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Paul Nicklen, wildlife photographer and storyteller, has followed the beauty of nature to the edges of the Earth. Reverence is the culmination of his life’s work and what he calls the most important project of his life.

For more than three decades, Paul Nicklen has photographed the resilience and fragility of our living planet, following the rhythm of nature through moments of beauty, loss, and renewal. After years of painstakingly revisiting millions of images from his archive, Nicklen has chosen the ones that speaks with the most truth, with the most heart.

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Reverence can only exist through your support. By pre-ordering today, you help create a book that will stand as a testament to art, science, and the enduring beauty of our planet.

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"By supporting this presale stage, you help me release my dream book, my one chance to capture my life’s work in one volume.” — Paul Nicklen

There are several offers available, including signed books, special editions, and numbered art prints. You can adjust the quantities you wish to buy. Choose from the offers below and get your name in the book as a support

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Paul Nicklen has spent his life documenting the beauty and struggles of the wild, listening to the wisdom of nature, and sharing its story through his photographs. After decades behind the lens, he returns to his roots with this career-defining work, a photographic journey through the soul of nature.

Reverence is a visual and emotional exploration of both iconic and never-before-seen imagery. It is not only a tribute to the fragility and strength of the natural world, but also a deeply personal reflection on memory, loss, and belonging.

In a time of escalating climate crisis and vanishing wilderness, Reverence is Paul Nicklen’s most intimate and evocative work to date. Through breathtaking images captured across the planet’s most fragile ecosystems, this book calls on us to pause, witness, and protect what remains, dissolving the lines between humanity and nature.


By supporting this campaign, you are joining a community that believes photography can inspire empathy, shift perspectives, and drive lasting change.

Limited Edition

This exceptional edition presents a handcrafted clamshell box containing the limited-edition Jumbo Collector's book, individually numbered and signed. It includes an original print and a custom book holder, thoughtfully designed by Sungai Watch in Bali and crafted from recycled ocean plastic recovered from coastal and marine waste by the NGO. Your name will also appear on the Acknowledgements page, joining a community of supporters who help bring this work to life.
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About Jumbo Book Stand Made with Recycled Plastic Plus

Reverence Jumbo Book Stand
Supporting a product made from Sungai Watch recycled plastic directly contributes to their mission of cleaner waterways and a healthier planet.

The book stand is included with the Jumbo Edition of Reverence.
About Sungai Watch Plus

Sungai Watch is an environmental organization founded in Indonesia, dedicated to protecting rivers and stopping plastic pollution from reaching the ocean. When you purchase a Jumbo Book, part of the proceeds go to support the Sungai Watch project.

By installing innovative floating barriers in waterways, this organization succeeds in collecting and recycling huge amounts of plastic waste, transforming much of it into new, useful products.

Through local clean-up efforts, educational programs, and the creation of sustainable items from recycled plastic, Sungai Watch empowers communities and promotes a circular approach to environmental challenges.

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Main Edition

Printing :
12.5 x 15"
31.8 x 38 cm portrait
344 pages

5+5 (ultimate colorspace inks + black) + selective glossy aqueous coating on symbol tatami white 170g
Ends : 140g Sirio color 170 g
Cover : 4 colors Recto + Lamination + Debossed silver foil

Binding :
Square back sewn, board 3 mm, h&t band,

Limited Edition

Printing :
19.7 x 23.6"
50.2 x 60 cm portrait
344 pages

Binding :
Square back sewn, board 6 mm, h&t band, trim of 3 sides.

Light grey cloth cover with mounted printed plate in a cartouche, silver stamping on front cover, rounded spine binding. Dark grey cloth clamshell box with silver typographic stamping. Insertion of an original signed print in book format in a pocket. Supplied with a display stand offering two mounting positions, 75° or 25°. Display stand made of plastic collected from waste in Bali by Sungai Watch. A gesture for the ocean and rivers.

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Company Pack

Bundle starting at 10 copies (minimum) at $80 per book + a letter from Paul + your name or company name in the Acknowledgements. You can adjust the quantity to your needs. Packs of 50 copies or more can be customized according to a selection of cover images.

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About the Book

“This books is a celebration of the places that have fed my soul the deepest through the last 30 years.” — Paul Nicklen

REVERENCE. A word that evokes awe, deep respect, and intimate connection. It is what we feel in the presence of a whale beneath the ice, in the watchful gaze of a polar bear, in the way photons collide with water to create shifting patterns across the ocean’s surface. It is what the natural world inspires when we pause long enough to truly see it.

Reverence is the culmination of a life spent immersed in nature. Moving seamlessly through Antarctic waters filled with leopard seals to underwater kelp forests teeming with life, each frame captures the intricate dynamics of these ecosystems, revealing patterns, behaviors, and relationships often overlooked.

Born from years of observation and exploration, the book reshapes how we perceive the world, blurring the boundaries between humanity and the wild, and inviting readers to adopt a more attentive, wiser lens on our planet.

Sifting through decades of photographs, I wasn’t just revisiting memories—I was rediscovering myself, reconnecting with the quiet moments and powerful experiences that shaped who I am. Each image held a story, a lesson, a whisper from nature reminding me of our shared vulnerability and strength.
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Buy a Book, Plant a Tree. Buy the Jumbo, Clean the Sea.

For each regular book sold, $1 will go to plant trees through the ZEITZ Foundation's Tree of Life reforestation project at Segera Conservancy. This initiative aims to restore natural forests and support local communities while protecting Kenya's biodiversity.

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For each jumbo book sold,  $100 will go to The SEA People Association.
The SEA People is a non-profit foundation dedicated to restoring, protecting, and conserving the coral reefs of Raja Ampat, Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse marine areas on Earth.

About Paul Nicklen

Paul Nicklen is one of the rare photographers to document marine and polar ecosystems from within, combining scientific expertise with cultural intimacy. Raised on Baffin Island among the Inuit, he learned to track animals, endure harsh sea ice, and cultivate patience and observation from generations of elders, lessons that shaped the respect and understanding defining his work.

An award-winning photographer and National Geographic contributor, Nicklen blends intimacy with fluid storytelling, bringing viewers into close encounters with wildlife and revealing subtle gestures, curiosity, and intelligence. As co-founder of SeaLegacy, he channels photography into conservation action, merging storytelling with real-world impact.

Rooted in science, experience, and ecological kinship, his work celebrates the resilience, beauty, and vitality of the natural world, offering a vision of nature that is intricate, alive, and worth protecting.

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A Book That Belongs to the Planet

Every edition of Reverence supports restoration and community projects around the world, from reforestation programs in Kenya to ocean cleanup initiatives in Bali.
By becoming a patron of Reverence, you help preserve the beauty that inspired it.

Join the Legacy

Pre-order Reverence today.
Your support ensures that this body of work, decades in the making, will endure as both art and a reminder that wonder is always worth defending.

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HEMERIA BOOKFUNDING

Your contribution to this campaign allows for the success of Reverence, with Paul Nicklen entrusting Hemeria with the publication of his book. Based in Paris (France), Hemeria provides support to photographers who commit to long-term projects intended to defend the preservation of the living world. Hemeria notably welcomed the work of artist Cristina Mittermeier with HOPE in 2024 (to be officially released in book stores in October 2025), documentary photographer Guillaume Bonn with Paradise Inc. in 2025, animal photographer Laurent Baheux with Elephant in 2021, and photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta in 2020 with his Planète Méditerranée.
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