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International League of Conservation Photographers
Bringing conservation into focus
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April 2009
Newsletter
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In my household every day is Earth Day...or at least we try really hard. The same is true for many of my friends, colleagues and neighbors. I even have friends who have gone completely overboard and only flush the toilet when it is absolutely necessary (you know who you are!) How can we not be hopeful when we can literally see the tide turning?
I know it is easy to get discouraged by the seriousness of the issues we are facing and the scope of the problems we are trying to solve, but I believe that if we all embrace the idea that "every day is Earth Day" we will succeed in the end. As we celebrate the first 100 days of a courageous new administration in the United States that is actually addressing environmental issues for the first time in a long time, we
too must renew our efforts to convey powerful messages that help shed light
in some of the darkest corners of our planet. Now is not the time to relax or to give up. As we approach important conservation gatherings like WILD9, which will once again highlight the imperative of conserving wild nature for the benefit of humanity, and the 15th Conference of the Parties of United Nations Climate Change Conference where important decisions on the future climate protocols will be made, we must work harder than ever to make sure the issues that are important to us are discussed. Most importantly, as hard as it seems, we must maintain our
optimism and positive outlook.
So, have a happy Earth Day!
Cristina Mittermeier
Executive Director
ILCP
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PHOTOGRAPHER of the MONTH - J�rgen Freund
Every
one of the ILCP photographers has an inspiring conservation story to
share and we want to give them as big an audience as possible. This is
why we will be highlighting the work and commitment of these amazing
photographers throughout the year.
This
month's featured photographer is ILCP Associate J�rgen Freund. Yogi, as his friends know him, was born
in Dortmund, Germany in 1959.
He studied mechanical engineering and found out it wasn't
creative enough for his inventive mind. Instead of designing machines,
he worked as an industrial photographer in Munich for 7 years. Lured
by the challenge of marine wildlife photography, he acquired an
underwater camera even before learning how to scuba-dive in 1981
in the cold lakes of Germany. Finally, he answered "the call
of the sea" and became a full-time international freelance
marine photographer in 1995. He traveled all over the world, taking
acclaimed pictures published in numerous international magazines.
Announcing a new partnership between J�rgen Freund and WWF
Today we are pleased to announce a brand new photographic partnership between Yogi and the World Wildlife Fund. Yogi and his wife Stella have set off in an 18 month WWF Coral Triangle Photo Expedition to document WWF's conservation priorities. The expedition kicked off on April 4 with a stop in Hong Kong to photograph the
shark fin trade and the live reef fish trade. They'll be traveling to the
Philippines. Learn more about the Coral Triangle and keep up with their goings-on by reading their blog which
will show (through Stella's words and J�rgen's pictures) their expedition
as it unfolds. The WWF / Freund Factory Expedition will be investigating the connectivity between the wildlife and peoples of the region, and the threats they face. The
Coral Triangle is the world's centre of marine life - a vast, majestic
and colourful coral nursery covering 6 million km2 of ocean - a home
sheltering and sustaining thousands of whales, dolphins, tuna, reef
fish, rays, sharks and turtles. Its underwater riches are equally matched by the diversity of its people, cultures and traditions - all of whom rely on the sea in one way or
another for their survival. Livelihoods, wildlife and survival are
interdependent across the region and beyond. ILCP is proud to support the WWF / Freund Factory Coral Triangle Photographic Expedition!
Check out J�rgen on the ILCP website!
You can also visit J�rgen's website!
J�rgen is represented by Auscape and Nature PL
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CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS IN ACTION
ILCP Associate Jos� Benito Ruiz has launched a massive campaign to halt the rampant overdevelopment of the Spanish Coastline. The ILCP is proud to endorse and support this effort. Follow SOS Spanish Coastline and help support this initiative in their blog, twitter and facebook.
