JAMES
BALOG
PHOTOGRAPHY
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James Balog is the Founder & Director of Extreme Ice Survey and Earth Vision Trust.
For more than 30 years, James Balog (“BAY-log”) has broken new
conceptual and artistic ground on one of the most important issues of
our era: human modification of our planet’s natural systems. He and
his Extreme Ice Survey team are featured in the 2012 internationally
acclaimed, award-winning documentary, Chasing Ice, and in the 2009
NOVA special, Extreme Ice.
James has been honored with many awards, including, in recent years, an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta, the American Geophysical Union Presidential Citation for Science and Society, the Duke University LEAF Award, and the Heinz Award.
He is the author of ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers and seven other books. His photos have been extensively published in major magazines, including National Geographic, and exhibited at more than one hundred museums and galleries worldwide.
In 2009, he served as a NASA representative at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP-15) in Copenhagen.
Photo: © Jeff Orlowski - Extreme Ice Survey