Famous+Photographer

=**//Paul Nicklen://**=

Paul Nicklen was raised in a tiny Inuit village on Baffin Island and has lived all but the first three years of his life in Canada’s North. Paul Nicklen has specialized in photographing polar regions since 1995. With a professional background as a biologist in the Northwest Territories and and training as a wilderness guide enable him to take on the most inhospitable places on our planet. He has published ten stories for National Geographic Magazine, including 2011’s August cover story on the elusive Spirit Bear. He has received more than twenty international awards, including five awards with World Press Photo (including Nature: First Prize Story 2010), three with Pictures of the Year International, and ten with BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year. In addition to his TED 2011 Talk, appearances on television shows such as Jeopardy and in youtube videos receiving millions of hits have recently thrust him into the popular culture spotlight.
 * //History://**

From a very young age Paul has had a great interest in polar animals and the environment they live in. While studying to become a biologist in Vancouver he began to miss the open spaces and animals where he used to live.He became overwhelmed with the books and learning about tracking animals and concluded he would never be truly happy collecting data.So he imagined his dream job;a photographer for National geographic. Two years after seriously taking up photography he published his first book ,and some years later he made it into National Geographic. Paul's goal in photography is to reveal the nature of a world melting away under human-induced global warming and the animals greatly affected. Paul lives and breathes to expose what the human race is doing to the inhabited Arctic regions of the Earth and shows us the true consequences of Global Warming. In a interview Paul admits his influences are: David Doubilet, Flip Nicklin, Joel Sartore, Jane Goodall, Cristina Mittermeier, David Suzuki and the list goes on.
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Paul is a nature and animal photographer but emphasizes in Arctic/Antarctic ocean photography.
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 * Design Elements:**The design elements apparent in these five photos is depth,balance,dynamic "S" arrangement,element relationship,diagonals,triangles and color space.


 * Representation of work:**These photos are a good representation of Paul Nicklens work because they are all of animals in their natural environments living in harmony. Paul captures photos that spark interest in the person viewing them, and that is his goal in photography.


 * Use of Light:**The use of light has a huge impact on his photos and he uses it to his advantage. The light allows him to use reflective surfaces such as water and ice to brighten up the image and create a unique look.In his underwater photos of the Arctic he again uses the reflection of the water to separate the lighting and brighten up the dark ocean.Since Paul has 24 hours of daylight in the Arctic he has much more time to capture photos than most photographers.The snow and ice brightens his photos and create depth.

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