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Canadian photojournalist and conservationist

Paul Nicklen (born July 21, 1968) is a Canadian photographer, film-maker, author and marine biologist.

Early life

Paul Nicklen was born on July 21, 1968, in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. By the mid-seventies, Paul's family - made up of his parents, a teacher and mechanic, and his brother, moved to the tiny Inuit town of Baffin Island in Canada’s Arctic Circle.

The Nicklen family was one of four non-Inuit families in the area, as mentioned in his book Born To Ice.

Career

Since the beginning of his career in conservation photography, Nicklen has quickly become the only Canadian photographer for National Geographic Magazine,^[1] and has published eleven stories for National Geographic.

Paul nicklen photography biography examples

Along with these feats, he is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). He has written several books. Major exhibits of his work include Extreme Exposure at the Annenberg Space for P