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.

UPDATED: September 25, 2009 (got some more names from a nature photo editor)

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 
Tom & Pat Leeson
Daniel J. Cox
Wendy Shattil/Bob Rozinski
Florian Schulz
Gary Bell (marine)
David Hall (marine)
Brandon Cole (marine)

Stock Agencies
Peter Arnold
Minden Pictures
Animals Animals
Images of Nature
National Geographic Images
Terra Brasil Imagens
Nature Picture Library
AGPix
VIREO (birds)
Sea Pics

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

Comments 65

  1. Pim Milo wrote:

    Nick Brandt http://www.nickbrandt.com

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

    Paul Nicklen

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

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

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    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/

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    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

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    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/

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

    Ryan McGinley shoots wildlife:

    http://tinyurl.com/3xfj6o

    http://tinyurl.com/3c2zxx

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    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.

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

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

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    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.

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

    Steve Winter, who is repped by NG Images

    http://www.stevewinterphoto.com/

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    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

    [Reply]

    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/

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    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).

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    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

    [Reply]

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

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

    [Reply]

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

    We shoot moose every fall.

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

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

    [Reply]

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

    Terry Richardson

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    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.

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

    Moose Peterson

    http://www.moosepeterson.com

    [Reply]

    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.

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

    joel sartore rocks …

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    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

    [Reply]

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

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

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    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.

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

    Just one more:

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

    thanks.

    [Reply]

    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

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    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).

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

    One more

    http://www.paulnicklen.com/

    Great images

    Miguel

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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!

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    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

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    Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 5:08 pm
  37. George Olson wrote:

    Tom Vezo for birds! Top flight images, pardon the pun.
    http://www.tomvezo.com/

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    Posted 21 May 2008 at 3:06 pm
  38. Maria Dentinho wrote:

    Nuno Sá is a young photographer from the Azores (Portugal), with a few published books (mainly about whales and dolphins, and also a diving guide of the Azores). Excellente pictures of Whales and Dolphins on his site: http://www.photonunosa.com/
    I think we will be seeing more of him the near future, love the site.
    Thank´s

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    Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 7:24 am
  39. othmar r traninger wrote:

    I would love to invite you to my photography site on http://www.myspace.com/oraoult . maybe you are interested in my work. have a nice day, othmar

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    Posted 20 Jun 2008 at 1:30 pm
  40. Andrew Harrington wrote:

    More shameless self promotion my web sites terribly out of date but you can see some of my more recent work at

    http://pa.photoshelter.com/gallery-list?U_ID=U0000vs933Onpn8M

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    Posted 10 Aug 2008 at 3:02 pm
  41. Gillian McMahon wrote:

    C.S.Ling
    http://showcase.cslingphotography.com
    http://blog.cslingphotography.com

    one of my bookmarks. found her site from one of the web design gallery…
    Her wildlife works are just absolutely breathtaking. the design of the site is really nice too.

    Joel Sartore and David Doubilet are my top favorite photographers too.

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    Posted 26 Aug 2008 at 10:34 am
  42. harry wrote:

    http://seapics.com/gallery/

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    Posted 07 Sep 2008 at 9:15 am
  43. kombizz wrote:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kombizz/

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    Posted 10 Sep 2008 at 10:03 am
  44. Beno Klingh wrote:

    For images of european animals visit http://www.muckstein.com
    There are many great images in this web!!!

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    Posted 21 Dec 2008 at 7:27 am
  45. Jon Love wrote:

    One shooter I personally knew, sadly passed away in 2000, Jean-Paul Ferrero; his agency was Auscape International (http://www.auscape.com.au) still active.
    Frans Lanting knew him well, can verify.

