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James Balog Quotes

I’m quite fond of Switzerland. I love Switzerland Picture Quote #1

Once upon a time, I was a climate-change skeptic Picture Quote #1

The ‘New Yorker’ asked me to shoot a story on climate change in 2005, and I wound up going to Iceland to shoot a glacier. The real story wasn’t the beautiful white top. It ended up being at the terminus of the glacier where it’s dying Picture Quote #1

You know, I’ve read Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ about fifteen times Picture Quote #1

It’s important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things Picture Quote #1

Science by itself is about numbers, and it’s about measuring things. It’s very important but it’s very dry Picture Quote #1

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The problem is almost everybody is just recording the world with home photographic toys, not doing metaphor or ideas. We have a photographic culture that’s not conditioned to think in terms of symbol Picture Quote #1

The cumulative effect of each person making a change in his or her own life will make a difference Picture Quote #1

We still carry this old caveman-imprint idea that we’re small, nature’s big, and it’s everything we can manage to hang on and survive. When big geophysical events happen - a huge earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption - we’re reminded of that Picture Quote #1

Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted Picture Quote #1

This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that Picture Quote #1

Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests Picture Quote #1

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I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration Picture Quote #1

When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of opposites and together they are greater than either one could ever be Picture Quote #1

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility Picture Quote #1

I’ve always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception Picture Quote #1

Early in my career I discovered that there was something really special about photographing at night that places your mind on the surface of the planet. You’re no longer just a human being walking around in the regular world. You’re a human animal striding around on the surface of the planet that’s out in the middle of the galaxy. We as a culture, we’re forgetting that we are actually natural organisms and that we have this very deep connection and contact with nature. You can’t divorce civilization from nature. We totally depend on it Picture Quote #1

I have often thought that my work with wildlife taught me the meaning of patience, and my work with the big trees taught me the meaning of humility, and my work with the ice has taught me the meaning of mortality Picture Quote #1

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Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine Picture Quote #1

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I’m quite fond of Switzerland. I love Switzerland (James Balog Quotes) Once upon a time, I was a climate-change skeptic (James Balog Quotes) The ‘New Yorker’ asked me to shoot a story on climate change in 2005, and I wound up going to Iceland to shoot a glacier. The real story wasn’t the beautiful white top. It ended up being at the terminus of the glacier where it’s dying (James Balog Quotes) You know, I’ve read Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ about fifteen times (James Balog Quotes) It’s important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things... The Earth is the measure of all things. (James Balog Quotes) Science by itself is about numbers, and it’s about measuring things. It’s very important but it’s very dry. (James Balog Quotes) The problem is almost everybody is just recording the world with home photographic toys, not doing metaphor or ideas. We have a photographic culture that’s not conditioned to think in terms of symbol. (James Balog Quotes) The cumulative effect of each person making a change in his or her own life will make a difference (James Balog Quotes) We still carry this old caveman-imprint idea that we’re small, nature’s big, and it’s everything we can manage to hang on and survive. When big geophysical events happen - a huge earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption - we’re reminded of that. (James Balog Quotes) Hindsight can be merciless. People of any given era often look back in time and wonder how their predecessors could have been so dimwitted. (James Balog Quotes) This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that. (James Balog Quotes) Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests (James Balog Quotes) I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration (James Balog Quotes) When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of opposites and together they are greater than either one could ever be (James Balog Quotes) When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility (James Balog Quotes) I’ve always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception (James Balog Quotes) Early in my career I discovered that there was something really special about photographing at night that places your mind on the surface of the planet. You’re no longer just a human being walking around in the regular world. You’re a human animal striding around on the surface of the planet that’s out in the middle of the galaxy. We as a culture, we’re forgetting that we are actually natural organisms and that we have this very deep connection and contact with nature. You can’t divorce civilization from nature. We totally depend on it (James Balog Quotes) I have often thought that my work with wildlife taught me the meaning of patience, and my work with the big trees taught me the meaning of humility, and my work with the ice has taught me the meaning of mortality (James Balog Quotes) Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine (James Balog Quotes)