Daniel Etter is a freelance photographer and feature writer currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a graduate of the German School of Journalism, holds a master’s degree in political science and a university diploma in journalism.

His photography has appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Stern and in publications of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch.

His writing in several major German publications such as Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Financial Times Germany, zeit.de, Neon and various others.

For his photography, he was awarded with the Award of Excellence of the Alexia Foundation, has been nominated for the UNICEF Picture of the Year Award and won an Award of Excellence at Pictures of the Year International. For his writing he was awarded with the Hans-Buchrucker-Preis.

He is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey.