International League of June 2010Conservation Photographers Newsletter
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Yesterday I attended a feast, and although the menu included things I had never eaten before, like cockles, ooligans, sea cucumbers, and seal meat, that was, by far, not the most interesting part of the gathering. The feast, organized by Canadian First Nations, was the largest ever congregation of indigenous people in this part of the world around a common issue. It was not the number of people that attended - 1500 by some people's count, but the number of tribes that traveled from all corners of this region to the small coastal town of Kitimat in British Columbia to voice their opposition to what can only be described as a modern-day Avatar.
At stake is not only the remarkable beauty of this shoreline, but the very livelihood of thousands of people who depend on the sea and its bounty to survive and maintain their cultural identity.
I spent the last week in Kyel, a remote fishing camp tucked away somewhere along this coast. Although people from nearby Hartley Bay actually relocate to Kyel for several weeks every spring to harvest seaweed, hunt for seals, fish for halibut and catch the first big salmon that are swimming up the river, Kyel is so small, it doesn't even appear on any map. It is rare for the Gitga'at, the people who own this territory, to allow an outsider to come and spend time during the all important spring harvest, but the threat they are facing is so terrifying and so massive, that I have been invited here as a part of an iLCP RAVE to help show the rest of the world the importance of healthy marine ecosystems to their people.
Every day the forty or so inhabitants of the camp awake to a variety of activities that include "setting the gear", which means throwing a bunch of hooks tied to a long line and baited with rotting fish into a carefully selected location where the tides are right and the fish are resting, not traveling; slicing the fish, which involves making thin, carefully calculated slices of halibut meat according to knowledge passed from generation to generation; "turning the woks" which entails endlessly moving around the slices of halibut from one warm place over the stove to a sunny spot on the roof of the house on the rare occasions when the sun comes out. The amount of species of plants and animals that are harvested is remarkable, from seaweed to octopus to chitons and clams. Nothing is wasted and everything is carefully prepared to feed entire families for months at a time.
So what could threaten this idyllic lifestyle in such a remote part of the world? The answer is oil, and not just any oil, but what has come to be known as the "dirtiest oil on the planet". This oil is not pumped out from the Earth or funneled from the bottom of the ocean; it is embedded into the sandy soils of what is known as the Alberta Tar Sands and unlike other crude oils, this one must be separated from the sand using potent chemicals that have already poisoned all the nearby rivers and landscapes. The idea now is to carry this oil to the shore of British Columbia, over 1500 miles away where it can be picked up by giant supertankers that will then transport it to countries like the United States. The problem is that not only will the pipeline cross over tens of important salmon rivers, once it reaches the shore it will have to be shipped through some of the most fragile and treacherous waterways in the world. The coastline of British Columbia is known for the beauty of this landscape; the endless array of small islands, fjords and inlets that form intricate channels and bays where whales frolic, bears and wolves roam, and people fish. A single oil spill here would be catastrophic. From what we have seen in recent weeks in the Gulf of Mexico and over the past 20 years from the Exxon Valdez to the Great Barrier Reef, an accident is not a matter of if, but of when.
The Kitimat feast is remarkable because it marks the beginning of a powerful opposition campaign, led by indigenous people to protect their shoreline from corporate intrusion. The iLCP is proud to partner with the Gitga'at people in this effort.
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Cristina Mittermeier
President
International League of Conservation Photographers
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PHOTOGRAPHER of the MONTH - Florian Schulz
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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.
Some photographers are content with donating a few images, others go as
far as making speeches and participating in conservation projects. For the true conservation photographer, however, the journey is a bit more involved. From vision, to conceptualization, to execution, there are few photographers who are able to deliver a fully-developed conservation project. Such is the case of Florian Schulz. He has done not one, but several projects that reach landscape-wide proportions and reach audiences in several countries. Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to RoamTM was only the beginning of a career that can now be closely associated with the creation of large landscape-wide corridors that include all sorts of government and commercial interests and land uses, and that at their core, make possible for wildlife and people to coexist. Under the series Freedom to RoamTM, his latest project, from Baja to Beaufort Sea (B2B) has similarly ambitious goals and an equally impressive cast of partners. Florian Schulz is more than a conservation photographer, he is a true biopolitician who uses his camera to make invaluable statements about the planet.
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iLCP UPDATES
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| The Wealth of Nature wins Gold!
