Hendrik Relve on lõpetanud Eesti Põllumajanduse Akadeemia metsanduse ja Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli ajakirjanduse erialal. Ta ise nimetab ennast meeleldi loodusemeheks. Hendrik Relve mitmekesine tegevus on nii või teisiti seotud loodusega - loodus ja selle pildistamine, etnoloogia, folkmuusika, loodusereisid. Ta on aastakümneid korraldanud metsanduse, looduse- ja keskkonnateemalisi kursusi, üllitanud sadu artikleid, osalenud paljudel fotonäitustel Eestis ja mujal ning avaldanud kaheksa raamatutHendrik Relve is a graduate of the Department of Forestry of the Estonian Academy of Agriculture and of the Department of Journalism of Tartu University. He happily calls himself a nature man. His fields of work and interest include natural science, photography, ethnology, folk music and travel. He has been organising forestry, nature and environment-themed courses for years and written hundreds of articles on the same topics in the press. He has also taken part in numerous photographic exhibitions in Estonia and abroad and has published 8 books, illustrated with his own photos.
