James Balog

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Balog
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Jul 15, 1952(1952-07-15)
Age	72
Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Cancer

James Balog Biography

James Balog is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on July 15, 1952 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States. Famous photographer whose work often analyzed the relationship between humans and nature.

He and football player Matt Ryan both studied at Boston College.

Tree series. For the Tree series, Balog wanted to photograph some of world’s tallest trees in their full grandeur, but he realized that his subjects were far too large to capture in a single frame. He devised a multi-frame approach of photographing the trees from the top down. The method was inspired by some of the lunar landing pictures from the NASA missions during the 1960s. Balog climbed each tree, and then photographed it in sections as he rappelled downward. Later, he created digital mosaics by stitching the images together using computer imaging software. Some images required up to four days of shooting, plus as many as six weeks of computer work to assemble the final composition. The tree images eventually became a 2004 book, Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest.

Balog’s work has 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. 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 collision with the U.S. Gulf Coast, and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil disaster.

He had two daughters, Simone and Emily, with his wife Suzanne.

James Balog Net Worth

James Balog is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Balog 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied Communications at Boston College.

He has won several awards over the course of his career, including a Heinz Award in 2010.

James Balog (pronounced BAY-log; born July 15, 1952) sometimes referred to as Jim Balog, is an American photographer whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature. Since the early 1980s Balog has photographed such subjects as endangered animals, North America’s old-growth forests, and polar ice. His work aims to combine insights from art and science to produce innovative, dynamic and sometimes shocking interpretations of our changing world.

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Who is James Balog Dating?

According to our records, James Balog married to Suzanne Balog. As of December 1, 2023, James Balog’s is not dating anyone.

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Balog’s best-known project explores the impact of climate change on the world’s glaciers. In 2007 he initiated the Extreme Ice Survey, the most wide- ranging ground-based photographic glacier study ever conducted. National Geographic magazine showcased Balog’s ice work in June 2007 and June 2010, and the project is featured in the 2009 NOVA documentary Extreme Ice as well as the 75-minute film Chasing Ice, which premiered in January 2012. Balog’s book Ice: Portraits of the World’s Vanishing Glaciers summarizes the work of the Extreme Ice Survey through 2012.

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James Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Balog celebrates birthday on July 15 of every year.

The film received the 2014 News and Documentary Emmy award for Outstanding Nature Programming.

What is James Balog famous for?

Environmental photographer James Balog, best known for his groundbreaking efforts to document human modification of nature, including the impacts of climate change on global glacier melting , will visit Cornell on April 18-23 as part of an Earth Day program hosted by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and …

Why did James Balog photograph glaciers to climate change?

James Balog has been documenting the melting glaciers in Greenland in an effort to get people to pay attention and believe in global warming.

What is James Balog doing now?

James has become a global spokesman on the subject of climate change and human impact on the environment. He founded the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), the most wide-ranging, ground-based, photographic study of glaciers ever conducted.

What did Balog first study?

Before his career took that path, Balog was once a graduate student studying geomorphology and photographing his friends on climbing trips.

What is the movie Chasing Ice about?

James Balog and his team on the Extreme Ice Survey assemble a multi-year chronicle of the planet’s rapidly melting glaciers.