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March
31, 2006, 6:00 - 10:00p.m.
Participating
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Participating Artists
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The Bell Museum is pleased to showcase Jim Brandenburg as the
"featured artist" for Drawn to Nature 2006.
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Birch Bark Canoe
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One of America's premier wildlife photographers, Jim Brandenburg began his career as a natural history photographer
and filmmaker while majoring in studio art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
In 1978, he became a contract photographer for National Geographic. For more than 25 years, his work for
National Geographic has resulted in 19 magazine stories, several television features, and more than 19 books.
Brandenburg's photographs have won a multitude of prestigious national and international awards. He was twice
named "Magazine Photographer of the Year" by the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA) as well as
"Kodak Wild Photographer of the Year" by the Natural History Museum-London and the BBC's Wildlife Magazine.
Brandenburg was a Hasselblad Master in 2002 and a Nikon Legend behind the Lens in 2001.
Blue Birch Grove
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North Shore Wolf
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His National Geographic feature, "North Woods Journal" was, according to Editor Bill Allen, "the most photographs
the magazine has ever published in one feature in its entire history and by the way, using the least amount of film."
Jim's resulting best-seller, Chased by the Light, celebrates Jim's experiences during those 90 days. Brandenburg
created a sequel to Chased by the Light titled Looking for Summer. A sample of the project was featured in National
Geographic in 2003 - the first digital photography story featured in the magazine's history.
Brandenburg was the recipient of the World Achievement Award from the United National Environmental Programme in
Stockholm, Sweden in 1991. The award was presented by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav to recognize "using nature
photography to raise public awareness for the environment."
North Shore Woodland Caribou
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Birch Grove in Autumn
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Brandenburg has demonstrated a high commitment to conservation and preservation efforts through his support for
the Trust for Public Land and Friends of the Boundary Waters. The nonprofit Brandenburg Prairie Foundation was
established in 1999 through the efforts of Brandenburg and his wife, Judy, to "educate, promote, preserve, and
expand native prairie in southwestern Minnesota." In partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Foundation has purchased more than 800 acres of prairie in Minnesota's Rock County. The land has never been tilled.
Brandenburg and his wife Judy live in Ely, Minnesota, at their "Ravenwood" home and studio. Jim's work can be seen
at the Brandenburg Galleries in Ely and Luverne, Minnesota.
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