Blu Monkey 2 Supports TED TALKS

Gregory Colbert's remarkable sepia-toned images glimpse a world in which humans live in profound harmony with the rest of the animal kingdom. His poetic style -- more art-house film than nature documentary -- is unique among wildlife photographers, and it exerts a powerful, almost hypnotic effect on the viewer, awakening a primal feeling of kinship with the natural world.

Since its Venice premiere in 2002, "Ashes and Snow" has attracted more than a million visitors as it travels the world. Part of its brilliance comes from its permanent home within an impermanent structure, the Nomadic Museum, a portable gallery space designed by Shigeru Ban to further immerse visitors in the world of Colbert's photos. As the New York Times notes, "The power of the images comes less from their formal beauty than from the way they envelop the viewer in their mood." Colbert considers "Ashes and Snow" a work in progress, and plans to develop his "21st-century bestiary" for years to come.

In solidarity with the creatures he captures on film, during his talk at TED2006, Colbert launched a daring new initiative, the Animal Copyright Foundation, which aims to collect royalties from companies using images of nature in their ad campaigns.