AMAZONAS is a raw and lyrical journey into the world’s largest rainforest. Mads Nissen’s intense documentary photographs lure you inside the uncanny wilderness, where gold-diggers, warriors, homosexuals in exile and isolated indigenous tribes collide on the threshold between nature and culture, instinct and reason, our origin and our future. 

For Mads Nissen (b. 1979, Denmark), photography is all about empathy - creating understanding, a closeness, an intimacy. He strives to build that connection while focusing on contemporary social issues such as inequality, human rights violations and our often destructive relationship with nature. Mads graduated with distinction from The Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2007. After graduating he moved to Shanghai to document the human and social consequences of China’s historic economic rise. Since 2014 he has been a staff photographer for the Danish daily Politiken, based in Copenhagen. In addition to Politiken, his images have been published in Time, Newsweek, CNN, National Geographic, The Guardian, Stern, Der Spiegel and many other national and international publications. He frequently exhibits around Europe and gives lectures and workshop. In 2015, his photograph of a gay couple from Russia was selected as World Press Photo of the Year and his work have received more than 60 awards. In 2018 he was named ‘Photographer of the Year’ for the third time in Denmark. He has also twice been shortlisted as ‘Photographer of the Year’ at the Pictures of the Year International Award (POYi). Mads has published three photo books: 'The Fallen' (People's Press), 'AMAZONAS' (Gyldendal) and most recently the award-winning 'We are Indestructible' (GOST Books). This book provides a glimpse of the multi-layered seams of Colombia’s past, present and future and is the culmination of many years of work in the country. It provides a portrait of a war-torn country navigating the complexities of newfound peace after more than 50-years of conflict. More recently, Mads Nissen has turned his attention to documenting the global climate crisis in order to raise awareness of the huge challenges we face in the 21st century. Mads Nissen is a Hasselblad ambassador and is represented by Panos Pictures. And by Prospekt in Italy and Laif in Germany.