About this site
This site shows the work of photographer Jürgen Freund and book/documentary producer Stella Chiu-Freund. Together they are in constant search for the most beautiful images to photograph either from Australia or in exotic places around the world - underwater or on land.
This website is a story and picture source for magazines and professional photo users. Most of the stock material you will see is about the marine environment but you will also find travel and landscape images as well. Aside from wildlife and nature photography, Jürgen & Stella also work on environmental and conservation issues where Jürgen's stock images hosts a wide variety of legal and illegal fishing practices from Asia - from dynamite fishing to shark hunting, to dried sea cucumbers and seahorses for the Asian market.
Images are taken with a variety of professional cameras e. g. 35 mm, digital and 6cm x 12 cm panoramics.
How to find photos?
We have endeavored to create an easy to search database for our growing collection of images. Click Search Photos in the menu bar. As you can see there are numerous categories to browse. Each category has one or several sub categories to make image identification easier. It also gives you an idea what kind of images are currently in the database. You can also enter keywords in the search box to narrow your choices. We have embedded keywords into all the image collections to respond to more selected searches. The scope of your search results is determined by your selection of keywords. Please use plural terms Most of our images are catalogued using plural terms. We also only use the english language, except for the latin scientific names of the natural world.
The Lightbox
The Lightbox is your collection of images. You may add up to 30 images to your lightbox. If you wish to iicense an image or a set of images in your lightbox please email the lightbox to us or if the number of chosen images exceeds 30 just send us a list with picture numbers at freundimages@gmail.com
Please note that all images on this website are under full copyright of Jürgen Freund. Any violation of copyright will be pursued to the full extent of the law.
WWF Coral Triangle Photo Expedition
Starting in April 2009 Jürgen and Stella embarked on a photo expedition throughout the Coral Triangle which is located from the Philippines through Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
About the Expedition
The WWF / Freund Factory Expedition is an 18 month photojournalistic expedition into the heart of the Coral Triangle, investigating the connectivity between the wildlife and peoples of the region, and the threats they face.
The Coral Triangle is the world’s centre of marine life – a vast, majestic and colourful coral nursery covering 6 million km2 of ocean – a home sheltering and sustaining thousands of whales, dolphins, tuna, reef fish, rays, sharks and turtles.
Its underwater riches are equally matched by the diversity of its people, cultures and traditions – all of whom rely on the sea in one way or another for their survival. Livelihoods, wildlife and survival are interdependent across the region and beyond.
All this beauty and richness will be captured by Jürgen (‘Yogi’) and Stella Freund. Along the way, they will learn about and document WWF’s field work through stories and pictures, and investigate the ‘connectivity’ between the people and wildlife of the Coral Triangle.
The WWF Coral Triangle Photo Expedition Blog
Please visit our WWF Expedition blog at: http://blogs.panda.org/coral_triangle