 The Bering Sea is a wildly productive
ecosystem. As the Earth heats up, the Bering Sea's ice is expected to
melt earlier each year - or even disappear. This could affect fish,
whales, seabirds, fishermen and native communities. Follow along online
from April 4 to May 12 as ILCP Emerging Member Chris Linder posts daily
photo essays about an international science team's study of climate
change impacts on this sensitive ecosystem from the icebreaker Healy. During the expedition he will also be blogging weekly for LiveBooks "Resolve" blog and Scientific American, hosting live talks via satellite phone at science museums, and giving an hour-long webinar through LiveBooks - sign up here!
 ILCP Fellow Daniel Beltra was announced as the winner of The Prince's Rainforests Project (PRP) Award
at this year's Sony World Photography Awards Gala ceremony in Cannes,
France on April 16th. He is awarded a fully-funded assignment to document three rainforest regions of the
world. On behalf of The Prince's Rainforests Project and Sony Eco, he
will travel through the rainforest nations over the course of three
months. Read more about it here. Congratulations to Daniel for this wonderful recognition!
ILCP Fellow Frans Lanting's exhibit
LIFE: A Journey Through Time is currently exhibiting at the Neanderthal Museum in Dusseldorf,
Germany from April 4th until July 4th and in Luxembourg, Germany from
July 1st until September 15th. Frans' lyrical photos
trace Earth's history from the beginnings of primordial life to the
ascent of mammals through otherworldly landscapes and breathtakingly
intimate portraits of animals and plants engaged in million-year-old
rituals.
 ILCP Fellow Roy Toft made the cover of this month's Audubon Magazine. His images accompany the story titled "Where Dreams Come True" (by T. Edward Nickens), about one of Hondura's up-and-coming eco-destinations and a birder's paradise. VIEW IMAGES HERE Roy also opened a three month show at the Ordover Gallery in the San Diego Natural History Museum on March 14th (open through June 21), where he gave a lecture during the opening reception. The show is about his up-coming
book titled "Osa....Where the Rainforest Meets the
Sea," which will be out in late 2009. View full details here.
 ILCP Fellow Florian Schulz's exhibit Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam opened at the Field Museum in Chicago on January 16 and will be there through July 5. It showcases 29 large-scale color photographs of animals in their natural surroundings and shows the need for continuing habitat conservation. The exhibit explains the mission of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) that is dedicated to creating and maintaining a connected landscape where wildlife can migrate, and animals and humans can co-exist. View the press release and visit the Field's website. Also, National Wildlife magazine has published an article on Florian in the April-May issue of their magazine. The article (written by Hannah Schardt) is titled "Making Connections" and is all about the wildlife corridor that connects Yellowstone to the Yukon. View Florian's images and read the entire article here.
 ILCP Fellow Christian Ziegler is also featured in the April-May issue of National Wildlife magazine. His images accompany the story titled "Rain Forest Reconnaissance" (by Laura Tangley) - about how scientists are using new animal tracking technology to probe the secret lives of some of the most elusive tropical creatures. View Christian's images and read the entire article here.
ILCP Fellow Amy Gulick and ILCP Executive Director Cristina Mittermeier are featured in the March-April issue of Organic Connections magazine. The article titled "Conservation in Focus" shares their current projects from Madagascar to the Tongass rainforest of Alaska. See page 10 for the story and their images!
Cristina held a live chat on April 22nd as part of Sony's Artisans of Imagery forum, discussing How Photography Can Save the Earth. Visit the Artisans of Imagery forum here.
 ILCP Fellow Brian Skerry's images are featured in the May issue of National Geographic magazine in a story titled "Ancient Mariner" on leatherback turtles. View images from the article. Brian is also a member of the Ocean Now crew; a project of the National Geographic Society that is being lead by Dr. Enric Sala. National Geographic's Ocean Now is a project to study the last healthy,
undisturbed places in the ocean. You can follow Brian and Enric as they explore the pristine waters of the southern Line
Islands. ILCP Fellow David Doubilet's image from Indonesia appears in National Geographic magazine's Visions of Earth series this month. View image here (The Big Thaw), Joel Sartore (The Great Vanishing) and Flip Nicklin (Blue Whales: Making a Comeback) made presentations earlier this month.
