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A young girl from the Suri Tribe in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, adorned in a magnificent headdress crafted from wildflowers native to the Valley.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

Shortly after ringing in the new year in Antarctica, a violet sky lit up a massive tabular iceberg drifting past the boat. Too close for a single frame, I instead opted to capture it in vertical sections, miraculously managing to keep the camera perfectly still for a seamless stitch.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Ten energetic, Greenlandic sled dogs held still just long enough to compose this moment, shot 600 miles from the North Pole. They may not be the fastest of the huskies, but their stamina and strength are unmatched.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

A solitary iceberg in black and white invites the viewer to get lost in shape, pattern, and texture. Scale and perspective help tell its story, one meant to inspire intrigue rather than reveal answers.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

A grizzly emerges from a dive in Canada's Fishing Branch River while patiently fishing for spawning chum salmon. Though a skilled swimmer, it keeps its ears above water to listen intently for any potential threats.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

"Problem bears" are usually the product of humans who leave dirty camps and unsecured food, and sadly a human-fed bear is a dead bear. I wanted to prove with this image that not every encounter needs to end in tragedy and that peaceful coexistence is always possible.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Craig, one of the last great tuskers, stands proudly at the age of 52 years, an elder of Amboseli. It is thanks to Kenya's wildlife protections and Maasai stewardship that elephants like him have the chance to grow old in the first place.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Deep in the coastal forests of British Columbia, I sensed an unseen presence. In moments like these, I become perfectly still, staring into the tangled green, waiting to see if something might stare back.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

I first fell in love with sled dogs at the age of four living Baffin Island. This moment, shot in Qaanaaq, Greenland, honors the partners that make Arctic life possible, the furry engines of the far north.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

An Inuit hunter guides his team to the ice edge to hunt and feed his community. These dogs live to pull, reflecting a partnership between species that is deeply important and often misunderstood in the Arctic.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

A sperm whale and her calf sleep vertically in the water column, the tentacle of a deep-sea squid still dangling from the mother's mouth. 'Soursop,' as the locals call her, can stay suspended for up to two hours, while young 'Ariel' must surface several times to breathe.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Sculpted from million-year-old ice, this colossal structure was destined to disappear as it drifted along the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica holds 90 percent of the world's ice, and even a fraction melting would remap the Earth.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

As a child I had this fantasy of walking beside a bear like an old friend, and this spirit bear of the Great Bear Rainforest made that dream real. For hours, I watched this male fish the currents and haul salmon into the forest to eat on beds of moss.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Meltwater pours from the Nordaustlandet ice cap just 600 miles from the North Pole, where temperatures hovered in the high 60s Fahrenheit. It is a striking reminder of the fragility of the Arctic and the possibility of summers without sea ice.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Beneath the Tongan waves, I came across a mother humpback cradling her calf, and I saw nothing but pure love between them. Moments like this make me question our supposed monopoly on emotion, as though humans are the only animals capable of being overwhelmed by feeling.

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From the age of four, Nicklen was raised in a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island in Nunavut. Guided by the wisdom of his elders, he learned to survive in the extreme Arctic, developing a lifelong relationship with ice, wildlife, and polar environments—an experience that continues to inform both his artistic vision and his conservation work.

Nicklen has exhibited extensively in prestigious museums and galleries worldwide. His collectors include prominent figures from the worlds of film, music, and royalty. His art fair participation includes Photo London, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen and Context Art Miami.

He continues to expand his global reach as a member of Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative and Sony Artisans of Imagery. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit SeaLegacy, dedicated to inspiring global action through compelling ocean storytelling. Nicklen has published six major volumes, and his photographs have been featured in more than 100 additional books worldwide.

Abush was born with striking blue eyes, a trait that led others in his Ari village in southern Ethiopia to treat him as an ill omen. Dragonflies emerged when I painted his portrait. Having spent much of their lives underwater, they seemed fitting companions for a boy who deserved to be seen for who he was, rather than feared for what made him different.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

Created in support of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, this piece features two orphaned elephants finding comfort and solace with one another against an uncertain world.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

"Hojas sueltas, the loose pages that come unbound and scatter on the wind. A child, photographed before the digital era, printed on cotton paper, then worked over by hand with gesso, flowers made of paper, and documents cut into ribbons"

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

As the first rays of dawn poured over the horizon line, the sea blazed a brilliant gold. The blue sail of a lone dhow unfurled in the morning breeze and carved its way through the molten waves.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

A Lisu woman from one of the Tibetan minorities in China, as she takes her pet goose for a walk in a street market in the southwestern corner of China

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

A young Suri woman framed her painted face with flowers, wearing a crown of white blossoms and holding a bouquet to her chest.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

A small dhow rode the horizon, its patchwork sail catching the wind off the shores of Ghana.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

Loyal and hardworking, these sled dogs are unlike any other. Obedient to no one but their musher, they love nothing more than racing full speed across the sea ice alongside their pack.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

Pressed so close their bodies seem to merge, these three young huskies looked for a moment like a mythic, three-headed guardian.

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Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier is a photographic artist, marine biologist, and co-founder of SeaLegacy and the International League of Conservation Photographers. Her work, exhibited across five continents at venues including Fotografiska (Stockholm), Gallerie d'Italia (Turin), and the Natural History Museum in London, and featured at fairs including Zona Maco, Photo London, Paris Photo, Art Miami, and Intersect Aspen, sits at the confluence of beauty, advocacy, and storytelling.

Her accolades include two Emmy Awards (2024 and 2025), the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, the Sylvia Earle Medal, Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award, and the Wings, Women of Discovery award. In 2025, she was named Artist of the Year by Intersect Art and Design Fair in Aspen. She has twice been named to the list of 100 Latinos Most Dedicated to Climate Action and is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. As a Sony Artisan of Imagery and member of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in service of the planet.

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