Nationality Canadian Name Paul Nicklen Role Photographer | Occupation photojournalist Spouse Lyn Hartley Website www.paulnicklen.com | |
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Books Polar Obsession, Bear: Spirit of the Wild Artwork Polar Obsession, Emperor Penguins, Hunting Narwhals Awards World Press Photo Award for Nature | ||
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Paul Nicklen (born July 21, 1968) is a Canadian biologist and photographer.
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- Paul nicklen tales of ice bound wonderlands
- Biography
- Career
- Awards
- Magazine articles
- Books
- References
Paul nicklen tales of ice bound wonderlands
Biography
Nicklen was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, but grew up in an Inuit community on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, in 1990. After university, he worked in the Northwest Territories as a wildlife biologist with Canada's Department of Renewable Resources. He studied species such as lynx, grizzly bears, bison, caribou, and polar bears as a biologist before becoming a wildlife and nature photojournalist in 1995.
Since 1995, Nicklen has worked as a full-time photojournalist specializing in the Arctic and Antarctica with an emphasis on wildlife and climate change. He has been a speaker on the TED conference main stage in Laguna Beach, CA.
Career
Nicklen is a contributor photographer for National Geographic Magazine. He is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). Major exhibits of his work include Extreme Exposure at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, California.
In 2006, on a polar trip to document leopard seals, a female leopard seal attempted to care for him by bringing him live, then dead penguins. He believes the seal "...realized that I was just this useless predator in her ocean and probably going to starve to death. And I think she became quite panicked and she started to ... [show] me how to eat the penguins."
Nicklen was a speaker at TED2011. His talk, "Tales of Ice-Bound Wonderlands", focused on disappearing sea ice as a result of climate change and global warming.
Nicklen is the founder of SeaLegacy, an organization that uses visual storytelling and photography to further the cause of ocean conservation.
In April 2017, Paul Nicklen opened up the Paul Nicklen Gallery in SoHo, New York City, as a space for conservationist photographers and other artists to participate in the fine art scene.
Awards
Nicklen has received awards from Pictures of the Year International, Communication Arts, and the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.
A short list of awards includes: