International League of May 2010Conservation Photographers Newsletter
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"Every
minute I was there, I wanted to flee. I did not want to see this. Would
I cut and run, or would I deal with the responsibility of being there
with a camera"
This is a quote from James Nachtwey, one of the most celebrated war
photographers of our time. Although he was referring to the horrors of
photographing human carnage and the tremendous responsibility that
photographers have to document the savagery of war and to bring back
stories that we may not want to see but that we must see, the quote can
easily be applied to the horrors of bearing witness to the devastation
of our planet's ecosystems and species.
"5000 gallons of oil spilled every day" is a phrase that may or may
not mean much to many of us, but to see the cloud of oil slowly moving
towards the shoreline and to see the anger and sadness on people's
faces as they say goodbye to livelihoods and beloved landscapes touches
people on a different level. Whether we want to see the images or not,
we are lucky that there are photojournalists on site covering issues
that will impact us all.
As lovers of nature, most conservation photographers probably wish
that they too could flee and not smell the smoke, be spared the
slaughter, not be the last witness to the extinction of a plant or an
animal, but just like our colleagues who document war, we too have a
responsibility to be there with our cameras and share with the rest of
the world images from the frontline of the "biodiversity war".
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Cristina Mittermeier
President
International League of Conservation Photographers
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PHOTOGRAPHER of the MONTH - Joel Sartore
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| 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.
There
are photographers who dabble on issues and run from place to place
making images of animals and landscapes that are missing from their
collection without delving in any depth on the issues they witness....and
then there are those who stay with one issue, who find a recurring
thread in the fabric of their work, and who make an enormous difference
in conservation by sticking with the one subject that they most care
about.
This is the case with Joel Sartore. Although he has many loves and
passions in life, including Nebraska, state fairs, old barns, and of
course his lovely family, the persistent message of much of his work,
especially in recent years, has been our planet's loss of biodiversity.
Much of what Joel photographs, and indeed much of what he publishes and speaks about is nothing short of a pictorial
cry for help for our planet. He tries to do his job with courage and
with humor, but like many of us, there is a growing hint of sadness and
hopelessness in his voice when he speaks about the loss of our planet's
biodiversity. Perhaps the most admirable thing about Joel is that he
refuses to give up and that he will continue making the best
contribution that he can through his images and his stories. His
contributions to conservation through photography have never been more
urgent or more important.
Joel Sartore
brings a sense of humor and a mid-western work ethic to all of his National Geographic Magazine
assignments. In over two decades and more than two dozen stories with the
National Geographic Society, Joel has covered everything from the remote Amazon
rain forest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United
Kingdom.
Joel is committed to conservation, especially in the Great
Plains where he has lived his whole life. In his time with National Geographic,
he has focused on endangered species and land use issues. He is co-founder of
the Grassland Foundation, and a founding member of the International League of
Conservation Photographers.
He has written several books including Photographing
Your Family, Face to Face with
Grizzlies, Nebraska: Under a Big Red
Sky, and most recently RARE:
Portraits of America's Endangered Species.
Besides the
work he has done for National Geographic,
Joel has completed assignments for Audubon
Magazine, Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and contributed to numerous book projects. Joel
and his work have been the subject of several national broadcasts including
National Geographic's Explorer, the BBC, the NBC Nightly News, NPR's Weekend
Edition, Anderson Cooper's Planet in Peril
series, and an hour-long PBS documentary. He is also a regular contributor
on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood.
Joel is always
happy to return to home base from his travels around the world. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska
with his wife Kathy and their three children.
RARE the book website
RARE: Portraits of America's Endangered Species
Photos from the book on display at National Geographic's headquarters
RARE is part of Joel's ongoing project documenting Earth's vanishing biodiversity, the book is just the beginning. The April, 2010 issue of NGM featured images of more imperiled creatures in the "Silent Streams" article, and they are also part of an exhibit on Freshwater at the Annenberg Space for Photography in LA (up through June.)
