Iggy Pop performing at South by Southwest, 2007, photographed by Kris Krüg

Photography · 2004 – 2026

Two decades in the room, with a camera.

I didn’t watch this century happen — I shot it. The TEDxOilSpill expedition into the Gulf after Deepwater Horizon. The Midway Journey to the most remote island on Earth, choked with our plastic. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The Dalai Lama’s Peace Summit. A decade of SXSW with Iggy Pop, Jack White, and Billy Bragg in the frame. 144,000+ exposures, all from inside the moment.

This is the consequential cut — the work that mattered, not selfies with famous people. Environmental photojournalism that traveled the world, the cultural and spiritual figures who shaped the conversation, and the music and film I shot on the floor. The full 144,000-frame archive lives on Flickr.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, shot on the TEDxOilSpill expedition by Kris Krüg — ClimateDeepwater Horizon — TEDxOilSpill

A Gulf of Mexico oil rig, documented on the TEDxOilSpill expedition by Kris Krüg — ClimateGulf of Mexico — TEDxOilSpill

Journey to Midway Island — documenting the most remote place on Earth and its ocean plastic, by Kris Krüg — ClimateThe Midway Journey

Journey to Midway Island, Pacific — environmental documentary by Kris Krüg — ClimateThe Midway Journey

His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Vancouver Peace Summit, photographed by Kris Krüg — MovementsThe Dalai Lama — Vancouver Peace Summit

Eckhart Tolle, the Dalai Lama and Sir Ken Robinson at Vancouver, photographed by Kris Krüg — MovementsTolle, the Dalai Lama & Ken Robinson

The Dalai Lama offering blessings at Vancouver, photographed by Kris Krüg — MovementsThe Dalai Lama, Vancouver

Jack White of the Raconteurs, photographed by Kris Krüg — MusicJack White, the Raconteurs

Billy Bragg, photographed by Kris Krüg — MusicBilly Bragg

Alex Maas of The Black Angels at SXSW 2007, photographed by Kris Krüg — MusicThe Black Angels — SXSW 2007

Ilanaaq, the inukshuk emblem of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, photographed by Kris Krüg — SportVancouver 2010 — Ilanaaq

Women's 500m speed skating, Richmond Olympic Oval, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, by Kris Krüg — SportVancouver 2010 Olympics

President George W. Bush at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, photographed by Kris Krüg — PowerGeorge W. Bush — Beijing 2008

Jake Gyllenhaal at SXSW 2011, photographed by Kris Krüg — FilmJake Gyllenhaal — SXSW 2011

Grace Park on the set of Battlestar Galactica, photographed by Kris Krüg — FilmGrace Park — Battlestar Galactica

This is a fraction of it.

Twenty years, a hundred and forty thousand frames — environmental expeditions, Olympic Games, peace summits, festival floors, every one shot in the room. The deep archive, including the cross-processed portraits and the work that isn’t here, lives on Flickr.

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