All of this is under PBI’s current CEO Krista Wright, who has taken the organization to the next level.Ĭhurchill was the starting point of my work in the north, which has included Alaska, Norway, Greenland, and the arctic’s far northern ice pack. And finally, it’s now the town that PBI has invested in by building a science center and a house for PBI staff. I also connected with my dear friend Robert Buchanan, responsible for taking the little-known group Polar Bears Alive and turning it into Polar Bears International. It was in Churchill I met my wife, Tanya, whose father had started the polar bear tourism business. It was my first of nearly twenty-five trips to the magical land where polar bears congregate.
The following autumn, I made my way to Churchill, where I signed on to a trip with the folks of Tundra Buggy Tours. I decided my next trip would be to Churchill. I spent seven days at Wager Bay and saw one bear, shot one roll of 36 exposure film, and left almost empty-handed. So I chose a place further north called Wager Bay that had a much different appearance than Churchill. I was concerned the photos would all have a similar look to those who had come before me. But at that time, the bears in Churchill had been documented extensively. After extensive research, I realized that Churchill, Manitoba, on the shores of Hudson Bay, was the world’s polar bear capital of the world. I had worked on black bears for several years and always dreamed about seeing a polar bear. I was a 27-year-old kid trying to make my way in the craft of photographing nature. Cox: My first foray into the world of the polar bear came in 1987. Cox.Ī post shared by PhotoShelter Can you share a bit about your work with polar bears? When did that start?ĭaniel J. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Documenting nature with integrity and respect is the most considerate thing a photographer can do for our planet,” he says.įeatured as part of our Earth Day celebration here and on our Instagram, I caught up with Daniel to learn more about his work in conservation, his workflow and the gear he uses to document it all. “I’m mostly known for my wildlife photography, but I like to think of myself as an explorer with a camera. With more than 40 years of experience, he’s got two National Geographic covers under his belt, countless awards and is the Director for The Arctic Documentary Project, an organization focused on the long-term survival of polar bears. One photographer who has followed the harrowing journey of the polar bear is Daniel J. As a species, their image has gone through a massive transformation: from sitting around in scarves drinking soda to starving and scavenging for food on land that was once covered in ice. But as climate change has worsened and continued to ravage the planet, these beautiful creatures have been disproportionately affected and are disappearing rapidly.
Mainstream marketing has employed the cute and cuddly polar bear for decades, most famously by Coca-Cola.
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