Thursday, December 8, 2022

Top 10 polar photobooks

Elizabeth White is, with Mark Brownlow, the series producer of the BBC's Frozen Planet II.

She was a producer on the BBC's landmark series Blue Planet II and the first Frozen Planet series and has worked on many natural history documentaries for the BBC, including The Great British Year and The Coral Gardener.

At the Guardian White tagged ten favorite polar photobooks, including:
Born to Ice by Paul Nicklen

One of the best-known photographers of the polar world, Nicklen grew up in the Canadian Arctic before becoming a National Geographic photographer and his images from decades of visits to both poles – along with his personal story – provide a fabulous body of imagery for some armchair polar exploring. Beyond its photographic merit, and the clear love it shows for the landscape and wildlife, you can feel Nicklen’s passion to protect these fragile lands.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue