscape, not a studio portrait.View the gallery
- Portrait People and cultures I meet along the way, told in the same light as the landscape.View the gallery
Panoramic World
A traveling exhibition: ten 150 × 75 cm panoramas, each in an edition of just 10 unique prints with a certificate of authenticity.
Behindthe camera
I'm from Murcia. I come from graphic design and printing, and in 2017 I bought my first professional camera to photograph the northern lights in Iceland. Since then I have chased the light all over the world, and today I lead photography trips with IceMonkey Tours.
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My book
Where the world still begins
A photographic vision of Iceland
Iceland, the youngest land on the planet: the place I keep coming back to.
- 196 pages
- 21 × 30 cm
- Hardcover
- October 2025
€45.90
Free guides
Learn to takethese photos.
Three free, practical guides I wrote myself: the Milky Way, panoramic photography and wildlife. Sign up once, at no cost, and download them in English or Spanish.
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IceMonkey Tours presents
A comedy about nature photography
The series
While José travels, his avatar runs the studio. Dry humor about nature photography, with a lesson in every episode.
Now showing
Eight episodes. Eight lessons.
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Episode 1 · The studioThe ChairJosé goes on a trip and leaves the avatar in charge of the studio. There is only one rule: don't sit in his chair. 
Episode 2 · UtahMesa ArchTwo hundred photographers, one photo. If you can't beat the crowd, get into their shot. 
Episode 3 · Costa RicaFull of ColorA rainbow-billed toucan and a photographer who isn't quite fast enough. In nature, the model picks the photographer. 
Episode 4 · NamibiaKolmanskopAn abandoned mining town, a single ray of sun and a photographer who waited too long for the light. 
Episode 5 · MoroccoUntouched DunesAt sunrise, dunes untouched for a thousand years… or almost. Take the photo first, then walk. 
Episode 6 · TenerifeMagic MistThe Anaga laurel forest and a lot of patience. Patience is good. A smoke machine is faster. 
Episode 7 · The Argentine PunaMars, at LastSeven months in space to reach Mars… and Argentina got there first. The first photo is still mine. 
Episode 8 · IcelandA Viking FarewellA Viking funeral on a black-sand beach for a warrior who forgot his memory card. Some mistakes are unforgivable. The End…for now.
Watch the series for freeIn English, with Spanish subtitles. One free sign-up and you can watch every episode.