November 07 - Balog Prints

For twenty-five years, James Balog has consistently broken new ground in the art of photographing nature. Famed Time magazine photographer James Nacthwey wrote about his images, “Each new series represents a quantum leap in creativity, which takes us deeper into the ultimate mystery of humanity’s relationship to the natural world. He is a visionary and his works are like sacred objects.”James’ work springs from his passionate, lifelong involvement with nature as an artist, scientist, explorer and adventurer. His images have received international acclaim, including the Leica Medal of Excellence and the premier awards for both nature and science photography at World Press Photo in Amsterdam. His exhibitions have been shown at more than a hundred museums and galleries from Greece and Paris to New York and Los Angeles. He was the first photographer ever commissioned to create a full plate of stamps for the U.S. Postal Service; this 1996 release featured America’s endangered wildlife. Many major magazines, including National Geographic, The New Yorker, Life, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Audubon and Outside have published his work. He is a contributing editor to National Geographic Adventure.James Balog is the author or six monographs. They include the spectacular 2004 release, Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest, and Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife, which was widely hailed as a major conceptual breakthrough in nature photography.Mr. Balog lives on a Rocky Mountain ridge top high above Boulder, Colorado with his wife Suzanne, and daughters Simone and Emily.

Tree photo: (40″ x 16.5″)
Giant Sequoia “Stagg”, Camp Nelson, California; from (in italics) “Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest”, 2004.

Panther photo: (20″ x 24″)
Florida Panther; from Animal series, 1988-1998.

Iceberg photo (40″ x 30″)
Remnants of Store Glacier, Greenland 2007. James Balog; from the Extreme Ice Survey, www.extremeicesurvey.org .