Wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg, whose images gained worldwide attention and praise, died Friday at his home in Medina. He was 79.
The news was announced on his Facebook page. In the months leading up to his death, he had been treated for thyroid cancer and also had pneumonia.
A lot of his most iconic work was shot in Minnesota. He was from Luverne.
One of his best-known photographs was “Brother Wolf”.
Brother Wolf; Superior National Forest, Minnesota, included in iLCP Top 40 Nature Photos, 1986, from Brother Wolf . (Jim Brandenburg)
Here is a collection of some of Jim’s stunning work…
Aurora Borealis; looking towards Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, 2007. (Jim Brandenburg)
Arctic Wolves Eat; Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1986, National Geographic assignment ‘At Home with the Arctic Wolf’ and from White Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
Bog Dream; Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1994, from Chased by the Light. (Jim Brandenburg)
Deer in Grass; southwest Minnesota, 1975, from Minnesota, ‘Images of Home.’ (Jim Brandenburg)
Boreal Mist; Discovery Lake, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1988 from Minnesota – Images of Home. (Jim Brandenburg)
Maple Leaf; Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1994, from Chased by the Light. (Jim Brandenburg)
Elegant Death – Pine Grosbeak; Judd Creek, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1998. (Jim Brandenburg)
Winter Sun Dogs and Prairie; Nobles County, Minnesota, 1976. (Jim Brandenburg)
Spirit of the Forest; Gray wolf in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1986, from Brother Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
Old Inuit Woman; ‘Lucy’, Bathhurst Inlet, Northwest Territories, Canada 1970. (Jim Brandenburg)
Horse Riding in Car; Rock County, Minnesota, 1966. (Jim Brandenburg)
North Wolf; Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1986, National Geographic assignment “At Home with the Arctic Wolf” and from White Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
Great Grey Owl; spring in Zimm Minnesota, 2005. (Jim Brandenburg)
Polar Bear; Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1986, National Geographic assignment ‘Ellesmere Island’ and from White Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
Wilderness Loon, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, 1994, from Chased by the Light. (Jim Brandenburg)
Three Gossiping Ravens; Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1988 from Brother Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
French Wolf; France, wolf preserve, 2008 (Jim Brandenburg)
Woodland Caribou in snowfall; Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minnesota, 2002. (Jim Brandenburg)
Dying eagle from the 93 days of Spring story in the May 2016 National Geographic article. (Jim Brandenburg)
White Wolf Leap; Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1986, National Geographic Society, included in iLCP Top 40 Nature Photos, National Geographic assignment ‘At Home with the Arctic Wolf’ and from White Wolf. (Jim Brandenburg)
