Dear ILCP Community,
First and foremost, we want to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of photographer Tom Vezo. In addition to being a widely published and well recognized photographer, he was nothing short of a conservation hero, having worked tirelessly to preserve the natural landscapes and birds he loved so much. He will be dearly missed.
On a brighter note, we have exciting news - we have hired Gege Poggi as our new image manager. She previously worked at CI but will now be the ILCP Image Database manager. She will also manage licensing, metadata, contracts, etc. She will be the point person working with you and your agents on ILCP's various projects. Welcome Gege!
We would also like to welcome our newest members:
Affiliate: Renee Harbers, photographer
Partner: The Robert Bateman Get to Know organization.
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ILCP Selected as Main Photography Partner for the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona
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Photo (c) Art Wolfe
The ILCP has been selected as the main photography partner for the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. Our images will grace the 5 spectacular pavilions that will be the center for the Congress as well as the opening multimedia presentation. ILCP will only provide images for those NGOs who are our partners and are willing to acknowledge us. The themes of the Pavilions are SPECIES, OCEANS, FRESHWATER, FUTURES, AND FORESTS. Because we are considered a major sponsor we will be acknowledged in all printed materials and throughout the Congress. This is the equivalent of what we did in Anchorage with the World Wilderness Congress, but in a scale 50 times larger.
For those who don't know, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development.
The Congress will take place from 5 to 14 October, 2008, in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB) in Spain. More than 8,000 leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations will discuss, debate and decide solutions for the world's most pressing environment and development issues.
The Congress starts with the four-day Forum run by IUCN members and partners discussing cutting edge ideas, thinking and practice. The Forum leads into the four-day IUCN Members' Assembly, a unique global environmental parliament of governments and NGOs.
The ILCP, along with partners CEMEX, CI, and WILD, will host the launching of A Climate for Life and will have their own booths. The Director General of the World Conservation Union, Julia Marton-Lèfevre, and Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation International, will be the guest speakers at this event.
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| Loss of Tom Vezo
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 Tom Vezo passed away at 61 on July 18, 2008 while hiking in the Rincon Mountains outside Tucson, Arizona. He was one of the top bird photographers in the United States but he also photographed breathtaking landscapes, mammals, and other natural subjects which all added to his library of over 400,000 images.
His work is widely published in the U.S. and Europe in many books, calendars, magazines and advertisements. His credits include: Audubon, Birder's World, Bird Watcher's Digest, Discovery, Ducks Unlimited, National Geographic, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, Nature's Best, Natural History, Outdoor Photographer, Sierra Club, Travel and Leisure, Wildbird, Wildlife Conservation and many more.
His most recent awards are, the winner of 1998 and 1999 Nature's Best Magazines photo contest for "Wildlife" in the professional category and the BBC Wildlife photographer of the year in 1997 as an honorable mention. Tom was named a NANPA Fellow in 2008.
In lieu of flowers, Dorothy Vezo, Tom's wife and best friend, is requesting that donations be made to the Defenders Committee of Friends of Madera Canyon P.O. Box # 1203 Green Valley AZ. 85622.
(Taken from www.tomvezo.com and www.nanpa.org).
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International Primatology Society's 22nd Meeting
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On Sunday August 3rd, Cristina Mittermeier and Kathy Moran were keynote speakers at the opening ceremony of the International Primatological Society's 22nd Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. The focus of their keynote highlighted the importance of photography for conservation and the success of the Bioko RAVE.
The International Primatological Society was created to encourage all areas of non-human primatological scientific research, to facilitate cooperation among scientists of all nationalities engaged in primate research, and to promote the conservation of all primate species. The Society is organized exclusively for scientific, educational and charitable purposes.
Photo (c) Suzi Eszterhas
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ILCP to Host Gallery Exhibition in Fort Collins, Colorado
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In October, ILCP photographers will have approximately 24 photographs exhibited at The Collective Gallery in Fort Collins, Colorado (www.thecollectivegallery.com). ILCP photographers get great promotion (radio, television and print media) and additional funding. The community gets to see an incredible exhibition of the world's leading conservation photographers. And Art for Conservation gets additional web exposure, which serves to help promote its conservation message. If you are interested, please email Mark Lukes at mark@artforconservation.org. The deadline for submission of images and "stories" is September 1. Art for Conservation will feature on its www.artforconservation.org site all of the images with artist stories and links to the photographer's web site.
