The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park is the largest national park between the North Cape and Sicily. It is home to more than 10,000 different species and offers protection for numerous native seabirds that use the extensive salt marshes as breeding grounds. Nowhere else in the world has a more diverse landscape developed through the influence of the tides. Despite its designation as a national park and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Wadden Sea is exposed to numerous threats. Above all, overuse and the consequences of global warming are damaging many animal and plant species and leading to drastic changes within the ecosystems.
The work “Wadden Sea” shows the people who research these changes and are committed to preserving the unique flora and fauna in the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
Leon Düllberg is a portrait and documentary photographer from northern Germany. Currently he is finishing his photography studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. His work is focused on the relationship between people and their environment and sets a particular focus on ecological issues. This is also the case with his current work “Im Watt”, which deals with the influence of global warming on the local ecosystems in the Wadden Sea National Park in northern Germany