![]() ![]() This is We Are Photographers with Roger Fishman and this is his story.Ĭonnect with Roger Fishman: | Instagram CreativeLive we believe there is a creator in all of us. Learn how his beautiful work is also being used to aid climate research by scientists from MIT, Columbia, Brown and UCLA. Get a new perspective through Roger’s soulful and poetic stories. He takes us to the skies in helicopters circumnavigating Greenland and Iceland, filming and photographing the evolution of earth's icebergs and waterways. ![]() In this episode we talk about Roger’s current focus on the transformative power of water and ice and the impact of climate change on our natural landscapes. He’s braved whiteouts and negative 40 degree temperatures to camp with penguins in Antarctica, sailed through the infamous Drake Passage twice, crawled toward a mother cheetah and her cubs in Kenya and waded in rushing rivers with grizzly bears in Alaska. In pursuit of his mission to document the intersection of art, science and climate change, Roger has literally travelled to the ends of the earth. ![]() Recently, Roger has focused on aerial work – photographing while hanging out of a helicopter in Greenland and Iceland – for his latest project, TRANSFORMATION: Water as Art.Roger Fishman is a world-renowned aerial and wildlife photographer, filmmaker, adventurer and activist. He crawled on his hands and knees towards cheetah in Africa so he could get an eye-to-eye connection to their spirit. He camped in blizzards on Antarctica to photograph emperor penguins. His original creative focus was on wildlife. He seeks to challenge and inspire others to live their lives in a more full, present and purposeful way. He started to live his own childhood dreams of art and adventure, and he decided to make a difference in the lives of others, and in our planet. He spent quality and quantity time with his wife and son. He had a successful career in corporate America, and eventually created his own successful business.Īfter his son was born, his life changed… he started to alter the way he lived his life: As he got older, he was driven to become financially successful, working 80-100 hours per week. Roger grew up in a small town in Connecticut, financially poor, but rich with dreams of exploring the world. ![]() And thus enables you to access your dreams and desires for transforming yourself and the world we live in. TRANSFORMATION: Water as Art brings you to inaccessible places on our planet. So allow yourself to be transported to-and perhaps transformed by-the world of water in all of its extraordinary glory and power. It requires you to fully engage your imagination. This extraordinary perspective of looking straight down onto planet Earth eliminates any familiar visual context. These photographs were shot in Greenland and Iceland, while hanging out of the open door of a helicopter. All of these images are created to be emotionally evocative in order to generate intrigue and engagement with the subject matter. In this series, you will experience architectural icebergs, abstract water and melting ice sheet compositions, and calligraphic glaciers. This collection defines and explores a fourth state: Water as Art. Water itself can transform between three different states: liquid, vapor, and solid. It creates and sculpts life, societies and our planet. Three atoms, two hydrogen and one oxygen, combine to transform into water. This four-part collection explores water as a symbol of our innate ability to transform our lives-and the world we live in-for the better. ![]()
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