Paul Goldstein has spent many years at the business end of a camera trying for that elusive 'impossible shot'. For him, though, his images are just a gateway to highlighting the plight of the Nine Lives species he so treasures. He has spent years putting his body through often tortuous pain to raise money for them, and his images are underwritten frequently by rage at humanity's savage injustices to the animal kingdom. His campaigns frequently get him into trouble and yet he would have it no other way. He is a multi-award winning photographer, and as a guide has few equals and a massive following, yet his style is not for everybody and as he gets older his impatience grows with the inaction and corruption of those supposed to be protecting the species he values so much.
Paul Goldstein has been fighting the good and arduous fight for endangered species for much of his life with camera, pen, voice and body. He is an award-winning photographer and somehow, despite his charismatic but often abrasive character, has a large following of clients who endure his boot camp style of guiding all over the world. 'Preposterously vivacious, a guide of almost psychotic gusto,' is how The Sunday Times described him, and The Times said 'no-one will drag you up the wildlife photography ladder quicker than Paul Goldstein'. He cares deeply about animals and people, particularly in the Mara Conservancies where he founded Kicheche Camps. He is fuelled by indignity at the world's injustices and doesn't keep quiet about it.
'Anger: that is what you sense from, and feel after, reading Nine Lives. Paul Goldstein has made it his life's work to celebrate and protect these magnificent creatures in their natural environment.' Simon Calder 'Spectacular! Every photograph crackles with drama, beauty and raw emotion, every paragraph vibrates with righteous fury. This book is both a visual triumph and a testament to one photographer's relentless fight to give nature a voice, and a future.' Simon Reeve 'His determined zeal is aligned with his photographic passions and is why he goes to absurd physical lengths to get the perfect shot. He's not everyone's cup of tea, but he's made a great deal of difference to the world's creatures, both two-legged and four. Long may he continue.' Chris Packham 'Whether tracking lions in Kenya or pursuing polar bears in Svalbard, Paul Goldstein is the consummate wildlife photographer. No-one gets closer to capturing the spirit of his subjects, and no-one cares more about their survival than a man who has completed fifty marathons and raised thousands for their preservation.' Brian Jackman
