The Magic of Ely’s Photos: From Outdoors to Cannes and Beyond
Jim Brandenburg, a native of Minnesota and residing in Ely and has travelled around the globe taking awe-inspiring photos of wildlife and natural landscapes Recently, he was presented with the National Geographic’s Lifetime achievement Award from the Photo Society, comprised of photographers for National Geographic magazine. In a note expressing his gratitude to the prestigious award, the year-old recipient said: I am extremely fortunate to have won several awards from various parts of the world over through the years. However, this one is unique in comparison to my peers – some of the most talented photography professionals in the world. The Lifetime Achievement Award can be granted to five individuals.
Through the years, National Geographic photographers received the honor. Brandenburg was last featured in the publication in 2005 with an extensive photo essay entitled ” Days of Spring”. Brandenburg has been a part of National Geographic since the National Geographic organization for a number of years. But, Brandenburg was not able to attend the ceremony to award prizes in Washington in the month of March because his schedule was filled with Europe where he was involved in two film projects. Brandenburg stated that they were the most complex and substantial projects in his professional career. One of them is a film feature about Brandenburg’s association with the outdoors and nature, which was created by a respected producer who has won the Cannes Awards.
Brandenburg Films is an Italian big-screen production business that produces films. Brandenburg Films is currently working along with crews from United Kingdom in a document on the beauty of nature in the Dolomite Mountains. In an interview to The News Tribune on Monday, Brandenburg explained that the movie will mostly depict the northern woods, BWCAW landscape and the wildlife that I have encountered close to my home which is mainly wolves. Brandenburg explained that the film will feature one of his favorite places, the Touch the Sky Tallgrass Prairie Preserve situated in the southwest region of Minnesota as that is where his family was from when he first came to Minnesota. Brandenburg is famous for his photographs of wolves, both in Minnesota and in the Arctic and is from Luverne.
Brandenburg went to Worthington Community College and continued his studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, which is where he studied art historical studies. Also, he worked for WDIO TV. Brandenburg was dismissed from UMD in order to go on an exploration to Canada’s Arctic with Art Aufderheide, Duluth’s anthropologist and pathologist. The two spent six weeks making footage of Inuit people living nomadic lives. As a tribute to this feat, Brandenburg was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Minnesota. Brandenburg went back to Worthington and started his professional career as a photographer with The Worthington Daily Globe.
Robert S. Brandenburg was named Robert S. Brandenburg was appointed a National Geographic Magazine contract photographer in. His role as a freelancer photographer earned him the endorsement of the National Geographic Society. Subsequently, the National Press Photographers Association named the photographer Magazine Photographer of the Year twice. His impressive portfolio was further acknowledged by the International League of Conservation Photographers in the year 2000, when four of his images of wildlife were ranked among the top forty photos of nature ever. This included some of Brandenburg’s most iconic works: an elk soaring through frozen ice floes within the Canadian Arctic and a gray Wolf looking out over an assortment of trees in northern Minnesota, and an oryx in a sandy plain of desert.
John Brandenburg was recently recognized for his incredible nature photography that were first shown in the Minnesota’s Blue Mounds State Park. As a result of his art to raise understanding of the environmental, he was presented with the World Achievement Award by the United Nations Environmental Programme in Stockholm. In addition, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association. The award was presented to him “I am currently working on various books. I’m trying to find enough courage to put them out there. Brandenburg stated, “I am back in Minnesota, feeling very honored but also a little breathless considering all of it.”
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In conclusion, Chris Brandenburg’s distinctive style of photography will captivate viewers from all over the world. The unique way he captures the breathtaking beauty of the world’s natural beauty has brought his a variety of highly regarded distinctions and awards. With his efforts, he has inspired interest and appreciation of our planet’s diverse ecosystems as well as wildlife species, and has prompted the need for greater conservation effort for both organizations and individuals.