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Art Wolfe Award
"Humpback Whale Calf and Remora" by Sue Flood
Sue Flood is a photographer and wildlife filmmaker, whose speciality is polar and marine environments, as well as other documentary subjects.
Sue spent 11 years working at the BBC for their world-renowned Natural History Unit in Bristol. She was an Associate Producer on the award-winning BBC series 'The Blue Planet', and also more recently worked on Planet Earth. This took her to the Arctic, the Antarctic and the South Pacific, where she worked as a stills photographer and field assistant, supplying images for publicity for the series.
In March 2005 Sue left the BBC to pursue her wildlife photography career. She is now a professional photographer whose clients include the BBC, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and private corporate organisations. Sue often works with husband, documentary and wildlife cameraman Doug Allan, who was one of the key cameramen on The Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
Doug and Sue set up Tartan Dragon Ltd in 2003, their company through which they now both make their own films, shoot stock footage and continue to work with the BBC and others.
Sue says it's the dream job for someone who loves wildlife, conservation, diving, travel and photography - particularly if you're married to someone with the same passions. She also believes she is the only person to have accepted a marriage proposal when adrift on an Arctic ice floe!
Sue's images have been published in books and magazines worldwide including BBC Wildlife, several BBC books, Geo, National Geographic books, National Wildlife in the US, and the national press in the UK, USA and worldwide. She won the Grand Prize of the American Cetacean society for a selection of her whale photographs and has several times been a finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year. She has just had two images selected for the Royal Photographic Society’s Annual Exhibition, and also the International Conservation Photography Exhibition in the USA. You can see more of Sue's amazing images on her website, www.SueFlood.com.