Melting Away
A Ten-Year Journey through Our Endangered Polar Regions
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Camille Seaman is a photographer whose work focuses on the fragile environments, extreme weather, and stark beauty of the natural world—from the deep greys of supercell storm clouds to the shocking blue of icebergs. As a TED Fellow and speaker, she urges us to connect to our surroundings: “I was taught from a very young age that we are connected to everything, that everything has a life force.”
Camille Seaman’s photographs, which have been featured in National Geographic, TIME and The New York Times, have captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Born to a Native-American father and African-American mother, Seaman uses digital and film cameras, and works in the tradition of documentary and fine art. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the environment of the polar regions. Her photographs have been collected in the book Melting Away: A Ten-Year Journey through Our Endangered Polar Regions, which was named one of the best photo books of 2014 by American Photo magazine.
Seaman has also published several books through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. Her photographs have received many awards including a National Geographic Award and the Critical Mass Top Monograph Award. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, “The Last Iceberg,” at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC.