Emperor Penguin Photography Series
Love and Survival
at the South Pole
Last year I travelled 9000 miles to Snow Hill colony, one of the remotest places on Earth to see Emperor Penguins. During the almost four hours I had at the colony, I witnessed one of the most emotional and bittersweet wildlife encounters with a family of Emperors that lasted eight and a half minutes.
This is the visual story of that encounter. A story of love and survival in one of the toughest places on Earth.
Centre of Attention
A young chick stands between its devoted parents. As it turned towards my camera, I knew I had an image that captured their special bond.
Penguin Protectors
As of April, Emperor Penguins have been reclassified as "Endangered". The impact of climate change and loss of sea ice is the main driver of their decline. Without urgent action their population could halve within 50 years.
I am committing 15% of all my net sales in 2026 to support conservation charities and help protect Emperor Penguins and others, because I honestly couldn’t imagine a world without them
Love and Devotion
An Emperor Penguin chick looks towards its mother in hope of being fed, totally reliant on its protective parents for sustenance.
Penguin Yearning
Of everything that I witnessed at Snow Hill this moment moves me to tears. Look what the image shows: two adults are arched over a chick. Their beaks are lowered and their attention is total. Outside of that shelter a smaller chick presses itself against the female for warmth but not getting a response. It was likely an orphan trying to attach itself to the unrelated adults. Doing all it can to survive.
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
— Sir David Attenborough
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