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Jim Brandenburg
Born: 1945
Fields: environmental, nature and
landscape photography/filmmaking
Career:
Over 10 years of newspaper
photojournalist
Over 30 years as contract
photographer for National Geographic
Commission groups: NHK, BBC …
A member of the “International
League of Conservation
Photographers”
Stories about Jim
One of the highlights of Brandenburg's
career occurred in 1988 when he
"discovered" and filmed for posterity a
pack of wild Arctic wolves on Ellesmere
Island in the high Arctic
He was twice named Magazine
Photographer of the Year by the National
Press Photographers Association and the
Kodak Wildlife Photographer of the Year by
the Natural History Museum-London and
BBC Wildlife. One of only five Americans,
he received the World Achievement Award
from the United Nations Environmental
Program in 1991 in recognition of his
using nature photography to enhance
public awareness of the earth's fragile
environment.
Awards• 1981 and 1983: Magazine Photographer of the Year by the
University of Missouri School of Journalism, and National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year awards for his work in National Geographic.
• 1988: Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in BBC Wildlife’s annual competition.
• 1991: Global 500 Environmental World Achievement Award.• 2002: The documentary Chased by the Light: A Photographic
Journey with Jim Brandenburg was nominated for an Emmy Award
• 2006: Doctor of Humane Letters degree, awarded by University of Minesota
• 2005-2008: Canon Explorer of Light photographer• Recent: 40 most influential photographers of all time
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