Paul Nicklen


Paul Nicklen is an acclaimed Canadian photographer, film-maker and marine biologist.

Career

Nicklen is a contributor photographer for National Geographic Magazine. He is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. 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... 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.
In 2014, Nicklen, together with modern conservation photography pioneer Cristina Mittermeier, co-founded , 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: