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Environmentalist, photographer, author. Extreme Ice Survey & Earth Vision Institute founder. Check out Chasing Ice, Chasing Time, & The Human Element.

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Wildland flames carry the sensation of heat into another dimension.

One day I am standing a dozen or so feet away from a thicket of chaparral at the moment it explodes into a crackling, 15-foot-tall plume of flame. The radiant heat sears my cheeks to the point where my skin feels ready to peel off.

I keep my Nikon right in front of my face as a heat shield, and keep shooting the dancing dragon until the brutal scorching of my hands drives me away.

A 15-foot flame is ordinary, though. Much, much bigger ones are a normal part of the game: 25 to 50 feet? Common. 100 feet? Frequent. 200 feet? Possible.

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Credit Line: James Balog, Fire Dragon, Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Canada, June 25, 2015

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Just one day left to apply! The James Balog Earth Vision Award supports cutting-edge image-makers and the international photography community.

Applications are open until 1 October 2026, with awards made biennially from January 2027. Apply now via the link in bio 🔗

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#photofeature #climatecrisis #wildfire #fire #climatephotography

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LAST CHANCE!

Applications for the inaugural James Balog Earth Vision Award close October 1, 2026 at 11:59pm MDT.

Created by the Denver Art Museum and endowed by environmental photographer @james_balog and generous supporters, the biennial award recognizes photographers exploring environmental change and humanity's connection to the natural world.

Award funding includes: 📷 $40,000 First Prize 📷 $25,000 Finalist Prize
Winners will be announced in January 2027.

Image: Fazal Sheikh, "40° 55’ 28.45” N / 112° 43’ 32.27” W," from the series "Thirst: Great Salt Lake," November 2022. Pigmented inkjet print; 28 7/8 x 43 3/8 inches. Denver Art Museum: Funds from an anonymous donor, 2024.889. © Fazal Sheikh

#DenverArtMuseum #JamesBalogEarthVisionAward #PhotographyatDAM

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Some of the most important environmental conversations begin with a single image.

The Denver Art Museum is proud to launch the James Balog Earth Vision Award, a new biennial program recognizing photographers whose work captures environmental change and explores humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world.

Established through the generosity of acclaimed environmental photographer @james_balog and a dedicated community of supporters, the biennial award will provide significant funding to artists telling the ecological stories that shape our future.
🏆 $40,000 First Prize
🏆 $25,000 Finalist Prize
📸 Selected works will enter the DAM’s photography collection

Applications are open through October 1, 2026. Winners will be announced in January 2027. Apply at the link in our bio.

Image: James Balog, “Fire Wheel #3, Missoula, Montana, USA,” 2015

#DenverArtMuseum #JamesBalogEarthVisionAward #PhotographyatDAM

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The deadline is approaching.
Applications for the James Balog Earth Vision Awards close October 1.

The new biennial awards support photographers exploring our relationship with the natural world, with a $40,000 first prize and $25,000 finalist award.
If this sounds like your work, now is the time to enter.

Read more + apply at the link in bio.

Images by James Balog / Earth Vision Institute @james_balog

#PhotographyAwards #EnvironmentalPhotography #ConservationPhotography #NaturePhotography #JamesBalog Brown pelican perched on a wooden post, framed by palm fronds and dramatic shadows.

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Emerging Photographers. 📸

These non-extractive opportunities support photographers through every stage of a project. 📷

▪ Global Health 50/50 - This is Gender Regional Curatorial Fellowship - @this_is_gender - due Sep 22
▪ worthlessstudios - Photographer in Residence - @worthlessstudios - due Sep 30
▪ Lucie Foundation - Photojournalism/Documentary Scholarship (Emerging) - @luciefoundation - due Oct 1
▪ Denver Art Museum - James Balog Earth Vision Awards - @denverartmuseum - due Oct 1
Check out featured past grantees to gauge eligibility and support other working artists, and learn more about RAR’s database of 2000+ non-extractive, funded programs for artists by signing up for our free newsletter (link-in-bio)! 💌
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#photographygrants #documentaryphotography #emergingphotographer #artistresidency #photofunding

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We are very saddened to learn of the death of Ian Berry. He was exhibited at Visa pour l’Image a number of times, including in 2023 and 2007. Adieu, Ian.

