20 Facts About James Balog

James Balog is an American photographer whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature.

James Balog is the founder and director of Earth Vision Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

James Balog was a contributing editor to National Geographic Adventure.

James Balog is the author of seven books, including Extreme Ice Now: Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report, Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest, and Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife, described as a conceptual breakthrough in nature photography.

James Balog is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

James Balog made frequent trips to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the wilderness rivers of Maine, and later larger climbing expeditions in the Alps and Himalayas, along with first ascents in Alaska.

James Balog began carrying a camera on his trips and teaching himself photography.

James Balog began with a series of documentary photography assignments for magazines such as Mariah, Smithsonian and National Geographic, work he continues today.

Since the early 1980s, James Balog has photographed subjects such as endangered animals, North America's old-growth forests, and polar ice.

James Balog's work aims to combine insights from art and science to produce innovative interpretations of our changing world.

In January 2016, James Balog began production on a feature-length documentary film, exploring the environmental effects of the Anthropocene.

James Balog paired chimpanzees with a diverse range of humans and photographed a series of portraits.

James Balog actually wants the camera to produce little defects that will inspire new creative revelations.

James Balog tried to change people's perception of endangered wildlife by altering the context in which the animals were viewed.

James Balog explored the increasing dependence of Homo sapiens on technology in his series "Techno Sapiens".

James Balog used a variety of techniques to create images that illustrate the changing features of human nature, as well as humankind's increasing detachment from the natural world.

James Balog devised a multi-frame approach of photographing the trees from the top down.

James Balog climbed each tree, and then photographed it in sections as he rappelled downward.

James Balog's work has primarily evolved as a combination of art, science and environmental documentary.

Early in his career, James Balog concentrated on man's direct impact on nature, producing a series on nuclear missile silos in the agrarian landscapes of the American West.