Joel Sartore's Website
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| RAVEs (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) |
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RAVEs Under Consideration:
In addition to working on outreach for the Patagonia RAVE and launching the Great Bear Rainforest RAVE, the iLCP is currently looking into the feasibility of a RAVE in the US focusing on the Chesapeake Bay estuary, and a RAVE on the Tompotika Peninsula of Indonesia. The RAVE in the Chesapeake Bay was proposed by an iLCP supporter who works closely with the Nature Conservancy and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The purpose of this RAVE would be to help partners push through the The Chesapeake Clean Water and
Ecosystem Act (H.R. 3852/S. 1816).
The RAVE in Indonesia has been proposed by Conservation International herpetologist Robin Moore, an iLCP affiliate, and Marcy Summers, Executive Director of the Tompotika Alliance, an organization dedicated to saving ecosystems and wildlife of the peninsula. If iLCP undertakes this RAVE, the purpose would be to help the Tompotika Alliance spotlight the proposal to protect 9,000 hectares of rainforest habitat on the side of the volcano.
Please stay tuned for updates!
The field segment of the Patagonia RAVE has ended. It was a tremendous success and we managed to capture some
amazing pictures. The RAVE photographers, Jack Dykinga, Daniel Beltrá,
Jeff Foott, and Bridget Besaw, have brought back images of huemel deer,
Andean condors, vizcatcha (little rabbit like rodents), roaring rapids,
ongoing small scale development (which may be illegal development in
preparation for the dams - TBD) and stunning aerials of glaciers and
rivers. We visited both of the rivers that will be dammed, the Rio
Pascua and Rio Baker, as well as other pristine areas that will be
destroyed by the project.
At the end of the expedition we all
walked away with the feeling that the dam issue in Patagonia is bigger
than the dams simply flooding a nice area. In reality, these dams would
mark the beginning of the end for Patagonia because their construction
would bring in new roads, new development, and hordes of new people that
would change the character and wild nature of the region forever.
Luckily, momentum is building against the dams, and our partners feel
we've reached a tipping point. We've got some great outreach initiatives
planned that we hope will tip the issue over the edge in our favor.
These include an exhibit that will travel through Chile and to Italy and
Spain where the multinational corporations responsible for the proposed
dams are headquartered, and a presentation at the share holders meeting
of Enel (the lead corporation in Italy in charge of the project) this
spring. Please stay tuned for more updates.
Thanks to our
partners the Patagonian Foundation, Patagonia, Inc., Weeden Foundation,
Baum Foundation, Renee and Jeff Harbers Foundation, Conservación
Patagónica, Salvaje Corazón, and Ecosistemas. Thanks also to
photographers Jack Dykinga, Daniel Beltra, Jeff Foott, and Bridget Besaw
and videographer Edgar Boyles who donated their time to this RAVE to
help keep Patagonia Wild.
Read dispatches from the field on our BLOG!
A HUGE SUCCESS FOR
FLATHEAD!
Exciting news! All
mining has been permanently banned in the Flathead River Valley of
British Columbia in part because of the RAVE and the iLCP. This
conservation success is RAVE's greatest achievement to date. Thanks to
iLCP photographers Roy Toft, Joe Riis, Garth Lenz, Mattias Breiter, Mike
Ready, Justin Black, and Cristina Mittermeier for making it happen. You
can read more about RAVEs involvement in the campaign in in the linked
article published in the Missoulian.
Also, here are some kind words
from writer Doug Chadwick who
lives just outside of Whitefish, Montana: "We don't win that many
landscape conservation battles, but this is a huge and crucial victory.
Thank you for your efforts on behalf of the Flathead, the Crown of the
Continent, the goats, grizz, and wolverines; and please pass along my
deepest gratitude to your ILCP colleagues."
RAVE
IN DEVELOPMENT
Planning
is moving forward at full speed for an autumn 2010 RAVE to address
threats to
British Columbia's Great Bear
Rainforest, the largest expanse of temperate
rainforest left in the world. ILCP President Cristina
Mittermeier, RAVE
Coordinator Trevor Frost, and Ian McAllister of Pacific Wild are all
hard at
work searching for funding to complete the expedition and the follow-up
outreach. We are also happy to announce the team of photographers that
has
been assembled to participate: Paul
Nicklen Tom
Peschak Daniel
Beltrá Garth
Lenz Stefano
Unterthiner Cristina
Mittermeier Ian
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12SHOTS!
