In September-October 2012, a solo exhibition of my polar photography, The Cold Edge, took place in Dublin, Ireland.

Growing up, I had strong connection to the natural world and the marine environment.When many boys my age were wetting themselves over Star Wars, I was out fishing on the river with my dog, or riding my bike around the backroads.This sowed the seeds for a passionate interest in human interactions with the Earth.I’ve travelled the world, and sailed on Greenpeace expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, where I’ve seen both the aurora borealis and australis.I’ve crossed the equator twice by ocean, been up close with polar bears, humpback whales and tasmanian devils, camped under the Arctic winter moon and sweated on the northern hemisphere’s largest glacier under the 3am Arctic sun.But I don’t live some glittery paradise – I live in dirty chaotic cities like Dublin and Brussels.

Back in this so-called ‘civilization’, I photograph dirty magic of daily street life, urban wildlife, the rubbish on the streets, the insane traffic.This for me, is the behaviour of one of the most powerful animals on the planet.Humans sitting steadfast in their cars, in rush-hour traffic – this is as interest to me, as the migration patterns of birds, or the melting of Arctic sea ice.Everything is connected.