 ILCP Fellow Wendy Shattil is featured in an article titled "Wildlife Versus the Wall" in The Denver Post. As part of the team of photographers participating on the Borderlands RAVE, Wendy helped document the barricade's effect on habitats. Read the article here.
ILCP Fellow Art Wolfe has a new stock site with all new images and features, including hi-res downloading and direct online purchasing. He is uploading images and galleries everyday, so please check back often!
 ILCP Fellow Jack Dykinga's image of the Rio Grande appears in the Spring 2009 issue of Nature Conservancy on page 22-23. A milestone in Texas - the Conservancy purchased 7,000 acres in November of the Chihuahuan Desert to add to Big Bend Ranch, the largest state park in Texas.
Fellow Annie Griffiths Belt's image also appears on page 24, accompanying an interview with the Conservancy's bug guru Frank Lowenstein.
Fellow Pete Oxford's images of jaguars are featured in the story "Flora & Fauna - Jaguar" on pages 28-29.
New ILCP Associate Bridget Besaw accompanied Captain Bill Blue on a his boat to take a chance on a new way of fishing. Her images accompany the article titled Blue's Ocean on pages 42-51.
 We're happy to see some ILCP photographers contribute to the "Resolve" Livebooks blog, which is edited by Miki Johnson, the former editor of American Photo. ILCP Fellow Garth Lenz has started a series on working with NGO's. Read all his posts here. ILCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum shares his experiences working with NGOs and publishers to produce books that create tangible change. Read his posts here.
 Also, Garth Lenz's images contributed to a major conservation win in Quebec's boreal region. This win was
spearheaded by the coalition of NGO's for which he created a library of
boreal images in 2005. Garth's images have been the chief visual resource
for their campaign work. He also gave a series of presentations in Europe in Spring 2007 on behalf of these groups in order to build the
international campaign. Read the press release on the Canadian Boreal Initiative.
ILCP Fellows Michele Westmorland and Karen Hunt are pleased
to announce a newly designed website for their Headhunt Revisited project. It is cleaner and easier to
navigate. Bob Gallup did an impressive job in constructing the site! They are also excited about their collaboration to get the documentary film moving to the next level. They have signed an agreement with scriptwriter Elle Russ. Half
the footage has been digitized and all the audio has been transcribed.
The project producers have completed a first rough edit, and now a
narrative outline and script can be developed.
 ILCP Emerging Member Ian Shive will be publishing his first major book on August 1st. The 224-page, hardcover coffee table book - will hit store shelves nationwide, titled "The National Parks: Our American Landscape." It is being published by Earth Aware Editions based in San Raphael, California. Our National Parks have long been an inspiration to his photography.
Ian spent the last 4-years photographing on assignment or just
meandering through the woods documenting everything from the arctic
slopes of Mt. McKinley in Alaska to the underwater world of Channel
Islands National Park in his backyard in California. Ian is donating proceeds from the sale of his book to the National Parks Conservation Association. As the date of release nears closer we will keep you in the loop on all the happenings associated with the book. View the press release for more info. |
The ILCP and Associate Ralph Lee Hopkins Receive a Grant from the LEONA M. and HARRY B. HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded a grant to the International League of Conservation Photographers and to ILCP Associate Ralph Lee Hopkins for his conservation photography projects in the Baja Peninsula and Galapagos. Through this grant, which is part of $136 million dollars that the Trust is awarding in grants to charitable organizations across the United States and elsewhere for a variety of environmental and humanitarian causes, Ralph and ILCP will initiate a year long and first of its kind conservation photography project focusing on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico and the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. The ILCP will assist Ralph with managing the grant, coordinating field expeditions, and launching outreach and educational campaigns targeted to audiences in the United States and in the areas in which the projects are located. Read more details in the press release.
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REGARDING the LAND LIMITED EDITION
Get a signed and numbered collector's edition copy of ILCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum's Regarding The Land and
help support the International League of Conservation Photographers, too.
Limited to 125 copies, this special edition set arrives in a fine linen
slipcase. Also included in the set is a digitally-mastered, 7.5x9.5-inch
Fuji Crystal Archive print of one of Robert's classic images, Sun Dance.