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Stories are powerful because they become experiences
shared. Images,
though motionless, move; though silent, they speak, and we are all
gifted with a larger vision of the world. Storytelling is an art and an
ever more important part of conservation photography. Being able to
introduce an issue, set the scene, bring ideas to light and inspire
people to effect change in 12 shots is not an easy feat. Storytelling
is one of the main aspirations of ILCP photographers.
BRINGING
CONSERVATION INTO FOCUS.
12SHOTS at Telluride Mountain Film Festival
What:
a showcase of both iLCP photographer and non-member
conservation stories. 24
conservation stories will be shown during the 12SHOTS reception,
while
you gather, chat, sip a cocktail and enjoy the show. The theme is
EXTINCTION.
Location: a very cool bar or pub in Telluride, CO (TBD)
 12SHOTS at Blue Ocean Film Festival
What: a showcase of both iLCP photographer and non-member
conservation stories. 24
conservation stories will be shown during the 12SHOTS reception. The
theme is OCEANS.
Location: a very cool bar or pub in Monterrey, CA
(TBD)
Check out the submission process for Blue Ocean Film Festival here!
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RESOLUTION 41
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The most important outcome of the Conservation Communications Symposium that was co-convened by the iLCP and WildScreen, was the approval by the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) of Resolution # 41. This resolution, which was drafted and signed by participants to the symposium, encourages the philanthropic community to scale up their investment in communications for conservation. The current level of funding for communications, outreach, education and awareness is grossly insufficient and we most recognize that until more funding is available we will fail to succeed on our conservation efforts.
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iLCP UPDATES
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| Check in on iLCP's facebook page for the latest updates from iLCP!
Miss an iLCP event? - check out some behind the scenes images from the latest events on the iLCP blog!
April 28, 2010 April 25, 2010 Earth Day is still rockin' at 40! Climate Rally in DC April 13, 2010 Biodiversity 2010, Global Environment Facility and International Conservation Caucus Foundation Have you seen the Top 40 Nature Photographs Gallery?
Thank you to all those who nominated your peers and congratulations to everyone included. It has been a huge success and garnered media attention world-wide. We have had over 860,000 image views and viewers are commenting on not only the aesthetic qualities but also on the conservation aspects of each image.
iLCP at Telluride!
GALLERY WALK
Friday, May 28 | 3:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Multiple locations around the town of Telluride
The official partying gets underway with a round of receptions at 12 different galleries around town. The art is outstanding, and the drinks and hors d'oeuvres are free. If you get waylaid by old friends, or mesmerized by the art, and can't make the whole circuit, don't despair-the exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and photography will all be open throughout the weekend
Ah Haa School for the Arts
300 South Townsend Avenue
PO Box 1590
Telluride, Co 81435
970.728.3886
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TRIPODS IN THE MUD
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| Tripods in the Mud (TIM) is an initiative of the
iLCP that helps partner professional photographers with conservation
organizations for the creation of visual materials on a specific region
or issue.
The second Tripods in the Mud (TIM) expedition was a success. The iLCP partnered with Conservation International to send a team of photographers and videographers to the Abrolhos region of Brazil. Their goal was to create visual archive of this remarkable ecosystem. CI hopes to ues the images to work with partners in the creation of a new seascape and the expansion of the existing Marine Protected area and "no take" zone.
The Abrohlos TIM team included three iLCP Fellows: Paul Nicklen, a Canadian national who works with National Geographic magazine; Luciano Candisani, a Brazilian photographer who work with National Geographic Brazil and Cristina Mittermeier, a Mexican photographer who specializes in documenting the human aspects of conservation.
In addition to an underwater component, the team traveled along the coast documenting artisanal and commercial fishing operation as well as other threats.
For a dispatch from Abrolhos click here
For more info on TIM click HERE
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| CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS in ACTION
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| iLCP Fellow James Balog traveled to Iceland on April 5 after the first  eruption at Eyjafjallajokull ("ice-mountain-glacier" in Icelandic). He returned with stunning photographs of the Fimmvorouhals eruption including lava fountains 350 feet high.
