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The sentinel

A seagull proudly overlooking the ocean in East Greenland. These seabirds' feeding grounds and prey shift rapidly as sea ice retreats. Changes in their numbers, breeding success, and even pollutant levels in their tissues reveal how deeply human activity ripple through Arctic ecosystems.

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World Photo Annual

2025

Silver

Wildlife

Non Professional

The sentinel

A seagull proudly overlooking the ocean in East Greenland. These seabirds' feeding grounds and prey shift rapidly as sea ice retreats. Changes in their numbers, breeding success, and even pollutant levels in their tissues reveal how deeply human activity ripple through Arctic ecosystems.

About Artist

Mats Carduner

Born in Paris in 323 ppm, French and Swedish by citizenship, Mats Carduner is a landscape photographer particularly drawn to the Arctic and boreal regions, conducting numerous photographic reportages in polar areas (fifteen in the past three years). His work focuses on raw simplicity, straightforward compositions, textures, and light emerging behind elements. Engaged in environmental issues, his photographs also bear witness to the intensity and irreversibility of the Anthropocene’s devastating effects—the human presence in once-pristine nature. He devotes part of his efforts to the climate cause through partnering and charitable engagement (Solar Impulse, Surfrider, Tara Ocean Foundation, Polar Witnesses) and, as a former Tech entrepreneur, impact investing (greentech funds, business angels clubs). He believes that science, art and culture can win over obscurantism.

Mats Carduner

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Fine Art, Landscapes, Nature, People, Portrait, Street, Travel

Location

France

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