Jennifer Esseiva – The Story Behind My Landscape Photography

Landscape photographer using a Nikon Z8 with a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR telephoto lens during an outdoor photography session in Switzerland.

I’m Jennifer Esseiva, a Swiss fine art landscape photographer.

Since childhood, I’ve been drawn to shapes, lines, and colours. For many years, drawing was my favourite way of expressing what I saw and felt, a quiet connection between the world and my imagination.

Today, photography has become my new language. I love to paint with light, capturing the changing seasons, the softness of an evening on the lake, or the simplicity of a forgotten detail.

My approach is poetic and personal. I seek to reveal the beauty of the real, through minimalist compositions, natural atmospheres, and above all, that fleeting light that transforms a place into an emotion.

Based in Switzerland, I often travel to explore new landscapes, but my work is always guided by the relationship between light and nature.

Every image is a trace, an impression, a suspended moment. A little silence, a little freedom, and a lot of light.

Self-portrait in red dress beneath ancient tree in Fanal Forest, Madeira, on foggy morning.

My gears

— Nikon Z8
— Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S
— Nikon AF-S 24-70mm F/2.8E ED VR Nikon F
— Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f4.0 G ED VR N
— NIKKOR Z 180–600mm f/5.6–6.3 VR
— Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
— DJI Mini 3 Pro
— Peak Design travel tripod

Press & Publications

— 2026 : Bold Journey
— 2026 : VoyagePhoenix Magazine
— 2025 : Colossal, Iceland
— 2024 : The Independent Photographer
— 2024 : Canvas Rebel
— 2023 : Canvas Rebel
— 2023 : Colossal, Mystical Forest in Switzerland
— 2023 : Colossal, Faroe Islands
— 2021 : Shoutout Arizona
— 2021 : Moss & fog, Fairyland
— 2021 : Moss & fog, Natural Gems
— 2019 : Fubiz, Visual crossing of Utah
— 2018 : National Geographic, Your shot
— 2016 : National Geographic, Photo of the day

Awards

Self-portrait in snowy landscape in Gruyère, Switzerland, with lone frost-covered tree and woman in flowing blue dress.