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Known for
Ultimate Talent
Gender
Male
Birthday
21 July
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada
Edit pagePaul Nicklen
Biography
Paul Nicklen (born July 21, 1968) is a Canadian photographer, filmmaker, author and marine biologist.
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 three non-Inuit families in the area.
Since the beginning of his career in conservation photography, Nicklen has quickly become the only Canadian photographer for National Geographic Magazine and has published eleven stories for National Geographic. 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 Photography in Los Angeles, California in 2009, and most recently, he opened the Paul Nicklen Gallery in Soho, New York City, New York in April 2017 as a space for conservationists photographers and other artists to participate in the fine art scene.
In 2011, Nicklen was a speaker at TED2011.
In 2014, Nicklen co-founded an organization that uses visual storytelling and photography to further the cause of ocean conservation with modern conservation photography pioneer Cristina Mittermeier. The foundation is a non-profit.
