Jad Davenport

A member of The Explorers Club for over 20 years, Jad Davenport is a National Geographic photographer, writer, and filmmaker whose four-decade career has taken him to more than 160 countries. In addition to National Geographic, his work has also appeared in LIFE, Newsweek, Outside, GEO, Travel + Leisure, and more. An avid underwater photographer and rescue diver, Jad has captured award-winning imagery throughout the South Pacific. Before joining National Geographic Creative in 2004, he spent a decade as a war photographer and documentary filmmaker, covering global conflicts and epidemics, and volunteering with organizations like the World Health Organization (WHO) and NecroSearch International. A former U.S. Forest Service ranger and wildlands firefighter, he now works as a field naturalist, spending part of each year in the Canadian Arctic studying wolves and polar bears. In 2021, he launched a multi-year Hudson Bay research project on the only wolves known to hunt polar bears. Through his work, Jad blends adventure, conservation, and storytelling to inspire protection of the planet’s most remote places.

Language spoken: English