EIS Icelandic assistant, Svavar Jonatansson was able to retrieve images from time-lapse cameras after the second and larger eruption at Eyjafjallajokull on April 14. These photos, along with NASA satellite  images show that Solheimajokull, one of the two glaciers EIS monitors in Iceland, received a thick blanket of volcanic ash. It is unknown at this point how and if the as will affect melting. Solheimajokull is located on the flanks of Katla, a much larger volcano who's eruption could potentially cause much more paralyzing effects than that of the ash cloud that shut down Northern European airspace.
The New Yorker magazine published an in-depth (8,000  word) profile of iLCP Fellow George Steinmetz in the April 19 edition. The magazine sent staff reporter Lauren Collins to Algeria to travel with him for ten days last December as George was trying to finish up his twelve year project to photograph all of the world's extreme deserts.
For more click HERE
View the multimedia piece HERE
iLCP Fellow Annie Griffiths is delighted to announce that HotPink, Confronting Climate Change, One Woman at a Time, is up and running. They have a fantastic team of dedicated, documentary photographers, writers and filmmakers, who will help create the HotPink Archive. This archive will then be made available to aid organizations and policy makers who are addressing the needs of women in emerging nations. The first team will be in the field in June.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum was featured in the March/April issue of American
Photo magazine as the 5th photographer in their Masters Series, the
previous 4 were Henri Cartier-Bresson; Richard Avedon; Helmut Newton and
Annie Leibovitz. Significantly, Ketchum is the only one whose imagery
is based in the natural world rather than people, fashion and pop
culture.
Ketchum's work to protect the salmon fishery and related
habitat of Southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay has also just been
acknowledged by a "Partnerships in Conservation Award" from Secretary of
the Interior, Ken Salazar. Salazar recently canceled the proposed oil
and gas leases in Bristol Bay that threatened the fishery, which now
allows the public to concentrate their efforts on opposition to the
Pebble mine proposed for development in the headwaters of the fisheries
principal rivers.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Suzi Esterhas has a feature story on Wildebeest in this month's  Smithsonian and also the cover story on chimpanzees for this month's Ranger Rick!
For Smithsonian Magazine click HERE
For Ranger Rick Magazine click HERE
iLCP Fellow Kevin Schafer has been continuing to cover the Top 25  Endangered Primates on Earth with a trip to India to photograph the Western Hoolock Gibbon. (His story on Silky Sifakas appeared as a cover story in the April issue of Smithsonian.) Next on the agenda is the critically endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey of Peru. All are part of Kevin's ongoing "Empty Ark" project, dedicated to documenting little-known endangered species worldwide.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Brian Skerry was part of the historic Mission Blue Cruise in  April in the Galapagos Islands. Organized by Sylvia Earle and the TED Conference, this cruise aboard the National Geographic Endeavor was a gathering of the world's leading marine scientists, philanthropists and celebrities. Among the 100 invited guests were Dr. Jeremy Jackson, Dr. Daniel Pauly, Dr. Greg Stone, Dr. Barbara Block, Dr. Callum Roberts, Dr. Enric Sala, Dr Edie Widder, Roz Savage, Shari Sant Plummer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Chevy Chase, Jackson Browne, Damien Rice, Kristen Gore, Jean Michel and Celine Cousteau, Steve and Jean Case, Ted Waitt, Richard Rockefeller and many more. Brian Skerry was the only still photographer invited to present one of the 20 Ted Talks and shared work from several of his recent stories for National Geographic magazine about imperiled marine wildlife and ecosystems along with solutions for recovery.
During this week long event working groups were formed to create specific strategies related to marine conservation and substantial funding was committed to help realize these goals. Plans were made for continuing work on these issues by these founding members of Mission Blue and additional information will be forthcoming.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Pete Oxford, with his wife Reneé Bish, featured in the May issue of National Geographic Magazine in the Wild Wonders of Europe
article and then with a sole article on the World's most endangered Cat -
the Iberian Lynx.
To read the article click HERE
 Meet Your Neighbours, an international conservation photography project co-founded by iLCP members Niall Benvie and Clay Bolt, continues to gain momentum. As of this writing, the project now have applicants from all over the world including the U.S.A, the UK, Africa, Australia, Asia, South America, and Europe. Applicants are currently working with their local NGOs to gain sponsorship. MYN is receving a lot of support from the conservation community and would like to offer a special thanks to their most recent endorsing partners, Art For Conservation and Fine Print Imaging!
