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2011: James Balog

01 June 2012
Published in Person of the Year

After 1 years, we catch up with our past Photography Person of the Year award-winner, James Balog, to see how his career has progressed.

In the short year since we spoke with nature photographer James Balog, he's perhaps seen more press events than he has forests and glaciers. His feature-length documentary "Chasing Ice," about his five-year-old Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) project documenting the retreat of the world's glaciers, was a big hit at the Sundance Film Festival this January. The 75-minute film won the Excellence in Cinematography Award for documentaries...

'Chasing Ice' Wins SXSW Audience Award

18 May 2012
Published in Industry News

Film director Jeff Orlowski has won the Audience Award at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in March for his debut feature, "Chasing Ice," following the work of National Geographic photographer James Balog and his multi-year photography project to capture the earth's changing ecosystem. The film — which debuted in January at the Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to screen at the Seattle International Film Festival in May—uses many of Balog's still images and time-lapse videos of vanishing...

2012 Sundance Festival Film 'Chasing Ice' to Feature Balog's Work

08 February 2012
Published in People in the Industry

Behind-the-scenes — and often extreme — film director Jeff Orlowski had his debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival this past January.

His film, "Chasing Ice," follows the work of National Geographic photographer James Balog and...

James Balog: Acting Globally

21 October 2011
Published in Person of the Year

Over a three-decade career, James Balog has used his stunning, alarming images to educate the world about global climate change and its potentially disastrous effects if left unchecked.

James Balog strolls out to the deck of his Colorado mountain home and eases himself into a chair just in time to glimpse another glorious Rocky Mountain sunset.

"I just enjoy sitting down and chilling out and looking at the world," he says with a sigh. "I like to watch...

IN THE LOUPE: James Balog

21 October 2011
Published in In the Loupe

Office: Boulder, Colo..

Websites: jamesbalog.com and extremeicesurvey.org.

Staff: Currently three people (can vary widely).

Family life: Wife, Suzanne, and daughters Simone, 23, and Emily, 9, both of whom, he says, already have "a pretty amazing knack for snapping photos".

Favorite equipment: Nikon cameras and lenses, especially the 24-70 f/2.8G ED AF-S zoom...

James Balog Receives 2009 ILCP League Award

24 March 2010
Published in Special Honors

The 2009 International League of Conservation Photographers League Award went to Boulder, Colo., photographer James Balog for his outstanding achievements in conservation photography. Balog's recent work includes his "Extreme Ice Survey," which documents the effects of climate change on glaciers around the world.

James Balog named NANPA's Outstanding Photographer of the Year

26 October 2007
Published in Special Honors

James Balog, of Boulder, Colo., has been named the 2008 Outstanding Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).

The organization will honor Balog for two decades of groundbreaking nature photography. NANPA will present the award at its 14th Annual Summit on March 1, 2008, in Destin, Fla., which will feature a presentation from Balog about his "Extreme Ice Survey" project.