Ian Shive is a nature photographer, author, film and television producer and founder and chief executive officer of Tandem Stills Motion, Inc[1] based in Los Angeles, California. Shive has worked on assignment with environmental nonprofits, including The Nature Conservancy, The Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund and the National Parks Conservation Association.[2] He is the recipient of the 2011 Sierra Club Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography.[3] He also appeared in and executive-produced the Discovery Channel television show Tiburones: The Sharks of Cuba which aired on Shark Week 2015.
Shive has exhibited at the G2 Gallery[4] in Venice, California at Edition One gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[5] He is the author of two books about America's National Park System, The National Parks: Our American Landscape and The National Parks: An American Legacy. Both of the books won Nautilus Book Awards.[6] [7]