James Kydd Art

James, one of DSWF’s Art Ambassadors, has spent over eighteen years in the field across five continents working as a professional guide, wildlife photographer and bespoke travel planner. He is particularly passionate about big cats and the art of tracking – he filmed the first complete sequence of a snow leopard hunting its prey. His photographs have won international awards and have featured in numerous publications including National Geographic. He is a story-teller and photographer for the Okavango Wilderness project team who recently won recently won the National Geographic Explorers of the Year for their 2,400km canoe expedition to protect the Okavango’s headwaters.

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James Kydd

James’ style and images portray wildlife as totems within the realm of their kingdom, a palette of awe, fragility, reverence, and mysticism. He works together with the animals to create photographs with deep respect and sensitivity. Though he does print in colour his preference is the timelessness of black and white printed on museum quality archival paper. His photographs have won international awards and have featured in numerous publications including National Geographic. He is a member of the Okavango Wilderness project team who recently won the National Geographic Explorers of the Year for their 2,400km canoe expedition to protect the Okavango’s headwaters. James is particularly passionate about big cats and the art of tracking them. He leads trips to the Pantanal for jaguars, Patagonia for pumas and the Himalayas for snow leopards, where he filmed the first complete sequence of a snow leopard hunting its prey.