Peter Badge was born in 1974 and studied art history in Berlin. He initially worked as a freelance photographer for various magazines and soon began developing his own projects. With portraiture as his primary focus, Badge has photographed artists, scientists and politicians to create photographic series such as “Men on the Moon—From Armstrong to Aldrin,” “Icons of Economy” and “Philanthropists.” Since 2012 Badge has also been photographing all recipients of the Turing Award, the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal and the Nevanlinna Prize. Badge is Honorary Consul General of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in Germany.