Photographer Neil Ever
Osborne photographed king penguins in the Falkland Islands at the height
of breeding season.
(Neil Ever Osborne)
Photographer Neil Ever Osborn hopes that his work helps save the species
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Amy Crawford
Smithsonian Magazine
Its unmistakable shape and crisp color scheme make the penguin one of nature’s most effective ambassadors—a fact not lost on Neil Ever Osborne,
whose photograph of king penguins in the Falkland Islands emphasizes
the sinuous lines and sculptural form of this second-largest penguin
species. “My primary focus was the geometry of these animals,” Osborne
says. This colony of kings, which the Toronto-based photographer visited
at the height of breeding season in February, exists at the northern
extreme of the species’ range, where warming oceans threaten the krill
that form the base of the marine food chain—and thus threaten the
penguins, which mostly eat fish. Osborne is planning a speaking tour
with the photos to spur conservation efforts. The scientific argument
for tempering our impact on the planet is crucial, he says, but he
prefers reaching out “in a way that’s less about statistics and pie
charts...and more about heartbeats and goosebumps.”
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