Banff Mountain Book Festival — Mountain Image Award — Grand Canyon: Between River and Rim

petermcbride January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Leave a comment

2019

Chasing Water and river stories has taught me a few things….
1. Nature bats last.
2. Wild wonders and places recover if we give it the space and time to do so.

📷 #glencanyon from a story I did for @smithsonianmagazine @qnardi #nature #water #drought #coloradoriver

The Story of Water…continues. Four years ago I had the honor to speak @worldeconomicforum in Davos for @natgeo about water and public lands.

The same story continues today — just more dire.

Thanks @thephotosociety for inspiring us all with the power of visual storytelling. Great to gather this week.

#water #drought #coloradoriver #nature #conservation #publicspeaking

Nothing like playing cat and mouse in the maze of a winter wonderland that is a burnt forest.

I’ve been lucky to spend many a moment on skis from racing to giggling. Snowpacks have become ever more unpredictable, so I am always grateful to glide down the hill with friends. Happy Friday.

#skiing #nature #pow #petemcbride

Frozen light and frost lines in the Great White North.

I’ve spent years in the white wonders of the Canadian Rockies climbing, skiing, exploring. I’m always amazed by its vastness and scale of these mountains - but also it’s changing snowpack and rising snow line.

#winter #light #landscapephotography #nature #canada

Winter Light along a lifeline -the Colorado River - which continues to wither as we ask too much it.

I’m excited to continue my decade plus work on this river and the impacts it faces from a 23-year-long drought/ changing climate and over allocation - for a new project with @rizzolibooks coming soon.

#water #west #nature #aerial 📷 #petemcbride

Thanks Costa Rica…
for reminding me always of the power of wild places, pace, friendship and humility — served up daily in the waves.

#wildlife #macaws #leatherbackturtle #nature #surf #seeingsilencebook featured at @senderonosara

🙏🏼 Aaron Z for aerial 📷 of my drop to the head slap.

Waving farewell to another lap around the sun….

Happy to ring it in riding those liquid hands of Mother Nature.

Looking forward to sharing more adventures and wild places with all of you this year.

#surf #humility #birthdayfun #nature
@senderonosara
📷 #petemcbride
last one @tommy.tentoes

Thanks 2022 - a few highlights from chasing water, drought, wildlife, and wonder.

Happy New Year everyone. Thanks to everyone for following the journey to revere wild places.

#2022 #grateful #nature #wildlife #wonder 🎥 #petemcbride

Thanks 2022 for all laughs and love on many a remote trails…

Documenting some fun and inspiring not-so fun sand challenging tories about life, water, drought, climate, wildlife, soundscapes and many wild landscapes along the way.

#happynewyear #onward #2023

I hope everyone has a peaceful, warm Christmas with friends and family.

Be present, give someone an arm-wrapping hug, share peace and be the light.

#merrychristmas #peace

Happy Polar bomb. I hope your holiday travels land safely.

#morespeed #watchthis #winter #snow #pow

The world of wildlife is constantly being turned upside down. The UN estimates that approximately one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Due to the challenges of habitat loss, poaching, noise, human conflict, climate change and more we have to resort to drastic measures like assisted migration in some regions to help. @africanparksnetwork has successfully done this in Malawi several times, tranquilizing and transporting over 750 elephants safely from one park to another to ensure their survival.

I had the privilege to document the logistical orchestra involved in such an undertaking.
The sound of elephants breathing and the cracked texture of their feet and skin amazed me. A big thanks this holiday season to those working to save species.

Behind the scenes from my latest book (link in bio).

#conservation #wildlife #elephants #nature #Africa #seeingSilencebook 🎥 #petemcbride edit @haveyourkake

Paddling into the wildest place I’d ever been - one of Gabon’s parks, Luongo.

Years ago I joined @jonbowermaster and ecologist Michael Faye on a mini transfer. Mike was famous for walking across the Congo for @natgeo on a mega transect and later helping to start new national parks throughout Gabon.

Instead of walking we paddled — through lagoons, swamps, and dragged our boats on old logging roads to explore a coastal park that teemed with life. Everywhere we went, wildlife teemed.

Hippos surfed waves, giant tarpon glided the lagoons, elephants stalked us, ants marched, leeches lurked, birds ballet’ed and mosquitos swarmed.

It was one of the hardest trips we did - and the most wild & memorable.

To hear more adventures with Jon check out the radio interview I did with him in my stories.

#africa #conservation #wildlife #adventure #gabon 📷 #petemcbride

Documenting water challenges from Hawaii to the Colorado River to the sacred Ganges has been a big part of my career. One of the most heartbreaking things I’ve seen in my travels is plastic waste clogging beautiful coastlines and rivers. The more we can do to keep plastic out of our waterways, the better we can protect our planet, and getting big companies on board with reducing our footprint is key.

I am excited to try out @SonyElectronics’s new Earth Blue earbuds made with recycled plastic materials. Let’s work to make our rivers and seas glitter from sunlight, not plastic.

#LinkBudsNeverOff #SonyHeadphones #Ad #plastic #environment #rivers #ocean

For you last minute shoppers: My collectors book comes with a custom case and a print (cover image) — and it takes you around the world.

"Seeing Silence", winner of a National Outdoor Book Award, explores all seven continents, from the flanks of Mount Everest and the beauty of Bhutan to the Grand Canyon and many quiet and fragile places in between, along with an abundance of furry and finned friends. Order this week and we will ship for the holidays.

For orders of 2 or more use HOLIDAY2022 for a discount.

See the link in my bio or head to: petemcbride.com/seeing-silence-deluxe.

Happy Gifting. I’m off to make gifts myself (prefer the creative, homemade ones)… somewhat last minute myself. #happyholidays #hohoho #seeingsilencebook #collectorsedition

Migrating Eyes: I love observing the observers.

#fineart #wildlife #kenya #blackandwhite #sonyalpha #sonyartisan #sonypartner

Shot on @sonyalpha A1 and 200-600mm lens 📷 #petemcbride

Color. Light. Rhythm.
A few from Cuba - unpublished from my decade of assignments working on that colorful, musical and complicated kaleidoscope of culture and politics.

Wishing the best to my many Cuban friends who helped me over the years. For most - I worked there before mobile phones and social media existed or were legal - so reaching them remains hard.

#travel #cuba #archive 📷 by #petemcbride shot for @natgeo @natgeotravel

Built for Speed: Cheetahs have unique inner ears that help these predators maintain balance during the 65 mph chases.

To learn more about the wonders of natural sounds, check out my book Seeing Silence. A good holiday gift for nature lovers. link in bio.

#nature #cheetah #fast #kenya #archive #seeingSilencebook 🎥 #petemcbride

Nothing like the sounds of skates and wind on natural ice. No music needed. Happy Sunday.

#pondhockey #nature #winter #friends

Paddling paths less traveled. It always offers perspective but getting the shots - always tricky working with the water and wave gods.

#archive #photography from @natgeo stories with @jonbowermaster #oceans8 #bolivia #chile #antarctica

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