Subhankar banerjee photographer

American photographer

Subhankar Banerjee (born 1967) is a photographic artist, educator and activist whose images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other Alaskan wild lands have captured international attention.

Early life

Born in Berhampore, India, Banerjee received his bachelor's degree in engineering before moving to the United States, where he received master's degrees in physics and computer science. He worked in scientific fields for six years at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Boeing in Seattle. In 2000, his childhood passion for art, coupled with a deep love and concern for the wilderness and disappearing indigenous cultures, caused him to leave his career in science to pursue art. Since then he has focused all his efforts on indigenous human rights and land conservation issues in the Arctic.

Career

In 2001 Banerjee began the first of two years of ground-breaking year-around field p Biography books for 4th graders!