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Niall Benvie and iLCP Associate Peter Cairns are
amongst a  team of 20 who are embarking on a new conservation project: 2020VISION. Modelled on, and with blessing from, Wild Wonders of Europe, the project will document 20 of Britain's ecosystems, highlighting the life-supporting services they provide and the link to human well-being. Backed by IUCN UK and other leading UK conservation bodies, the photographers will be hitting the field this autumn.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Associate Stefano Unterthiner, together with his wife Stéphanie, have launched a local initiative to photograph and then denunciate to local authorities, illegal dumping ground in the Italian Aosta Valley region. They have created a facebook web page to promote this initiative and are trying to involve the local population to send photographs of other illegal dumping grounds in the region. All the sites of the illegal dumping grounds will be located on an interactive google map. Two other Italian regions (Veneto and Umbira) opened facebook pages involving more people in a similar initiative.
For more info click HERE
A group of photographers and specialists are involved in a  macroproject to safeguard Spanish coastline from massive building and speculation. Headed by iLCP Associate José B. Ruiz using photography as a conservation and communication tool, thousands of photographers are helping to protect the most valuable landscapes in Spanish coastline. The Blog was awarded first prize in Bitacoras awards for Environmental blogs in Spanish language.
To read the blog click HERE
iLCP Associate Bridget Besaw is featured on the cover of the new summer issue of Nature Conservancy magazine and feature article: The Heart of a River, an innovative agreement is preserving power production while reviving an ecosystem and a culture. For the assignment Bridget spent time with fisheries biologists and members of the Penobscot Nation to illustrate the story of a globally significant restoration project that will open up over 1000 tributary miles of spawning habitat and begin to revive natural river processes that have been sacred to the Penobscot Tribe for thousands of years.
For more info click HERE
Two of iLCP Emerging League Member Chris Linder's multimedia  productions about climate change will be featured at the International Polar Year Science meeting in Oslo, Norway in June. The IPY meeting will be the largest gathering of polar scientists to date. The conference will display and explore the full breadth and implications of International Polar Year activities - under the theme "Polar Science - Global Impact". Linder's multimedia productions include the Bering Sea ecosystem's response to climate change and the climate implications of thawing permafrost in Siberia (Polaris Project).
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League Member Morten Hilmer, together with his  colleague the Sřren Koch, has been chosen as WWF ambassador in Denmark. It is the first time WWF Denmark has decided to use nature photographers as ambassadors. WWF puts a lot of focus on the Arctic nature and wildlife and Morten is very happy to support them with his photos and knowledge. He will use his experience as a WWF ambassador in the new project called Wild School.
During 2009 and 2010 the Wild School campaign has challenged Danish students to compete in their knowledge about global warming. The winning class will arrive in Greenland the 1st of May and travel 4 days on dogsled through the most wonderful arctic nature. They will be followed by the biggest Danish TV station, which will make two programs that will be shown in TV primetime. The kids themselves have to produce a photo exhibition from the trip that tells a story about the importance to preserve our nature so each of them have been provided with a camera and have been instructed in nature photography. Morten Hilmer and his colleague Sřren Koch have been hired by the WWF to be the expedition leaders on the project. This year the WWF brings focus on the Arctic and the following 3 years they will bring focus on the ocean, the rainforest and the savanna.
For more info click HERE
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UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITS
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| iLCP Fellow David Doubilet has been confirmed as a speaker for WildPhotos 2010
"We are pleased to announce the keynote speaker for WildPhotos  2010 is world-renowned underwater photographer David Doubilet. David is a contributing photographer and author for the National Geographic Magazine, for which he has photographed more than 65 stories since his first assignment in 1971. David's work continues to appear in publications and exhibitions worldwide. The first published collection of his work, Light in the Sea, raised the creative stakes of underwater photography, and the follow-up volume Water Light and Time is regarded as a classic. WildPhotos will bring together many other inspirational wildlife, environmental and landscape photographers, plus leading photographic agents, librarians and publishers, to offer insights, tips and inspiration."
Put the dates in your diary now and be sure to sign up when registration opens during the first week of June! Further programme details will also be launched at this time.
