Jim Brandenburg (photographer)

American photographer (born 1945)

Jim Brandenburg (born November 23, 1945) is an environmentalist and nature photographer and filmmaker based near Ely, Minnesota. His career includes over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 30 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society, and commissions from such groups as the United States Postal Service, NHK and the BBC. Jim Brandenburg is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers

In 1991, for his work with the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, his creation of the Concerts for the Environment non profit organization, his work with the Nature Conservancy, and other numerous achievements, Jim Brandenburg was awarded the Global 500 Environmental World Achievement Award. This United Nations sponsored recognition was presented to him by the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf. In 2006, Jim Brandenburg was awarded with an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, by the University of Minnesota. Jim Brandenburg was a Hasselblad Master in 2002, a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens in 2001 and a Canon Explorer of Light photographer 2005 2008. Jim Brandenburg's images were chosen for inclusion in a collection that represents the 40 most important nature photographs of all time. The Top Forty nominations include the work of 25 photographers including Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Eliot Porter. Four of Brandenburg¹s images were included in the final selection, more than any other photographer. The four Brandenburg images selected were: Oryx on Namib Desert, Namibia, southwest Africa; Gray Wolf near BWCAW, Ely, Minnesota; Leaping Arctic wolf, Ellesmere Island, Canada; and Bison on Frozen Landscape, Blue Mounds State Park, Luverne, Minnesota. They were chosen by members of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) a fellowship of the world's top professional conservation photographers. Outdoor Photography Magazine included Brandenburg in "40 Most Influential Nature Photographers." Jim Brandenburg's well known image of the leaping Arctic wolf was named one of 100 most important photos in Canadian history and was included in the book "100 Photos that Changed Canada".

TitleDate PublishedThe Tallgrass Prairie: Can it be Saved?January 1980Heart of the Canadian RockiesJune 1980Bamboo the Giant GrassOctober 1980South Dakota BadlandsApril 1981The Natural World of Aldo LeopoldNovember 1981Namibia, Nearly a Nation?June 1982They’re Killing off the RhinosMarch 1984American Waterfowl: Trouble and TriumphNovember 1984Viking Trail EastMarch 1985In Bounty's Wake: Finding the Wreck of H. M. S. PandoraOctober 1985North to the PoleSeptember 1986Red DeerOctober 1986The Captivating Kiwi FruitMay 1987At Home with the Arctic WolfMay 1987Life in the High Arctic – Ellesmere IslandJune 1988The Land They Knew: An American PortfolioOctober 1991The American Prairie – Roots of the SkyOctober 1993North Woods JournalNovember 1997Boundary WatersJune 2003Collector's Edition Series, Best of Wildlife2002Collector's Edition Series, Best of America2002Collector's Edition Series, Best 100 Images2002Special Edition Series, Guide to Digital Photography200693 Days of SpringApril 2016