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Recasting the 'The Big Bad Wolf'​
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Paul Nicklen

Nov 18 2024

Recasting the 'The Big Bad Wolf'​
While most of us know that wolves do not impersonate grannies to trick children or huff and puff houses to the ground, we still carry an inherent fear fueled in part by childhood stories and legends.
Whales and the True Gift of Nature
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Paul Nicklen

Oct 17 2024

Whales and the True Gift of Nature
For as long as I can remember, the best gifts in my life have always come from nature. After becoming a photographer, I used my camera to get closer to our wild kin. Wolves, penguins, lynx, sharks, and even the more elusive animals like spirit bears all became subjects of my lens.
The Sand Dunes of Lençóis​​ Maranhenses
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Paul Nicklen

Sep 12 2024

The Sand Dunes of Lençóis​​ Maranhenses
Weaving like a giant snake through the coastal lowlands was the long body of the Black River, its inky waters carving through the dunes to join the Parnaíba River in the northeast. It was almost too beautiful to look at directly.
Caught in a Snowstorm with a Wild Puma​​
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Paul Nicklen

Sep 01 2024

Caught in a Snowstorm with a Wild Puma​​
Pumas in Chile are considered a protected species, and hunting them is mostly prohibited. As a result, some of the pumas within the area have adjusted to going about their lives in the presence of people, ignoring them entirely.
Hundreds of Sharks on a Grouper Moon
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Paul Nicklen

Jul 25 2024

Hundreds of Sharks on a Grouper Moon
With the full moon filling the starry sky overhead, we pulled on our masks and slipped down into the pitch-black depths.
Lifelong Ohana
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Paul Nicklen

Jan 21 2024

Lifelong Ohana
To have the courage and strength of heart to remain generous even through hardship, to ensure everyone has a parking spot and shady place to sit — that is the aloha spirit.
Icy Landscapes
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Paul Nicklen

Nov 17 2023

Icy Landscapes
When photographing ice, the creative possibilities are limitless.
Delta Rising
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Paul Nicklen

Oct 11 2022

Delta Rising
It is beautiful, but this is a terrible beauty. For the story of the Colorado River since the 1950s has been a story of how an overburdened river no longer reaches the sea.
Golden Bond
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Paul Nicklen

Sep 15 2022

Golden Bond
What is simple always interests me. Every year, during the annual salmon run, brown bears emerge from the mists in the glacial peaks that ring southwestern Alaska’s wild coastline and riverine valleys.
Dawn Patrol
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Paul Nicklen

Mar 19 2022

Dawn Patrol
BC orcas are aerobatic; they breach all the time. Orcas of Norway are rarely, if ever, seen leaping out of the water.
Gathering of Unicorns
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Paul Nicklen

Dec 17 2021

Gathering of Unicorns
Sensitive and shy, narwhals will retreat the moment they detect a stranger's presence in their home.
Polar Wisdom
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Paul Nicklen

Oct 10 2021

Polar Wisdom
There are no guarantees in the world of assignment photography.
Suspended Grace
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Paul Nicklen

Aug 14 2021

Suspended Grace
People are more likely to care about the ocean if they first fall in love with the charismatic megafauna that call it home.