Dear ILCP Community:
The past month has been a whirlwind of work as we prepare for the IUCN
Congress in Barcelona. Every single one of our photographers stepped up to
the plate and donated beautiful images for various aspects of the Congress.
After all is said and done, the conservation community that gathers in
Barcelona to discuss the future of our planet's natural resources will be
sure to remember the amazing display of photography we have provided.
We have also helped bring to life the results of the IUCN's Global Mammal
Assessment, a collaboration of thousands of scientists who evaluated the
threatened status of all the world's mammals. The results, published in the
Journal of Science will be made available to the media and the images of
ILCP photographers will help capture the world's attention on this important
subject.
I could not be happier by this effort and I want to thank every single one
of you (and your assistants and agents) who helped us put together a
spectacular show.
In particular we want to recognize the following people who submitted images, whether featured or not: Alison Jones, Amy Gulick, Art Wolfe, Beverly Joubert, Boyd Norton, Brian Skerry, Carlton Ward Jr., Chris Linder, Christian Ziegler, Connie Bransilver Barrow, Daniel Beltra, David Doubilet, Francisco Marquez, Flip Nicklin, Florian Moellers, Florian Schulz, Garth Lenz, Ian Shive, Inaki Relanzon, Jack Dykinga, Jenny E. Ross, Jim Balog, Joel Sartore, Karen Huntt, Klaus Nigge, Luciano Candisani, Balan Madhavan, Michael Aw, Michele Westmorland, Pete Oxford, Piotr Naskrecki, Robin Moore, Wendy Shattil, Bob Rozinski, Staffan Widstrand, Stefano Unterthiner, Steve Winter, Cristina Mittermeier, Thomas Mangelsen, Tim Laman, and Tui de Roy.
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| Please Welcome our Newest Members
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Please join us in congratulating the following Associates who have been voted to Fellow status! Michael Aw,
Daniel Beltra, Michael Forsberg, Balan Madhavan, and Bob Rozinski. We'd also like to welcome our newest members:
Associate members: Jurgen Freund, Thomas Peschak,
Markus Mauthe, and Ted Wood.
Our new members of the Emerging League
are Murray Cooper, Jed Weingarten, Santiago Gibert, and Todd Pusser. A
very hearty congratulations to you all!
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ILCP to Publish Book on its Photographers and Projects
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We are excited to share with you that we will be publishing a book on the ILCP and its photographers in the near future. This book will be a donation from Fulcrum Publishing, whose owners sit on the Board of the WILD Foundation. This speaks volumes about how supportive WILD and their board is of our work.
This will be a small book and will devote several pages to explaining what ILCP is all about, detail our history, our current initiatives, our vision for how photography and conservation can work together. The book will devote a two-page spread for all Fellows, Associates, and Emerging League members, and will include some personal perspectives on each person's conservation interests, etc. It is not compulsory to participate, but thank you to those who have responded so far. If you have yet to send your submissions, please contact Rachel Elmendorf at rachel@ilcp.com at your earliest convenience. As we continue to work with Fulcrum on defining the layout, we will be in touch with participants.
Thank you to the Fulcrum / WILD Family!
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| First Annual FotoWeek DC Call for Entry!
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 FotoWeek DC, the first annual photography festival here in the DC area,
is looking for entries now. National Geographic is one of the big
sponsors for it among dozens of others, including the city of DC! The
photography contest is open to all professional, amateur and student
photographers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia only,
and will feature over $37,000 in cash and prizes, including a $5,000
cash award for 'Spirit of Washington, DC', and will culminate in a gala
awards ceremony and dinner to be held at the National Geographic's
Headquarters in downtown DC on Saturday, November 22. For more
information, Click Here
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Sony World Photographic Academy in 2009
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ILCP affiliate Kathy Moran and Executive Director Cristina Mittermeier have been invited to join the World Photographic Academy at the Sony World Photography Awards (WPA) in Cannes 2009. One of the largest photographic events today, the WPA is a convergence of festival events, focused photographic agendas, exhibitions, awards schemes, student programmes, and an industry led gala ceremony evening which marks the pinnacle of the week-long event. They will be judging images of fine art to applied photography in fashion, advertising and sport
to humanistic and documentary photography of people, social, cultural
and current affairs to the environmental image of landscape, wildlife
and ecology, there are few subjects or genres left undiscovered. Beyond the week-long celebration in Cannes, the World Photography
Awards continuously create ways in order to support and further promote
its existing industry network, the newly discovered photographers and
those studying the craft. More Information |
Competition Winners!
