Paul Nicklen (born July 21, 1968) is a Canadian biologist and photographer.
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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.
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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:
- World Press Photo First Prize, Nature Stories 2003
- World Press Photo First Prize, Nature Stories 2006
- World Press Photo Second prize, Nature Stories 2007
- World Press Photo Third Prize, Nature Stories 2007
- World Press Photo First Prize, Nature Stories 2009
Magazine articles
- National Geographic South Georgia (December 2009)
- National Geographic Svalbard (April 2009)
- National Geographic Sailfish (September 2008)
- National Geographic Hunting Narwhals (August 2007)
- National Geographic Vanishing Sea Ice (June 2007)
- National Geographic Leopard Seals (November 2006)
- National Geographic Where Currents Collide (August 2006)
Books
- Seasons of the Arctic - 2000, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco
- Polar Obsession - 2009, National Geographic Society
- Bear-Spirit of the Wild - 2013, National Geographic Society
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