My name is Peter Ndung’u and I’m a travel, documentary and wildlife photographer, filmmaker and occasional writer. My work focuses on stories of people, nature, wildlife and their interaction with the environment as well as my travels across the world. I also work as a cinematographer and camera operator trained on multiple camera systems and I am currently working as a Field Producer and shooter for a National Geographic Society Impact Story Lab Film in Kenya.

I’ve been photographing since 2013 and have enjoyed every single minute of this journey. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, my journey began on the internet as a closet creative then transitioned into a full time photographer and picked up filmmaking later on. I occasionally train and host workshops and webinars with the support of Canon and I am part of Canon’s Generation R, a new generation of storytellers and the team that launched the new mirrorless cameras, the EOS R3, R5, R5C, R5 Mark ii & R6 in Africa. I have also been a team leader at National Geographic’s Photo Camp Training Botswana in 2023.

Storytelling is one of my biggest passions and I believe in Africans telling their own stories as we are inherently born storytellers . I’m also a 2021 fellow of the Inaugural African Conservation Voices program by Jackson Wild and the African Wildlife Foundation, Jackson Wild 2022 Summit fellow, a 2022 NEWF Cinematography fellow and one of several storytellers supported by Africa Refocused, a collaboration between The National Geographic Society and NEWF.

I have worked on projects in multiple countries across the world such as Finland, Malaysia, Indonesia, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania among others. Some of the brands I have worked and partnered with include: National Geographic, Canon, Expedia, Airbnb, Africa Development Bank, The World Bank , Kenya Airways, Landrover, Redbull & Citizen Jones , Virgin Limited Edition, Shuuterstock, One Tree Planted, Java House Africa, Britam, Huawei, among others.