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 International Conservation Photography Competition Winners on Display at Seattle History Museum
If you find yourself in the Seattle area, do visit the Seattle History Museum to see the winners of the International Conservation Photography competition. ILCP Fellows Connie Bransilver Barrow and Daniel Beltra, and ILCP Affiliates Robin Moore and Sue Flood have images on display! To view the complete exhibit Click Here The exhibit will be available for viewing at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle until October 12. More info can be found at www.SeattleHistory.org 2008 International Photography Awards
ILCP Associate photographer, Garth Lenz, won first place in Nature/Trees, as well as third place in Nature/Landscape. To view online click here and here
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Upcoming Events
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Irreplaceable Exhibit Update
The Irreplaceable Exhibit 'Wildlife in a Warming World' is now in San Francisco September 1 - October 1. For more information Click Here
A Climate for Life Book Launch in Barcelona
Book Launch for A Climate for Life will be at the IUCN Congress in Barcelona, Spain October 5 - 14, 2008. You should have received an invitation by now, so please be sure to RSVP as soon as you can. For more information on the book and the launch, Click Here
Wildscreen Festival 2008 in Bristol, UK
This year's Wildscreen Festival will take place from October 19 - 24. For more information Click Here
Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen in Luenen, Germany
The GDT International Nature Photography Festival will be held this year from October 24 - 26. For more information Click HereWildPhotos 2008 in Kensington, London 
This year's speakers from the ILCP include:
- Jim Brandenburg, photographer (USA) ILCP Fellow
- Cristina Mittermeier, Executive Director, International League of Conservation Photographers (USA)
- Kathy Moran, Senior Photography Editor (Natural History), National Geographic (USA) ILCP Affiliate
- Colin Prior, photographer (UK) ILCP Fellow
- Brian Skerry, photographer (USA) ILCP Fellow
- Sophie Stafford, Editor, BBC Wildlife Magazine (UK) ILCP Affiliate
- Stefano Unterthiner, photographer (Italy) ILCP Associate
- Steve Winter, photographer (USA) ILCP Fellow
- Xi Zhinong, photographer (China) ILCP Fellow
For more information Click Here
ILCP Fellows Florian Schulz, Frans Lanting and Norbert Rosing, and ILCP Associate Markus Mauthe will be presenting at Wunder Welten October 31 - Nov 2For more information on WunderWelten click here
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ILCP Network Alerts
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Some information cannot wait for the monthly ILCP newsletter!
ILCP Affiliates and Photographers - if you have an event to promote, a speaking event to share with everyone, or an image request, we can submit a timely Network Alert email for you. Simply email the information to Jenny Nichols at jenny@ilcp.com
We look forward to hearing from you!
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ILCP at IUCN Congress
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| As the international conservation community gathers in Barcelona for
the World Conservation Congress, October 5-14 2008, the ILCP has had
the amazing opportunity of bringing world class imagery to our
conservation partners in order to help them bring their projects to
life.
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Photographers in the News
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ILCP Fellow Tui De Roy talks about Albatross with Alison Ballance on the Radio New Zealand 'Our Changing World' program. Download Interview Here
Also, see Tui's cover story in the August 2008 issue of BBC Wildlife.
ILCP Fellows Nick Nichols and Paul Nicklen are both featured in this month's issue of National Geographic.
View Nick's images
View Paul's Images
ILCP Fellow Brian Skerry is featured in the October issue of National Geographic.
View images here
ILCP Fellow Suzi Ezsterhas landed the cover of Your Big Backyard Magazine's August issue with her story on jackals. Learn More
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Also see her feature here in BBC Wildlife.
ILCP Fellow Amy Gulick has a column on conservation in the Fall 2008 edition of Currents magazine. See her story titled "What's the Story?" download pdf
ILCP Affiliate Sue Flood shot the cover story 'From the North Pole to the Pacific'
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Wild Wonders of Europe
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Staffan Widstrand's project is underway! Check it out here
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| Open Invitation to All ILCP Photographers |
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Aw, ILCP Fellow and Director of Ocean Geographic, has invited any ILCP photographer
passing through Singapore, Sydney or Melbourne in the course of travel,
to make a presentation to members of Ocean Geographic. Accommodations
and meals will be covered for all who are interested. Please email
Michael at michael@oneocean.com for more information.
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Join us on Facebook!
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If you're a member of Facebook, you can add The International League of Conservation Photographers ILCP to your list of friends! We currently have 30 fans there, but would love to see you there too! |
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| CEMEX Won't Build Border Wall |
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September 18th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
CEMEX, the largest concrete
company in the United States, won't be providing any of its concrete to
build the controversial 18-foot border wall.
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