The only previous print run of Sun Dance, an edition of thirty-three
30x40-inch cibachrome prints, sold out in just two weeks, making this a rare
opportunity to own a signed and numbered print of this important image. The
price is $1,500 for the complete set, of which Robert will donate $250 to
the ILCP. For more information, contact Robert's studio at (310) 472-3681,
or by e-mail at peace2rth@mac.com.
More information is available on Robert's website.
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BORDERLANDS RAVE OUTREACH EVENTS - PLEASE JOIN US!
The first event in this effort will be held on Monday, April
27, 11:00am to 12:00pm, in room 340 of the Cannon House Office Building, (corner of Independence Ave and C Street, S.E.) and will be a congressional briefing and film screening of our new multimedia
documentary on the borderlands, made by the Cornell Lab of multimedia division. The film will be a great overview of
the impacts of the border wall on the borderlands environment and
people. The briefing is hosted by Rep. Raul Grijalva and will focus on
gearing up for his forthcoming border wall legislation. The briefing
will also feature members of the conservation, border business and
human rights communities, giving their perspectives on the wall. All
are welcome.
The next Borderlands event will be held on Wednesday, April 29th,
and will be the opening of our exhibit of 30 large prints from the Borderlands RAVE, which will debut in
the Rayburn House Office Building's first floor foyer. The exhibit will
be up all day, so please come and take a look. Rayburn building is at the corner of Independence Ave and C Street, S.W. We would like to thank Fine Print Imaging for their support in the production of this exhibit.In
addition to these events, people concerned about the impact of walls on
the border are flying to Washington from all over the United States to
advocate for change and to support legislation that will look at alternative solutions. For more information on this lobby fly-in, visit the Sierra Club Facebook page.
View the new Borderlands multi-media here!
Read the article featured in National Geographic News!
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WILD WONDERS of EUROPE
Fresh from the Field:
Photos of the Rarest Cat in the World! Wild Wonders of Europe photographer and ILCP Fellow Pete Oxford managed to take pictures of at least three different wild Iberian Lynx in Andalucia/Spain. Read his full story here.New ILCP Associate Jan Vermeer was recently chosen as a photographer of the week. Read the interview with him and check out his images on the website.Visit the Wild Wonders of Europe website
to see the latest posts on their blog (now also available in Spanish).
Join one of their many communities or check out the new galleries of
images. You can also enter the photo competition, or place your vote!
The last day of each month is the deadline for each coming month's
competition.
Join Wild Wonders of Europe on Facebook!
Browse some 200 images on Flickr
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NATURE'S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY 2009 WINDLAND SMITH RICE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - CALL FOR ENTRIES!
The editors of Nature's Best Photography magazine invite all
photographers to enter the 2009 Nature's Best Photography Windland
Smith Rice International Awards competition. More than $15,000 in cash
and prizes will be awarded. The winning photographs will be published
in the Awards 2009 Collector's Edition of Nature's Best Photography,
and may be selected for our annual exhibition at the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, and
displayed in other locations and photo gallery presentations related to
the Awards competition. Entries are judged on technical quality,
originality, and artistic merit. Deadline for submissions is May 4, 2009. Visit the website for more details.
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EARTH DAY PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST for STUDENTS
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is running a photography contest for students in grades 5-8 specifically for Earth Day. The contest is titled "Capturing our Changing World." During the week of Earth Day (April 22), these students can be part of a unique national effort to capture our changing world. Anytime from April 22-29, 2009, they should take a photograph of something that is changing in their local environment. It could be a change occurring in their backyard, outside their school, in a local park, or off in the distance toward the horizon. Please visit the website for more details! Entries must be received by email or postmarked by May 9, 2009.
