Julian Jacobs

Country: Canada 🇨🇦

Jules is an underwater conservation photojournalist exploring the threats that face the California coastline and its rapidly declining kelp forests.

Born and raised in Rockville, Maryland, Jules spent his childhood exploring the Chesapeake Bay watershed's streams, rivers, and forests. With a passion for wildlife and an early interest in photography, Jules' love for the wild transformed into the pursuit of wildlife photography.

During his time at The George Washington University, Jules' understanding of ecosystems and the interconnectedness of life carried into conservation photojournalism, starting with his Urban Raptor Project. Exploring how urbanization affects hawk and raptor populations, the Urban Raptor project worked to illuminate the challenges that cities present to Raptors. Published by the New York Times in 2022, the project captured
the efforts of the women of Owl Moon Raptor Center as they worked to protect urban raptors.

Jules' current work focuses on the intertidal ecosystems around the California coastline. Jules is open to local assignments, editorial articles, image licensing, and print sales.