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| Upcoming Events
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Jack Dykinga, Frans Lanting, and Thomas Mangelsen at G2 GalleryJack
Dykinga will be presenting from 6-9PM on August 1 at the G2 Gallery's
Boundless Vision exhibit. Current gallery show features Jack Dykinga,
Frans Lanting, David Muench, Marc Muench, Thomas D. Mangelsen, Jim
Stimson and Larry Ulrich. G2 Gallery is located at 1503 Abbot Kinney
Boulevard in Venice, CA. Learn More! Calls for Entry! - Robert Glenn Ketchum to Judge Exhibition at The Center for Fine Art Photography Theme:
Our Environment; the Good, Bad and the Ugly, will tell a story of the
human foot print left on this earth. This exhibition is for those who
consider themselves nature conservationists and just photographers with
a conscience. It's time to go green. Eligibility: The exhibition is
open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur,
photographers working with digital or traditional photography or
combinations of both. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites
photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to
participate in its exhibitions. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde,
creative and experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Learn More!
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Iñaki Relanzon Presentations
On
September 12, Inaki will make a presentation about the ILCP and
guidelines about how to identify images with digital manipulation
and/or captive animals, during the "Meeting of Basc Photojournalists."
He will also present MADAGASCAR, SEARCHING THE AYE AYE at the Museo
Naval de San Sebastian in Spain on September 12, 2008 at 7:30PM. Also,
on October 4th, Inaki will be having a photo workshop in Madagascar.
Learn More!
WildPhotos 2008 Registration Still Open
Just
a reminder that registration is open for this years WildPhotos
scheduled for October 31 - November 1 at the Royal Geographic Society
in Kensiington, London. Learn More!
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Borderlands RAVE
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As our Borderlands RAVE has been rescheduled for late January/early February, ILCP Emerging League Member and Borderlands RAVE Team Leader, Krista Schyler, is out scouting locations. We will keep you updated on the progress of this project as things unfold!
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RAVEs in the News
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BIOKO RAVE in the Media
*The August edition of National Geographic includes a feature article on
Bioko.
Read More!
*ANDERSON COOPER 360 covered ILCP's Bioko RAVE on July 28, 2008 @ 11:30.
SEJournal Features Story on ILCP RAVEs
Roger Archibald covers the history of ILCP's RAVES in his article called "Photographers 'Rave' About Conservation" in the Society of Environmental Journalists' Journal.
Read More!
(c) Balan Madhavan
Wyoming RAVE in High Country News
"Power of the Picture" by Jonathan Thompson tells the story of members of the ILCP and their 72 hours spent capturing images of the gas fields in the surrounding areas of the Wyoming Range that are currently targeted for drill rigs.
See full story
Garth Lenz Featured in June Issue of Canadian Geographic
Garth
Lenz's work on the Alberta Tar Sands was featured in a full length
feature and photo essay in the June issue of Canadian Geographic.
Canadian Geographic is the largest geographic magazine in Canada and is
published widely across the country. Read more!
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Photographers in the News
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Garth Lenz Featured in June Issue of Canadian Geographic
Garth
Lenz's work on the Alberta Tar Sands was featured in a full length
feature and photo essay in the June issue of Canadian Geographic.
Canadian Geographic is the largest geographic magazine in Canada and is
published widely across the country. Read more!
(c) Luciano Candisani
Luciano Candisani in Brazilian National Geographic
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Articles of interest
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Michio Hoshino Totem Pole
On Friday, August 8, a totem pole commemorating the vision of Japanese
photographer Michio Hoshino will be raised at Halibut Point, in Sitka,
Alaska. Michio was killed by a brown bear 12 years ago this month in
Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula at the age of 43. He touched many lives
through his stunning images and gentle manner. The red cedar totem pole
was carved by Tlingit master carver Tommy Joseph. It shows Michio's
face on the bottom, his hands holding a camera lens, and above him the
animals he photographed: caribou, raven, humpback whale, and at the
very top, the animal he always wanted to see but never did: a blue
(glacier) bear.
Learn More!
The Prix Pictet
The Prix Pictet is a major new global prize in photography that
focuses on perhaps the greatest single issue of the twenty-first
century: sustainability. The award is sponsored by Pictet & Cie, in
association with the Financial Times.
The short-listed
images will be shown on the website from July 2008 and members of the
public will be invited to cast their votes for the image that in their
opinion has the artistic quality and power of expression demanded by
the Prix. The votes will be taken into consideration by the jury when
they make their final decision in October 2008. The winner of the Prix
Pictet will be announced on 30 October 2008 at a Gala Dinner at the
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Learn More!
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