James Balog

James Balog is an American photographer and the founder and director of Earth Vision Institute in Boulder, Colorado. In 2017, Balog founded the Extreme Ice Survey, a project that documents glacial melting. Balog has photographed subjects such as endangered animals, North America's old-growth forests, and polar ice. In 1996, Balog was commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service to create a complete set of stamps. In 2024, Balog received an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society.