vailsymposium

For 35 years, photographer James Balog has broken new conceptual and artistic ground on one of the most important issues of our era: human modification of our planet’s natural systems. He and his Extreme Ice Survey team are featured in the 2012 internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning documentary “Chasing Ice” and in the PBS/NOVA special, “Extreme Ice.” He is the author of “ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers” and seven other books.

His photos have been extensively published in major magazines, including National Geographic, and exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide. He has been extensively published in most of the world’s major pictorial magazines, including National Geographic, Life and Vanity Fair. National Geographic featured the Extreme Ice Survey in 2007, 2010 and 2013.