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST in MEXICO
Reforestamos
Mexico's mission is to preserve, restore and sustainably manage
forests in Mexico, by promoting a culture of conservation that
encourages the participation of all sectors of society, for the benefit
of human kind and the environment. With the objective of changing public behaviour patterns towards favouring environmental conservation, Reforestamos Mexico seeks to increase the knowledge, understanding, love and appreciation of trees and forests in Mexico. For them it is important to spread forestry education through charismatic images that motivate the public to care for trees and all forest ecosystems. Reforestamos Mexico would like to invite you to participate in their Centinelas del Tiempo - Majestic Trees of Mexico National Photography Contest. Your job is to seek out and photograph the most outstanding trees in Mexico, the majestic trees of the country, the Sentinels of Time. Some members of the jury are ILCP Fellow Patricio Robles Gil, Fulvio Eccardi (an Italian photographer who organized the El Triunfo RAVE and participated also in the Balandra RAVE) and ILCP Emerging Member Jaime Rojo (also Executive Director of Wild9). You must register before the 21st of August 2009 at 8:00 pm. For more information on the contest and how to register, visit the website.
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GDT REGISTRATION OPEN
The online registration service for GDT European Wildlife Photographer and the Fritz P�lking Award is now available!
Take part in this year's contest "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year" (GDT-EWPY 2009)! As every year the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen" (GDT) invites
all amateur and professional photographers from all over Europe to
participate in this contest. The main object of the contest is to
illustrate the high quality and the specific style of European wildlife
photography by excellent pictures from Europe and all over the world
and to promote general awareness for nature conservation through the
means of photography.
In recognition of GDT founder member Fritz P�lking, who died in 2007,
this prize will be yearly awarded by the publishing house "Tecklenborg"
in cooperation with the GDT within the context of the contest "GDT
EWPY". This prize will be awarded for extraordinary work in the field
of wildlife photography. This may either be a special wildlife
photography project or a portfolio of individual photographs. The
winner will receive 2 000 € in cash donated by Tecklenborg. The Fritz P�lking Junior Award offers young photographers up to 25
years of age the possibility to win 1 000 € in cash, a travel voucher
for a photography tour worth up to 1 000 Euro (both donated by
Tecklenborg publishing house) AND hired professional equipment for the
duration of the tour (donated by AC-Foto).
Closing date for both awards is 1st June 2009.
European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Info
Fritz Polking Award Info
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NEW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SITE - OCEAN NOW
National Geographic's Ocean Now is an exploration, research, and conservation project that aims to find, survey, and help protect the last healthy, undisturbed places in the ocean. By carefully studying how marine ecosystems work without human interference, we can learn how to help healthy reefs thrive, help unhealthy reefs recover, and better preserve the ocean, which covers more than two-thirds of our planet. Its a first effort at building a community around ocean issues.Follow ILCP Affiliate Dr. Enric Sala, ILCP Fellow Brian Skerry and a team of scientists as they explore the pristine waters of the southern Line Islands. The
Ocean Now website features constant updates direct from the expedition
team. On the blog, you can read stories about their discoveries, learn
about the islands and reefs they're visiting, and view photos and
videos straight from the ship. There is also a form for you to submit
questions to be answered by Dr. Sala and his team.
The website lets you track the progress of the expedition, with updated
views in Google Maps and Google Earth using the ship's real-time
coordinates. You'll see exactly where the team is each day, and get 3-D
views of the reefs and islands they visit.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS and UPCOMING EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New ILCP Members
We'd like to welcome new members to the ILCP! At the end of March, the membership committee met and reviewed several applications and portfolios. They made their picks and we're happy to welcome new Associates Bridget Besaw, Delphin Ruche, Jeff Gale, Jan Vermeer, Katherine Feng, Jose Benito Ruiz, and Ralph Lee Hopkins. New Emerging Members are Becky Walter, Bruno D'Amicis, Claudio Contreras, Eric Zamora, Jaime Rojo, Joe Riis, Morgan Heim and Shannon Switzer. New Affiliate Members are Jean-Marie Solichon, Molly Steinwald, and Keith Ellenbogen. We very much look forward to working
with you!
Next ILCP Member Meeting
We have been getting a lot of questions from Members regarding when our next meeting will be. We had thought months back that we would hold a meeting for current members at the Look3 Festival in Charlottesville, VA, but sadly this will not be possible. Instead please plan on joining us at Wild9 in Merida, Mexico in November. More details to come.
