About the Artist

Jeff Bullied is a PTGA-certified Polar Guide with deep experience as a photographer, zodiac driver, Rifle Master, naturalist and lecturer in polar regions both north and south. He was born and raised in Calgary, Canada. As a lifelong nature and adventure enthusiast, his interests include wildlife & landscape photography, backcountry hiking & skiing, scuba diving and (as a boatowner and avid sailor) blue water passage-making. Throughout his careers in law and international business, Jeff pursued his passion for travel and conservation photography through 87 countries and 7 continents. For the past 20 years he has been an award-winning professional photographer with a special passion for exotic and wild places.

Jeff started his career as an Expedition Guide in 2023 and has now guided 18 voyages in Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falklands, the Weddell Sea and South Orkneys. In summer 2024, he guided as a Rifle Master (Polar Bear guard) and zodiac driver in the Arctic with trips around Svalbard, Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland. In 2025 he will be guiding in Antarctica for 4 months and then, in the summer, 4 months in the Arctic including two trips through the Northwest Passage. When not guiding, he travels globally with his wife (Sun) or enjoys family time at home with his grown children and grandson.

As a photographer, in 2023 Jeff was honoured to receive:

1. 3rd place Honour of Distinction in Fine Art in the 18th Annual Black & White Spider Awards for his Like Birds in the Sky image;

2. 9 Honorable Mentions across 5 Categories in the prestigious international Monochrome Photography Awards.

This was preceded in 2022 when Jeff’s images won the following accolades in international competitions:

1. Gold medal, Still Life category - 2022 reFocus One Shot Awards;

2. 3rd Place Honor of Distinction, Americana category - 2022 Black & White Spider Awards;

3. Editor’s Choice (Emerging Talent) - The Independent Photographer Awards.