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Canadian Wildlife & Nature Photographer
Glen P. Grambo

Glen Grambo is considered one of Canada's leading wildlife and outdoor photographers. Along with many books and calendars, his images have appeared in most of the major Canadian outdoor and nature magazines including Nature Canada Magazine. Additionally we are often published in Canadian Wildlife Magazine and will have the cover in an upcoming special edition of Canadian Geographic Magazine. His work also appears in several tabletop books including 'Nature of Foxes' and 'Season's of the Rockies'.  His images are also marketed internationally by several agencies.  Glen manages Don's Photo in Saskatoon, and lives with his wife & author Rebecca, in nearby Warman, Saskatchewan.  Watch for Glen & Rebecca's article about this trip titled 'Autumn on the Barren Grounds' in the upcoming 2003/2004 winter of Nature Canada magazine!

 

Canadian photographer Glen Grambo

Glen had this to say about his September 2003, 2004 & 2005 trips with Great Canadian Wilderness:

 

"When I climbed off the plane at Whitefish Lake, I was immediately struck by a sense of space and isolation.

First light over Ecoventures wildlife basecamp on the upper Thelon River, NWT / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved
Caribou bulls of the Beverly herd on tundra landscape / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

Having lived my whole life on the Canadian prairies I'm used to open spaces, but this place was like stepping back to a time before people had invaded most corners of the planet. This is true wilderness and you can lose yourself here.

And I wasn't prepared for the beauty and diversity of these " barrenlands ". From the smallest macros to sweeping scenics to encounters with caribou and muskox, I have never photographed in a place so full of possibilities.

Musk-oxen herds grazing amidst dwarf birch in autumn colour / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

Caribou bull tries to get our scent / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

In one day we photographed vivid autumn landscapes, caribou walking across an orange carpet of tundra, a muskox herd fording a stream, and dancing Northern Lights. It was a photographer's dream!

But I found more here than pretty pictures of scenery and wildlife. In the silence of a sunrise over the tundra you can begin to get a sense of the vast history of this land.

Sunset over Thelon tundra / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved
Old native gravesite near camp on the upper Thelon / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

Having listened avidly to nightly stories of the people who followed the caribou and the early trappers, I found myself contrasting the beauty of this place with the harsh reality of surviving here.

While quietly waiting for caribou and muskox, I thought about those hard lives and about the hectic life I had put on hold for two weeks to come here."

Aminita mushroom on the esker after an autumn rain  / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved
Esker pond in garden of autumn colour /  Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

"And I found what was, for me, the essence of this place: an immense expanse of space and time that puts everyday things into perspective. And does so with an ancient, quiet beauty...

"This place gets into your soul."

- Glen Grambo

Click here to learn more about the 'Dance with Caribou' trip on which Glen Grambo participated

 

Morning frost on low-bush cranberry / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

Northern lights danced for us nearly every clear night / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved

Spruce cone on star moss / Copyright Glen & Rebecca Grambo - all rights reserved



Nature Canada Magazine!

  In September, 2003 Glen Grambo joined our autumn caribou trip to the Thelon, which resulted in the cover story for the 2004 winter issue of Nature Canada. Written by Becky Grambo, and photography of course, by Glen, the story was titled "Dancing with Caribou - Autumn on the Barrengrounds".  A good read about one of those special places in Canada

 

All photos on this page copyright by Glen & Rebecca Grambo, no reproduction without prior permission.  To get a hold of Glen about purchasing or publishing some of his prints, contact:

Grambo Photography & Design

phone: 306-931-8523

email: r.grambo@sasktel.net

 



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