Earth Under Fire (2007)
By Gary Braasch

This is a dramatically illustrated and fastidiously annotated survey of how climate change is altering the global ecosystem-from melting glaciers to animal migrations, to droughts-not to mention how it is affecting cities and societies. Photographer Gary Braasch, an Ansel Adams Award winner, and writer Bill McKibben (author of numerous books, including End of Nature and Deep Economy) go beyond the data of leading climate scientists and attempt to leverage information in the service of education. This may be the most deeply researched photo book of all time.

--Adam Spangler, Editor, Vanity Fair Green Guide

Review by United Nations scientist Martin Parry in Nature Reports: Climate Change, March 2008

"A novel view of a warming world

In the growing clamour over global warming, eye-witness accounts of a changing world stand out.

"Amidst the current rash of paperback
polemics on climate change, finding
a refreshing viewpoint can be a tough
challenge. Starting from his personal
photographic collection documenting the
impacts of a warming world, photojournalist
Gary Braasch rises to that challenge in Earth
under Fire. ..."

Gary joins famous kids author-illustrator Lynne Cherry for a new book on climate science for middle school kids, their teachers and parents. Please visit the book's home page.

Watch for a dramatic new look at the world's greatest challenges, from one of the creators of "A Day in the Life..." books. Gary Braasch's global warming work was selected along with that of James Nachtwey, Gerd Ludwig, Paul Fusco, Ed Kashi, Sebastiao Salgado and others for What Matters, to be published in September. For a look at this work, please visit the What Matters blog.

Gary Braasch was honored to speak and show portfolios at important international venues in late 2005 and 2006:
Visa pour L'Image, international photojournalism conference in Perpignan, France, selected photographs from World View of Global Warming for an evening screening before hundreds of editors, agents, photojournalists and photography collectors.

 

Gary was honored as a Nikon Legend in May 2006. He became one of only a handful of nature and wildlife photographers to be selected for the list of 65 world famous image-makers in fields from photojournalism to fashion. Those featured previously range from Eddie Adams through Jay Maisel to Vincent Versace. The Legends home page is on the Nikonnet Web site (http://www.nikonnet.com/dyn/inspire/legends_index.html)

Gary's environmental photos stories are now represented internationally by Zuma Press, of Los Angeles, along with a fresh selection of stock images of nature, environment and travel. Please call them at 949.494.7704. Nature photos will be available through Peter Arnold this year, via www.peterarnold.com. Images from Gary's entire career continue to be seen in the Corbis collection, and selected photographs on GettyImages.