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Wildlife Photographers

I have a request from a photo editor for a list of wildlife photographers I like. Here’s my list. Contributors feel free to add to it and I’ll update.

Photographers

Joel Sartore
Michael “Nick” Nichols
Jim Brandenburg
Mitsuaki Iwago
Steve Bloom
Norbert Wu
Thomas D. Mangelsen
David Doubilet
James Balog
Tui De Roy
Nick Brandt
Paul Nicklen
Frans Lanting
Araquém Alcântara
Daisy Gilardini
James Balog
Denver Bryan
Art Wolfe
Anup Shah
Kevin Schafer 

Stock Agencies

Peter Arnold
Minden Pictures
Animals Animals
Images of Nature
National Geographic Images
Terra Brasil Imagens
Nature Picture Library

Also, I like to check out the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award (here) to see emerging photographers. Archive of past winners (here).

Comments 36

  1. Pim Milo wrote:

    Nick Brandt http://www.nickbrandt.com

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 8:17 am
  2. Gregg White wrote:

    Paul Nicklen

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 8:17 am
  3. Pim Milo wrote:

    Frans Lanting http://www.lanting.com/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 9:11 am
  4. Frido Claudino wrote:

    My two cents…

    Araquém Alcântara (Photographer) http://www.araquem.com.br/

    Terra Brasil Imagens (Stock Agencie) http://www.terrabrasilimagens.com.br/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 9:37 am
  5. Cameron Davidson wrote:

    Daisy Gilardini is a Swiss photographer who shoots primarily in the Arctic and Antarctic.

    http://www.daisygilardini.com/portfolio.html

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 9:56 am
  6. Chris wrote:

    John Shaw (nature generalist, fantastic work): http://www.johnshawphoto.com/

    Arthur Morris (avian): http://www.birdsasart.com/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 10:30 am
  7. Link Letter wrote:

    Ryan McGinley shoots wildlife:

    http://tinyurl.com/3xfj6o

    http://tinyurl.com/3c2zxx

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 10:44 am
  8. Matt wrote:

    Thanks for sharing. There are some amazing pictures in there.

    Wildlife photography has to be just about the coolest gig. Too bad I don’t have the money to spring for a safari. Let me know if you need any pictures from the wilds of Midwestern U.S. I can take a rockin’ picture of urban deer.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 10:56 am
  9. Rasmus wrote:

    Remo Savisaar
    http://blog.moment.ee/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 11:53 am
  10. janel wrote:

    Stock Agencies

    Nature Picture Library (www.naturepl.com).

    Note that many of their photographers are affiliated with the BBC’s Natural History Unit programs and all researchers on staff have biology degrees.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 12:05 pm
  11. April Alvarez wrote:

    Steve Winter, who is repped by NG Images

    http://www.stevewinterphoto.com/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 1:07 pm
  12. nabbott wrote:

    James Balog is among my favorites.

    http://jamesbalog.com.s23811.gridserver.com/portfolio/index.html

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 1:29 pm
  13. Ryan wrote:

    Phillip Colla has a lot of marine and underwater stuff.

    http://www.oceanlight.com/

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 1:31 pm
  14. john fowler wrote:

    John Fowler is a wildlife photographer specialising in small animals (insects, invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, etc).

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 2:45 pm
  15. Michael Brown wrote:

    Well, … I’m not shy at all!
    Working mostly with macro type abstracts for hotels, casinos, offices, … etc.

    http://pa.photoshelter.com/usr-show/U00000jfaeRCNSyQ

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 3:31 pm
  16. A Photo Editor wrote:

    @15. Michael: Did you not see the headline “Wildlife Photographers”?

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 4:32 pm
  17. craig pulsifer wrote:

    We shoot moose every fall.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 4:36 pm
  18. lj wrote:

    man, i’d love to see the rest of your lists.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 7:27 pm
  19. dude wrote:

    Terry Richardson

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 7:30 pm
  20. michael mcnamara wrote:

    I know he’s tragically no longer with us, but I still love Galen Rowell’s images.

