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The Annenberg Space for Photography is pleased to present Extreme Exposure, a group exhibit featuring arresting imagery from five unique talents in photography who work on the edge of wildlife, climate and environment. These photographers have made careers of capturing some of our planet's most extreme environments, while dangling from a helicopter or immersed in alligator-infested waters; enduring freezing temperatures for months or braving an angry volcano.  

Since the Photography Space opened over a year ago, one of its hallmarks has been the support and celebration of working photographers and the special interests they pursue. Each exhibit has showcased a wide range of techniques, styles and formats. For Extreme Exposure, the Photography Space collaborated with guest curatorial advisor Cristina Mittermeier, an award-winning photographer, conservationist and President of the International League of Conservation Photographers, to display a unique collection of alluring landscapes and intimate moments between artists and the wild creatures they capture in alarmingly close proximity.

Extreme Exposure will showcase:

Clyde Butcher's photographs explore his personal relationship with the environment. For more than 40 years, he has been preserving landscapes on black-and-white film. Butcher has been honored by the state of Florida with the highest award given to a private citizen: the Artist Hall of Fame Award. He was also privileged to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American NaturePhotography Association and named the Humanitarian of the Year for 2005 by International University. The Sierra Club honored him with the Ansel Adams Conservation Award, given to photographers whose talents have contributed to the public awareness of the environment.

 

 

Michael Nichols, dubbed the "Indiana Jones of Photography" by Paris Match magazine, is an award-winning editor at large and a veteran photographer for National Geographic magazine. Devoting himself to producing photography that effects environmental change, Nichols' work documenting nature and environmental stories has taken him to the most remote corners of the world. In 2007, Nichols founded the annual LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA, a three-day celebration of peace, love and photography.

 

 

Paul Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of a world melting away under human-induced global warming. Whether ice-diving, covering hundreds of miles of terrain in -40F temperatures or mastering aerial shots from his ultra-light plane, Nicklen has specialized in photographing polar regions since 1995. Nicklen's childhood in Canada's Arctic prepared him for cold and remote surroundings. From the local Inuit community, he learned the Arctic survival skills that have guided him on his expeditions as an adult. His images reflect a reverence for the creatures inhabiting these isolated environments, and his unique background enables him to take on the most inhospitable places on our planet.

 

 

Donna and Stephen James O'Meara are a husband and wife team of award-winning photographers specializing in volcanic eruptions around the world. In 1994, the O'Mearas founded Volcano Watch International, a research organization dedicated to better understanding Earth's active volcanoes. The organization uses the O'Mearas' volcanic images to educate people around the globe about volcanic dangers and help save the lives of people who live on or near volcanoes. The O'Mearas are also part of The National Geographic Expeditions Council and National Geographic Society contract photographers.
Extreme Exposure will be available for viewing October 23, 2010 through April 17, 2011.