An exhibition featuring iconic wildlife photos by Canadian photographer and filmmaker Paul Nicklen, and Mexican conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier is now open at the C. Parker Gallery in Connecticut, just a 40-minute train ride from Manhattan.

Titled Double Exposure: Two Photographers, One Mission and the C. Parker Gallery, the exhibition features more than 30 large-scale photographs by Nicklen and Mittermeier, including photographs that have been published in major US media including National Geographic and TIME Magazine.

Wildlife photography, polar bear

Polar Reflections, 2006, Nunavut, Canada. Photo credit: Paul Nicklen.

Paul Nicklen has won more than thirty prestigious awards, including the BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the World Press Photo for Photojournalism, and his work has been collected by celebrities as well as film and music stars like Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Garner, and Alec Baldwin.

Cristina Mittermeier is known for coining the phrase ‘conservation photographer’ and founding The International League of Conservation Photographers. She has won awards like Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year, is a Sony Artisan of Imagery, and was the first female photographer to reach one million followers on Instagram

Conservation photography, Cristina Mittermeier.

The traveler, 2020, Bahamas. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier.

Their nonprofit SeaLegacy.org, which Nicklen and Mittermeier co-founded in 2014, has conducted global expeditions studying nearly 800 species, and has made an immeasurable impact on climate education worldwide.

‘This is an incredible opportunity to witness the beauty of nature in an intimate and personal way, to share their important message, and join their mission advocating for greater conservation and environmental awareness’, said Tiffany Benincasa, the Gallery’s curator and owner.

Conservation photography, Cristina Mittermeier.

Red curtain, 2021, Galapagos. Photo credit: Cristina Mittermeier.

Featured image credit: Defying Gravity, 2011, Ross Sea, Antartica. Photo credit: Paul Nicklen.


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