Ilja Herb

Ilja Herb is a Canadian artist currently based in Wellington, where he teaches photography at Massey University. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Geo, Outside, Powder and Bike magazines, and he has led community filmmaking projects in Ghana and South Africa on issues related to environmental governance and policy. Other recent work includes a visual media project documenting ecological impacts that come with the return of the sea otter in indigenous communities in coastal BC and Alaska. When not photographing chainsaws and outboard motors, Ilja can be found sailing the Canada’s West Coast aboard his temperamental sailboat Foxy.