Honorary Member Philip Hyde's New Website
Say yes, yeah or even yea to SPRING and to EXPERIENCING NEW DEVELOPMENTS at http://www.philiphyde.com/
EVENTS:
 Irreplaceable - Wildlife in a Warming World
This exhibit features the work of some of the world's top nature photographers, who have captured the wonder the fragility of the earth's plants and animals! This traveling exhibit is done in partnership with Earth Justice. Visit the exhibit in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. from May 18-22. Stay tuned for new announcements of future exhibits this Summer and Fall. For more information, visit the Irreplaceable website.
 A Climate for Life Exhibit at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas and Tokyo, Japan!
Fifty images from the ILCP photographers featured in the 16th Tome of the
CEMEX Conservation Book Series in partnership with Conservation
International are on display at the Springs Preserve's Desert Living Center Gallery from April 24 through July 12th. Visit the website.
A separate photo exhibit just opened on April 22nd in Japan at STBUX J's shop in Ginza, Tokyo. The exhibit will run until the end of June. See the pictures here.
You can also view the Art for Conservation's virtual tour.
 LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph - June 11-13
ILCP Fellow Michael "Nick" Nichols, Co-Executive Director of LOOK3, and Jessica Nagle, also Co-Executive Director, welcome in their 3rd year of the LOOK3 festival - an amazing program!This year ILCP Fellow Tom Mangelsen will be featured in the TREES, an innovative exhibit literally hanging in the trees in the walking center of Charlottesville, VA. For more information and to buy your tickets now, visit the website.
 BLUE Ocean Film Fest - June 11-14
Taking place this year in Savannah, GA, this is a global oceans film and conservation event you shouldn't miss! Registration for a rate of $399 ends May 15th! ILCP Fellows Brian Skerry and Michele Westmorland will be presenting, along with ILCP Executive Director Cristina Mittermeier. Also, BLUE Ocean
Film Festival & Conservation Event is proud to announce that Dr.
Sylvia Earle (a member of ILCP's board of advisors), widely recognized as one of the world's most influential
ambassadors for the oceans, will be on hand in Savannah, Georgia on
June 13 to receive BLUE's lifetime achievement award. Congratulations Sylvia! For more information, visit the website.
Announcements for this event have gone out on the following websites: WETPIXEL
DIVEPHOTOGUIDE
Camp Denali Special Emphasis Series 2009
August 28-30 and August 31-September 3, 2009
"Autumn Nature Photography Workshop" with ILCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum
"An unparalleled Setting... An Uncommon Experience"
Now is the time to sign up
for this world-class workshop held in spectacular Denali National Park/Camp
Denali North Face Lodge in Alaska!
Contact: Anne Beaulaurier
anne@campdenali.com
or 907 683 2290
www.campdenali.com
 WildPhotos 2009
Save the Date! This year's WildPhotos, the most highly anticipated gathering of nature photographers in the world, will take place once again this year from October 23 to 24 at the Royal Geographical Society in London, UK. ILCP Fellow Michael "Nick" Nichols leads the line-up of speakers and also presenting their work will be winners from the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the results of which will be announced shortly before WildPhotos. The event is programmed by ILCP Affiliate and Executive Committee Member Rosamund Kidman Cox, journalist and former
editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine, and a judge of the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year competition since 1981, launching it in its
current form. Online delegate registration will open on the website in early June 2009. Further details of speakers will be announced in the coming months.
 WILD9 - World Wilderness Congress & Wild Speak
Save the Date! November 6-13 2009 Merida, MexicoThe ILCP will have a significant presence during WILD 9! We have been invited to organize a Conservation Communications symposium that we have titled Wild Speak, to discuss ways in which communications can have a greater impact in achieving conservation success. We will also coordinate a series of photography-related events, including exhibits, workshops, lectures and presentations by some of the world's best conservation photographers. Join us at Wild Speak for four days of discussion, debate and creative thinking on the power of communications to achieve conservation outcomes! View the preliminary agenda for Wild Speak here.
View the brochure!
Register Now!
Wild Speak Agenda
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