    Also, I couldn’t agree more with Sartore…I literally moved out of Nebraska yesterday, and he is considered a national treasure there.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 9:55 pm
  21. Doug wrote:

    Moose Peterson

    http://www.moosepeterson.com

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 10:09 pm
  22. Michael Brown wrote:

    Sorry about that Rob. My goof!
    I was thinking nature photography in general.

    Posted 08 Jan 2008 at 10:18 pm
  23. dysf wrote:

    joel sartore rocks …

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 1:01 am
  24. Natasha Mhatre wrote:

    I suppose self promotion is not frowned upon, so me too. I shoot in India.

    http://natashamhatre.blogspot.com

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 4:34 am
  25. mike wrote:

    Denver Bryan in MT has a huge collection.
    http://www.denverbryan.com/

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 5:01 pm
  26. mário venda nova wrote:

    i leave here the links to three great portuguese photographers:

    http://www.joaocosme.net/cosme/default.aspx (Joao Cosme)

    http://www.luisquinta.net/ (Luis Quinta)

    http://www.joaonunesdasilva.com/home/home.htm (Joao Nunes Silva)

    Thanks.

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 6:06 pm
  27. mário venda nova wrote:

    Just one more:

    http://www.antoniosa.com/ (António Sá)

    thanks.

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 6:09 pm
  28. Miguel Garcia-Guzman wrote:

    Here it goes a great one:

    Art Wolf

    http://www.artwolfe.com/home.html

    Miguel

    Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 7:19 pm
  29. Mark Friedman wrote:

    RE: Nature Photographers

    In the somewhat narrow niche of avian nature photography, take a look at Arthur Morris’ work. He is represented by several agencies (I think Corbis is one).

    Posted 11 Jan 2008 at 9:20 pm
  30. Miguel Garcia-Guzman wrote:

    One more

    http://www.paulnicklen.com/

    Great images

    Miguel

    Posted 12 Jan 2008 at 1:04 am
  31. Paola Vozza wrote:

    Dear Rob,
    I am glad to see your nice portrait.
    I’d like to thank you for this terrific post, it will be really useful for my work in Geo. Although I know most of the photographer in the list, I will have a lot of them to discover.
    I’d like to add these ones:
    Ingo Arndt http://www.ingoarndt.com/
    Christian Ziegler http://143.50.159.112/zieglerito/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
    Paul Starosta http://www.paulstarosta.com/
    Stefan Unterthiner http://www.stefanounterthiner.com/, he shot a great story on the wandering albatross
    and Fabio Liverani http://www.fabioliverani.com/
    Best wildlife wishes.
    Paola

    Posted 14 Jan 2008 at 3:38 pm
  32. Richard Wong wrote:

    Michael Forsberg has a great book on North American Sandhill Cranes. He’s based out of Nebraska.

    http://www.michaelforsberg.com/gallery/store.php?category=crane&session=db17700280a29166c7a20d8f1fd786a8

    Posted 19 Jan 2008 at 12:09 am
  33. Jagdeep Rajput wrote:

    This website is not yet functional but the work of Jagdeep Rajput can be seen at http://www.ardea.com and http://www.danitadelimont.com

    Posted 29 Jan 2008 at 4:58 am
  34. Alan Majchrowicz wrote:

    I love Frans Lanting, his name should be at the top of the list. How about another list for general nature photography? You can start with my name

    Posted 11 Mar 2008 at 12:12 pm
  35. Enrique Aguirre wrote:

    Shameless plug… I’ll blow my own trumpet…

    http://www.enriqueaguirre.com

    enjoy!

    Posted 04 Apr 2008 at 1:57 pm
  36. Terry Smith wrote:

    How is it possible that Moose Peterson is not on this list already?

    http://moosepeterson.com

    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 5:08 pm

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