James balog photographer biography samples

American photographer

James Balog (born July 15, 1952) is an American photographer whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature. He is the founder and director of Earth Vision Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

Balog's photographs have appeared in National Geographic, The New Yorker, Life, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Audubon, Outside and numerous trade publications such as American Photo, Professional Photographer and Photo District News.^[1]

He was a contributing editor to National Geographic Adventure.

Assignments and personal projects have included documenting the aftermath of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the 2004 tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia, Hurricane Katrina's effect upon the U.S. Gulf Coast, and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil disaster.^[2]

In 1996, Balog became the first photographer commissioned by the U.S.

Postal Service to create a complete set of stamps.^&#