22 & 23 October
Royal Geographical Society, London
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Michele Westmorland will be giving talk at G2 Gallery.
Thursday, May 20, 7:30PM. Meet the Artist Behind the Photo: Michele Westmorland
Ocean Stewardship: The Human Impact. Life emerged from the oceans and humankind continues to rely on these waters for food security, climate regulation, and more. ILCP Fellow, documentarian and underwater photographer Michele Westmorland will give a presentation regarding our responsibility as humans in being good stewards of our oceans. Using images from her collection and stories from recent investigative reports, Michele will show how two communities are engaging the locals to protect the marine habitat. Her focus will be on the RAVE conducted in Cozumel last fall and the remote villages in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
For more info click HERE
The San Juan Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park in Friday Harbor,  Washington, has opened iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge exhibit--a group of twenty-six photographs from the award-winning public television series of the same name. The exhibition continues through June 13, 2010.
For more info click HERE
Wild Wonders of Europe announces the opening of the spectacular, Outdoor Exhibition by Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of The Netherlands
From May 27 to August 30 The Hague will host the World Premiere of this unique Exhibition at the Lange Vijverberg with 100 life-size photos from 69 top photographers, taken in 48 European countries. The official inauguration will take place on May 27 by HRH Princess Irene, patron of the "Biodiversity Coalition 2010".
Wild Wonders of Europe reveals the stunning natural treasures of Europe to 700 Million Europeans and the world. It is about the beauty of nature. About what we can admire now, but are at risk of losing. Why European nature is important for us. And why we need to protect it.
The Hague Exhibition is the first in a tour that will travel across Europe and the USA, and coincides with the release of the photo book Wild Wonders of Europe, published in multiple languages.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Florian Schulz in partnership with Earthjustice has produced
an  outstanding visual and multimedia campaign to fight against oil and
gas development in the American Arctic. In association with Patagonia
Inc., the campaign aims to inform and gather support from the general
public as well as to give a powerful visual tool to Earthjustice's
attorneys to succeed in the fight to keep out industrialization from the
most sensitive areas of the Alaskan Arctic. The multimedia tour will
start with the first of a series of 5 public presentations in Seattle,
April 29th, 2010. The "Visions of the Arctic" will also be a Traveling
Exhibit which will be launched at the G2 Gallery in Venice CA, May 7th,
2010
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum has several upcoming exhibits  and workshops.
Group Exhibits: May 4, 2010 - June 20, 2010 The G2 Gallery, Venice, CA "Robert Glenn Ketchum: A Life In Photography"
2010 Workshops: August 7-8 "Landscape Photography & Conservation" Art Association of Jackson Hole
"Environmental Photojournalism"
August 23-27, 2010 Rocky Mountain School of Photography
Sept. 21-23, 2010 "Scale & Color in the Landscape" Telluride Photo Fest Workshop
The iLCP Bookstore now has a selection of Robert's books currently for sale that will be made available with personal inscriptions and his signature!
Florida Forever has been preserving natural Florida for more than two decades, protecting more than 2.4 million acres. The Legacy Institute for Nature & Culture (LINC), founded by iLCP Fellow Carlton Ward Jr, has worked to promote Florida Forever through the collaboration of photographers, non-profits and businesses to publish the Florida Forever Conservation Photography Calendar. After going unfunded for the first time in its history, the calendar is helping drive a public awareness campaign for why funding of Florida Forever must continue. Each photograph in the calendar showcases the habitats and wildlife of some of the most imperiled places on the Florida Forever acquisition list. This year, LINC created an exhibit of 24 calendar images that are on display in the Capitol rotunda in Tallahassee, which is complimented by a multimedia piece on the Florida Forever Coalition Web site. iLCP emerging photographer Eric Zamora is a calendar photogr apher and the project's manager.
