Michael Nick Nichols Super Trees

Michael 'Nick' Nichols is a photographer for National Geographic. He has photographed 24 different stories for the National Geographic magazine. Nichols broke new grounds with his adventure of the 'tallest' tree, with combining 126 images of the tree to give the audience a visual of how big this tree really is. The Giant Sequoia is 247 feet tall and 3,200 years old. With Nichols career as a photographer, he has been featured in Rolling Stone, Life, Aperture, American Photographer and many other magazines. Some of his awards over the years include winning first prize four times for nature and environment stories in the World Press Photo competition. His other numerous awards come from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Pictures of the Year International competitions. In 1982 the Overseas Press Club of America granted him a prize for reporting “above and beyond the call of duty,” an honor usually reserved for combat photographers. Nichols continues to work for National Geographic, and looks forward to continue documenting his experiences.