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Photographer of the Month – James Balog
Our September photographer of the month is James Balog, who has been opening doors in the field of nature photography for almost 30 years. A member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Balog is currently pursuing groundbreaking issues with his project the Extreme Ice Survey, a photo documentation of rapidly melting glaciers due to climate change. Traveling around the world to expose different glaciers, Balog is showing the truth in an innovative way.
His images have been published in many magazines, including National Geographic, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. Balog is also a contributing editor to National Geographic Adventure. In 1996, Balog became the first photographer to create a series of stamps for the United States Postal Service. With a graduate degree in Geomorphology, he has written numerous books including Extreme Ice Now: Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report.
James Balog will present a keynote during the plenary sessions at WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Merida, Mexico 6-13 November). It will be an eye opening to hear about Balog’s photography experiences and conservation work! Balog will also be speaking during the iLCP communications symposium, WiLDSPEAK.
Balog has won numerous awards including the Leica Medal of Excellence as well as awards at WorldPress Photo in Amsterdam. His photographs have been displayed worldwide at over a hundred galleries and museums.
Comments: 3 (Post Comment)
Photo of the Week — 9.21.09 - The WILD Foundation commented:
[...] Our photo of the week was taken by James Balog, iLCP member and our photographer of the month. [...]
Photo of the Week — 9.28.09 - The WILD Foundation commented:
[...] month’s last photo of the week was taken by James Balog, our photographer of the month and member of the [...]
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Photo of the Week - 9.14.09 - The WILD Foundation commented:
[...] photo of the week was taken by James Balog (iLCP member and our photographer of the month). The image is of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The meltwater lakes and streams shown on the glacier, [...]