For more info click HERE
On May 25th, 2010, the Spanish photographer and iLCP
Associate  Francisco Márquez is going to show a total of 20 pictures about Climatic
Change. The title of this proyect is 'Witnesses of the Climate' and is
sponsored by WWF Spain. The pictures by Francisco shows to five persons
that works in differents places in Spain: a fisherwoman, a seaweed
grower, a farmer, a tree grower and an ornithologist. All of them are
looking very clear the alteration of the seasons.: no rain in autumn,
shower in winter and drought in summer. The Francisco´s pictures are
very artistic. The show will be open until the end of next June in
Madrid (Spain)
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League member Eric Zamora launched the first  installation of, Life on the Edge, a traveling exhibit about his photographic documentary of Florida's Nature Coast. The Nature Coast is Florida last undeveloped, unprotected coastline. This marshy, beach-less shoreline lacked appeal to developers during Florida's early economic boom. With scare room to grow, the eyes of developers are now focused on what's left, and the Nature Coast is a prime target. Several proposals are planned including two mega resorts, a limestone mine, a nuclear power plant and a freeway extension. The exhibit is located at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Fla., and it opened April 24 for the museum's weekend Earth Day celebration. It will remain on display through August, when it travels to the University of South Florida.
For more info click HERE
Digital Photography Bridge to Nature
One of the greatest rewards in conservation photography is to pass on  our enthusiasm for preserving all of the valuable resources of our planet. The Digital Photography Bridge to Nature program, designed as a nature photography curriculum for elementary and middle schools, provides an opportunity for photographers to do just that.
The "Digital Photography Bridge to Nature" project is designed to stimulate a lifelong appreciation for wildlife and Minnesota's outdoors for children by providing hands-on nature photography experiences and subsequent enjoyment that they can derive from using their own photos in an educational classroom context.
Eighty digital photography workshops will be carried out over a two year period for elementary and middle school teachers (grades 3 through 9) at state parks, nature centers, and national wildlife refuges throughout Minnesota. Each workshop will include visits to outdoor sites where children can experience nature photography with the instructor and resident resource managers, biologists, photographers, and conservationists.
If you would like more information or would like to get involved, contact Carrol Henderson, Nongame Wildlife Program at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. carrol.henderson@state.mn.us
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League Member Chris Linder was elected a Fine Outreach for Science GigaPan Fellow. The program will be held on campus at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA, from November 11-13, 2010. The conference aims to explore innovative use of gigapan in the classroom, the field and the laboratory by leading scientists. The main purpose of the event is to bring together students, researchers, scientists, teachers and practitioners to present and discuss their latest techniques, ideas, applications and research findings related to various aspects of gigapixel imaging for science. The conference program will consist of keynote speakers, tutorials, workshops, technical presentations, poster presentations, lightning talks, birds of a feather sessions and a juried exhibition of GigaPan prints.
For more info click HERE
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BOOKS!
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| iLCP Founding Fellow Tui De Roy has just returned from two months photographing in northern Kenya, the first of three trips to produce a large format book in partnership with the Laikipia Wildlife Forum - a conservation NGO bringing together the mosaic of large cattle ranches and private wildlife conservancies that make up the vast Laikipia Plateau. She and the "Roving Tortoise Photography Team", consisting of business partner Mark Jones and respective life partners Alan and Julie, criss-crossed this high altitude, semi-arid expanse, which boasts a huge variety of free ranging game, including some 7,000 elephants and about half of all remaining black rhinos in Kenya, along with healthy herds of the iconic Grevy's zebras and reticulated giraffes. It is one of the few remaining regions in Africa where wildlife is on the increase, due almost entirely to private conservation initiatives, which will be highlighted in the book. Tui will speak at the Furstenfelder Fototage Festival in Germany May 14-16
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Amy Gulick launches a national outreach tour for her new  book: "Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest." In April, she gave a well-received presentation at the St. Louis Zoo, sponsored by the Academy of Science of St. Louis. A standing room only crowd attended her Seattle debut, sponsored by the Alaska Wilderness League, Braided River, and The Mountaineers. In March, Amy was the keynote speaker at the Alaska Wilderness Recreation Tourism Association's annual conference. Upcoming presentations include Chicago, IL May 18, and Portland, OR in June.
