AQUARIST. PHOTOGRAPHER. ARTIST.
André Schneider Prietsch seated in a black studio, his camera resting quietly beside him

Before I
photographed fish,
I watched them.

A lifetime of passion. A photograph only patience could reveal.Original work by André Schneider Prietsch, becoming art.

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ANDRÉ SCHNEIDER PRIETSCHORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY · WEARABLE ART
SHORTLISTEDHIPA2024&2026Shortlisted in 5 of 6 categories entered.

Brazilian photographer recognized at HIPA 2026.

2024 3 of 4 categories shortlisted

2026 2 of 2 categories shortlisted

Portfolio (Story-Telling)8 photographs below
About HIPA

HIPA is the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award, based in Dubai. Its reach spans photographers from around the world, with a multi-stage judging process.

1 million+photographs submitted
500,000+photographers worldwide

Cumulative figures reported by HIPA in September 2026. Official HIPA figures ↗

01 / THE BEGINNING

It started with a little light
coming from the glass.

I was thirteen when I had my first aquariums. By seventeen, there were five in my bedroom. During a difficult time in my life, I would lie in the dark, listening to music, watching the fish move through the only steady light in the room.

They calmed me down. They were quieter than anything else I knew. Photographing them came later. In many ways, it is still the same habit: staying close, watching in silence, and noticing what another person might walk past.

André Schneider Prietsch

Blue halfmoon Betta with translucent fins fully extended against black
BETTA SPLENDENS / HALFMOONA fraction of a second. Hours of waiting.
02 / THE WAY I SEE

They are always moving.
I wait for the moment.

The work happens at night, in a small room. A camera on a tripod. A flash angled away from the glass. I stand one meter away and wait.

The fish do not pose, and they never stop moving. I wait for the fraction of a second when a fin opens, a body turns, and the light falls just right. A single photograph can take hours. Many evenings end with nothing.

Against deep black, the distractions disappear. What remains is the animal: its color, its shape, its unmistakable presence.

Oscar facing the camera with its mouth wide open

MORE THAN A BEAUTIFUL FISH

He knew who fed him.
He hated my dog.

I kept this Oscar for five years. He recognized everyone who fed him. Whenever my dog came near the tank, he would attack the glass, mouth wide open, willing to bite through it.

Spend enough time with a fish and you stop seeing just a species. You begin to see someone you know.

ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS · OSCAR

PHOTOGRAPHY → OBJECT

From a moment.
To a statement.

An instant in the aquarium.
A photograph. A piece of your everyday.

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Blue Betta photograph printed on a black T-shirtOriginal blue Betta photograph
01 — 02DRAG TO EXPLOREBETTA SPLENDENS

04 / FROM MY AQUARIUM TO YOUR EVERYDAY

Wear your
passion

For those of us who can lose an evening in front of an aquarium, “I am a fishkeeper” is a small statement that says a lot.

Aquaristwear preview: blue Betta photography on a black T-shirt
01 / BETTA↓ AQUARISTWEAR
Aquaristwear preview: Eureka peacock cichlid T-shirt
02 / EUREKA↓ AQUARISTWEAR
Aquaristwear preview: Electric Blue cichlid T-shirt
03 / ELECTRIC BLUE↓ AQUARISTWEAR

Aquaristwear · Early collection studies. Final pieces coming soon.

I’m bringing my original fish photographs to a collection of apparel and everyday pieces, carrying my signature and the story behind each image. Art made by a fishkeeper, for people who understand.

THE COLLECTION IS TAKING SHAPEApparel & everyday pieces · Coming to Amazon USVisit the shop ↗

BEYOND THE AQUARIUM

One photographer.
Many ways of looking.

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André Schneider Prietsch