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    Posted 30 Dec 2008 at 9:44 am
  46. Robert wrote:

    Some of Iwago’s sites:
    http://www.digitaliwago.com/
    http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/nature/

    Swedish wildlife photographer Mattias Klum:
    http://www.klum.se/

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    Posted 03 Mar 2009 at 9:59 pm
  47. Dustin Finn wrote:

    Scott Bourne
    Artie Morris
    Charles Glatzer

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    Posted 17 Apr 2009 at 12:54 pm
  48. Harry wrote:

    This guy is the muts nuts

    http://www.vincentmunier.com/

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    Posted 23 Apr 2009 at 7:46 am
  49. Jack Nordeen wrote:

    I am a nature photographer from Nebraska. I have ejoyed your list of photographers it allowed me to see others i have nevere heard of. Thanks

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    Posted 07 May 2009 at 11:13 pm
  50. Genny wrote:

    I can always count on Ken Archer and Tom & Pat Leeson to have the animal photos I’m looking for. I’m not sure if Ken has a website, but he’s really nice. And so are the Leesons: http://leesonphoto.com/

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    Posted 08 May 2009 at 12:31 am
  51. Joe Shaba wrote:

    Another Nebraska photographer is Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston. His website is http://www.journeyoflight.com

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    Posted 17 Jun 2009 at 12:27 am
  52. Travis Mclachlan wrote:

    Hi there,

    I am a wildlife and landscape photographer living on Vancouver island British Columbia Canada. I Have been shooting at a professional level for four years and have professional training at Western academy of Photography.

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    Posted 20 Jul 2009 at 10:49 pm
  53. Stuart James Arnold wrote:

    Wildlife photographer 20+ years experience based in Botswana

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    Posted 31 Aug 2009 at 6:52 am
  54. Cameron Davidson wrote:

    Add my friend Brian Skerry to the list for underwater shooters.

    http://www.brianskerry.com

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    Posted 25 Sep 2009 at 7:14 pm
  55. Rashid Latiff wrote:

    Specialising in South African wildlife and seascapes.

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    Posted 26 Sep 2009 at 6:49 am
  56. Brendan Delany wrote:

    check out the work being done by Mireille de la Lez in the Arctic – her book, ‘Vanishing World’, contains stunning images of polar bears and arctic landscape – images that carry an underlying message about global warming and its impact on our planet.

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    Posted 14 Oct 2009 at 9:50 am
  57. David S. wrote:

    How about Jason Hahn and Les Voorhis? Both nationally recognized for their work. http://www.jasonhahn.com/index.php, and http://www.royaltineimages.com/

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    Posted 30 Nov 2009 at 2:33 pm
  58. Mark Rathhs wrote:

    You may want to have a look at Richard Costin’s work. I think he is English.
    http://www.richardcostin.com

    Mark.

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    Posted 04 Jan 2010 at 11:04 am
  59. Gerry vanderwalt wrote:

    Photo-Africa features many photographers who upload African wildlife and nature photographs on a regular basis.

    http://www.photo-africa.com

    Gerry

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    Posted 06 Jan 2010 at 9:17 am
  60. Larry Thorngren wrote:

    Throwing my hat in the ring. If it moves and is sparrow sized and larger I like to try and capture it with my camera. My favorite subjects are bighorns and wolves but as a former biology teacher I’ve also always got my eye out for everything else.

    Photo galleries can be seen at http://www.larrythorngren.com

    Photo blog at http://www.thewildphotographer.com

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    Posted 24 Jan 2010 at 11:44 pm
  61. KATHY GROVES wrote:

    Many years ago, I was on the Editorial staff of National Wildlife magazine and International Wildlife magazine for National Wildlife Federation.

    I am an artist, and occasionally need photographs for art reference, and am interested in a few excellent photographs at regular intervals of select subjects from which I may work. Several of you are familiar names from my time at NWF. It will be delightful to speak with you again. Please do write or call.

    Kathy Groves
    2024 Senseny Road, Winchester, Virginia 22602
    telephone, 540 665-9497

    [Reply]

    Posted 27 Jan 2010 at 2:19 pm
  62. tejas wrote:

    respected photographers,
    i am tejas. i am from karwar. i am 17 years old. i have a aim to become a good wild life photographer. i need the training to the required course. so please help me for the training of this wild life photography. please can any of the trainer help me to do this….

    tejas.s
    contact no.9538342730

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    Posted 13 Feb 2010 at 5:45 am
  63. Sherry wrote:

    Another vote for Charles (Chas) Glatzer..wildlife photographer
    http://www.shootthelight.coom

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    Posted 15 Feb 2010 at 8:01 pm
  64. james wrote:

    I feel this photographer is noteworthy as well .

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    Posted 02 Mar 2010 at 2:25 pm
  65. james wrote:

    I fell this photographer is noteworthy as well
    http://www.oneearthimage.com

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    Posted 02 Mar 2010 at 2:26 pm

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