For more info click HERE
No other state in the nation compares to the splendor of Alaska's rugged landscape. A decade ago, celebrated nature and wildlife photographer, iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe, compiled a book
of 150 stunning photographs of a landscape few have the opportunity to
witness firsthand. Now, a special 10th anniversary edition of Alaska by
Art Wolfe and Nick Jans (Sasquatch Books; April 2010; $29.95)
recaptures the wonder of what is still the definitive Alaskan
photography book
For more info click HERE
After three years of work and more than 200 days spent in the field,  iLCP Emerging League Member Bruno D'Amicis' new book about the endangered wilderness of Tichá valley in the Slovak Tatras is finally out! "Posledná Pevnost'/The last stronghold" is a large-format book (240 pages) with more than 130 pictures and the wilderness stories written by the local conservationist Erik Baláz. The book is already a great success in Eastern Europe (English, German and Polish version coming soon!) with a very broad media coverage, which is playing a crucial role in informing the public opinion about the new zoning system and threats menacing the future of the Tatra mountains ecosystem. Bruno's book and pictures will appear on many events in Europe throughout 2010 and simultaneously spread their inner conservation message.
For more info click HERE
On May 15, Sierra Club Books will publish "Shooting in the Wild: An  Insider's Account of Making Movies in the Animal Kingdom", by Chris Palmer. A longtime producer and spokesman for the industry, Palmer offers a passionate but unsparing portrait of wildlife and nature films and TV shows, and how they shape our treatment of wild animals. "Shooting in the Wild" reports on how the nature-film genre has morphed into an entertainment juggernaut, bringing astounding high-tech action sequences and intimate glimpses of animals' lives to viewers hungry for a secondhand experience of the wild.
For more info click HERE
Out now - the English edition of the Wild Wonders of Europe flagship book! 288 pages with unseen unexpected unforgettable images from 125
missions to 48 countries by 68 nature photographers. A celebration of
Europe's natural heritage, a call for action and an invitation to admire
the charismatic flora and fauna and the beautiful places of an entire
continent with your own eyes.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League Claudio Contreras Koob just published a book on
Isabel Island a tiny National Park at the mouth of the Sea of Cortez
that boasts large colonies of seabirds particularly blue footed booby
and magnificent frigatebirds, written by autoritative PhD's Roxanna
Torres and Hugh Drumond from the Ecology Institute of the National
Autonomus University of Mexico, it tells the stories of the diferent
species that inhabit this volcanic area, its behaviour and the measures
taken to protect it.
For more info click HERE
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| PHOTO COMPETITIONS & AWARDS |
| $2500 Printing Grant to be Awarded by Art for Conservation
We are visual people. We believe in delivering a visual message. You have a great project and need to show the world? Art for Conservation can help you. Apply for our $2500 printing services grant today.
The Art for Conservation Grant is awarded annually to a photographer or artist who is using their imagery to help deliver a compelling conservation message. Art for Conservation Grant applications will close on June 30, 2010, and the grant winner will be announced on July 31,
2010. Even if you don't win the grant, you can still contact Art for Conservation for help in promoting your conservation project.
o apply for the grant, click HERE
The Wildlife as Canon Sees It ad campaign has run every month in National Geographic magazine since the 1980s, each month featuring a different endangered species and paying photographers for the us of their image. iLCP Fellow Joel Sartore is helping out with research for the campaign and would love to see your pictures.
For criteria and submission information click HERE
Art for Conservation is looking for trail blazers and story tellers who stand  out among
all of the rest. Art for Conservation is excited to present the first
Art for Conservation Grant, a $2500 printing services grant provided by
Fine Print Imaging. The Art for Conservation Grant is awarded annually
to a photographer or artist who is using their imagery to help deliver
a compelling conservation message.
Art for Conservation Grant applications will open on January 1, 2010
and close on June 30, 2010. We will select our first winner on July 31,
2010. Even if you don't win the grant, you can still contact Art for
Conservation for help in promoting your conservation project
For more info click HERE
CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) runs the Environmental Photographer of the Year, which is one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world. In 2009 we received nearly 2,500 entries from photographers in over 60 countries.
This is a serious competition that seeks to celebrate photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. It is open to all professional and amateur international photographers of any ages and encourages entries that are contemporary, creative, experimental, resonant, original and beautiful.
Enter at www.ciwem.org/arts/photographer . This is for professional and amateur photographers, so we actively encourage those with a general interest in the environment to enter as well. The competition is open until 5pm on 31st July 2010.
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