News & Events
Brian’s photo of a Great White shark among the National Geographic 2025 Pictures of the Year
Skerry named NANPA’s 2025 Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year
Brian was named the 2025 Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA)! He will be at the NANPA Summit in Tucson, Arizona in May to accept this award and to present his new Keynote Address – The Sentient Sea. More info here: https://nanpa.org/2025/01/15/2025-summit-spotlight-brian-skerry-keynote-speaker/
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Sea Change – Brian’s new, PBS NOVA Special Series
Sea Change is a 3-Part, PBS NOVA special documentary series focused on the Gulf of Maine – The 36,000 square mile body of water stretching from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, Canada that is warming 97% faster than the rest of the global ocean.
Sea Change blends science, exploration, stunning natural history, and stories of human experience, to illuminate how what happens here could have profound global implications. Viewers will encounter the spectacular wilderness and wildlife that still teems in these waters. The series also documents the range of people including scientists, Native Americans, fishers, and entrepreneurs working to reveal the Gulf’s complex history and helping to understand what role the ocean plays in all of our lives. It is a regional story with global implications.
Three Episodes:
Episode 1 – Bounty – first aired July 24, 2024
Episode 2 – Peril – first aired July 31, 2024
Episode 3 – Survival – first aired August 7, 2024
Available on the PBS App
Check out Brian’s latest National Geographic cover story about the Gulf of Maine
‘Ocean Odyssey – The Immersive Adventure,’ featuring the work of Brian Skerry, Open now through January 7th in Paris. Click here for more information and tickets
A brand new digital exhibition, featuring the work of Brian Skerry, opens at Atelier des Lumiéres in Paris, France on October 20, 2023 and runs through January 7, 2024. Tickets on sale now.
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Check out Brian’s latest film, Return of the White Shark, now streaming on Disney+
Secrets of the Whales wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Brian wins the “Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy” from the DC Environmental Film Festival
Message from Secrets of the Whales Executive Producer, James Cameron
Brian Delivers Commencement Address at Worcester State University
Receives Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
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Brian Receives 2019 NOGI Award for Arts (‘The Underwater Oscar’)
Art/Act Award Winner
Brian has been honored with the annual Art/Act award and exhibition, presented by the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California. The exhibition, SHARKS, is on display September 21, 2018 – February 14, 2019.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Brian Skerry won the Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles category of the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition!
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Brian Skerry named National Geographic Photography Fellow!
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National Geographic Proof
Brian Skerry Shines a Light On Sharks.
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National Geographic Proof
Brian Skerry Finds the “Afghan Girl” Dolphin.
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National Geographic Proof
See National Geographic Proof video.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition
Congratulations to Brian Skerry who won the Underwater Category of the 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition!
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