Photos: Sébastien Riotto (@riottosebastien)

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🏛️🐻🐾❣️
𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.
This fall, we welcome five distinguished A.D. White Professors-at-Large for a series of immersive, on-campus visits designed to invigorate the cultural and intellectual life of both campus and community. 🏛️🐻🐾 🏘️

Join us in welcoming:
♦️ 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴 (@james_balog) – Environmental photographer & filmmaker; Founder, Extreme Ice Survey
♦️ 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘄 – GRAMMY award-winning Soprano
♦️ 𝗣. (𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶) 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵 (@psainath_pari) – Founder & Editor, People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI)
♦️ 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 – Distinguished Professor of Biology, Caltech
♦️ 𝗞𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗺 (@kotch_voraakhom) - Landscape architect & climate adaptation designer; Founder, Porous City Network

The A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program brings internationally acclaimed scholars across the arts, humanities, and sciences to the Cornell campus—championing interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange in the spirit of its namesake, Andrew Dickson White, Cornell’s founding president.

Rooted in the visionary ideas of Cornell’s first president, this program continues to inspire and uphold a vibrant tradition at the heart of the University. 🏛️🐻🐾❣️

Since its establishment in 1965, the program has welcomed luminaries such as:
♦️𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗠.𝗔. ’𝟱𝟱 – Nobel & Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
♦️ 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗕.𝗦. ’𝟮𝟯, 𝗠.𝗔. ’𝟮𝟱, 𝗣𝗵.𝗗. ’𝟮𝟳 – Nobel Prize-winning geneticist
♦️ 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗹 (@janegoodallinst) – Global conservationist and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
♦️ 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗲 (@johncleeseofficial) – Monty Python co-founder and BAFTA-winning actor
♦️ 𝗪𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 (@wyntonmarsalis) – Jazz at Lincoln Center co-founder and Pulitzer & GRAMMY-winning jazz musician

🌐 adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu
@cornelluniversity

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For decades, photographer @james_balog has used the camera as a tool for environmental awareness. Now, that legacy continues through the James Balog Earth Vision Award, a new biennial initiative at the Denver Art Museum.

Designed to support photographers addressing environmental change, the award recognizes photography's power to inform, inspire, and connect audiences to the world around them.
🏆 $40,000 First Prize
🏆 $25,000 Finalist Prize

Applications are open through October 1, 2026. Learn more and apply at the link in our bio!

Image: James Balog, "Kissing Bergs, Ilulissat Isfjord, Greenland, 24 August 2007"

#DenverArtMuseum #JamesBalogEarthVisionAward #PhotographyatDAM

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Join us on Sept. 17!

🌍 📷 "𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁"
🎤 𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴
(𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 & 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 @cornell_adwhitepal @cornelluniversity)
📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ⏰ 𝟰:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
📍𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗘. 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹
🔗 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗯𝗶𝘁.𝗹𝘆/𝟰𝘆𝗾𝗕𝗩𝗪𝗘

Open to all. Reception to follow.

Join us for this keynote lecture by @james_balog to mark the opening of the @cornell_library exhibition, "Rivers of Ice: Three Centuries of Glacial Science."

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳, 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 (𝗘𝗜𝗦) 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.

Combining photography with engineering and scientific collaboration, the project deployed networks of specially designed time-lapse cameras at glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, and the Himalayas.

Balog’s talk and photographs—featured in the "Rivers of Ice" exhibition—highlight his groundbreaking work with the Extreme Ice Survey.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗘𝗜𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

This exhibition is funded through the generous support of the Stephen E. ’59 and Evalyn Edwards ’60 Milman Exhibition Fund and the Richard N. Sukenik Fund for Excellence in Photography in Cornell University Library with additional contributions from the Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large Program.

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Photography can change how we see the world and our place within it.

We are proud to launch the first biennial James Balog Earth Vision Award, a new program supporting photographers who are documenting environmental transformation and the human experience within nature.

Award recipients will receive significant funding, and selected works will become part of the DAM’s photography collection, helping preserve these critical stories for future generations.

Apply now through October 1 at the link in our bio!

@james_balog

Image: James Balog, “Fire Plume #5,” Missoula, Montana, USA, 2015

#DenverArtMuseum #JamesBalogEarthVisionAward #PhotographyatDAM

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FAMILY STRINGS is honored to premiere at @breck_film on Sept 19! The film is 100% Made in Colorado and we cant wait to share it with homestate audiences in Breckenridge, CO.

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$40,000 for photography that can change how we see our world.

The Denver Art Museum, @denverartmuseum has launched the James Balog Earth Vision Awards, supporting photographers whose work explores our relationship with the natural world.
$40,000 first prize. $25,000 finalist award.

Applications open today.

We’re proud to help bring this opportunity to the photography community.

Read more + apply at the link in bio.
Or follow: https://wildeyemagazine.com/james-balog-earth-vision-awards/
Images by James Balog / Earth Vision Institute

#NaturePhotography
#ConservationPhotography
#EnvironmentalPhotography
#PhotographyAwards
#JamesBalog Large blue glacial ice formation illuminated beneath a star-filled night sky, photographed by James Balog.

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