The iLCP was recognized for excellence in conservation publishing at  the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards (the IPPYs) held May 25th in New York City. Our 2009 CEMEX Conservation Book Series title The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Human Well-Being, published in partnership Conservation International, IUCN, and Wild Foundation, received the top prize, a Gold Medal in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category. Justin Black, iLCP's Executive Director, attended the prestigious awards gala on behalf of the editorial team and iLCP in general. This prestigious annual book competition receives some 5,000 entries annually, of which only around 200 are honored with a gold, silver, or bronze medal. Thanks to all the iLCP photographers who contributed to this beautiful and groundbreaking volume. We're hoping to do it again next year with our 2010 Conservation Book Series edition, Freshwater: The Essence of Life.
iLCP at Mountainfilm 2010 in Telluride
Read about iLCP's Flathead Wild film, Joel Sartore, Joe Riis, Chris Rainier, 12SHOTS at Telluride, and iLCP's RAVE Retrospective exhibit.
Strongholds: Hope for Wild Salmon, the multimedia produced in partnership with the Wild Salmon Center is LIVE!
In 1892, Livingston Stone, a Minister and avid fisherman called upon
the US government to create a salmon park, saying "Let us now, at the
eleventh hour, take pity on our long persecuted salmon and do him the
poor and tardy justice of giving him, in our broad land that he has
done so much for, one place where he can come and go unmolested and
where he can rest in safety." We have yet to pay attention to those
great words, stated over a century ago.
Watch it Here
For more information on the campaign please visit the Wild Salmon Center (WSC) website.
iLCP is producing a 45 second multimedia piece scheduled to appear at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. - stay tuned for more details.
Check in on iLCP's facebook page for the latest updates from iLCP!
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| RAVEs (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) |
| RAVE in Development:
Sacred Headwaters RAVE - In February, iLCP Fellow Wade Davis proposed a RAVE to the Sacred Waters of British Columbia to address the slew of proposed mining projects for the area. Since then iLCP has managed to secure the necessary funding to complete the RAVE. The iLCP is looking for interested photographers and will be sending a application alert to iLCP members. The Sacred Headwaters is the
birthplace of the three of the world's largest Salmon producing Rivers, the Stikine, the Skeena, and the Ness. Dates for the Sacred Headwaters RAVE will likely be end of July 2010 into middle of August 2010. The goal is to produce a coffee table book which can be used as a conservation tool by Wade and others to stop the mining projects. For more information go HERE
RAVEs Under Consideration:
In addition to follow-up outreach for the Patagonia RAVE and launching the Great Bear Rainforest RAVE, the iLCP is currently developing a RAVE in the US focusing on the Chesapeake Bay estuary, and looking into the feasibility of 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 Patagonian Foundation and iLCP continue to use the photographs and video from the Patagonia RAVE in a visual action campaign that is traveling around the world. The first project was an exhibit outside the shareholders meeting of Enel, the Italian energy giant that is behind the proposed dams for the Rio Baker and Rio Pascua, in addition to a presentation given by project partner Juan Pablo Orrego of Ecosistemas to Enel shareholders. Now TPF and iLCP are launching a second traveling exhibit and press event in Chile to start off in Santiago. The final exhibit will be launched later this summer and will tour around North America. TPF and iLCP are also working to create 5 and 7 minute videos for internet and event distribution. Finally TPF and iLCP are also working with major media outlets, including ABC, National Geographic, and the Guardian, to release the story of the proposed dams to the world.
Check out videos and media HERE and HERE!
The 32nd annual Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado has just wrapped. iLCP had an amazing presence there thanks to iLCP staff members Mark Christmas, Jenny Nichols, and Sarah Claxton.
We had a RAVE exhibit which was visited by more than 400 people and our film Flathead WILD played 3 times over the weekend (every seat was filled) and the film was one of ten films to nominated for the prestigious Moving Mountains prize.
The Great Bear Rainforest RAVE is coming together more and more everyday. iLCP and project partners have managed to secure all the necessary funding for the RAVE and outreach projects and Cristina just returned from the Great Bear Rainforest where she was on a scouting mission with project partner Ian McAllister of Pacific WILD. There Cristina attended an annual feast hosted by the First Nations of the Great Bear Rainforest where she forged relationships with all of the First Nations that will be vital to our success in stopping the proposed pipeline and tanker traffic. Cristina also worked with iLCP Fellow Paul Nicklen to capture spring aerial photographs for the RAVE. Official dates for the Great Bear Rainforest RAVE are September 1 to September 17th. |
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 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!
12SHOTS at Mountainfilm was a success!
Thank you to all of the storytelling photographers who submitted. More on Mountainfilm 2010 at Telluride 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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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 a visual archive of this remarkable ecosystem. CI hopes to use 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 works 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 operations 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 Daniel Beltra has been covering the oil spill in the Gulf of  Mexico the
whole month of May. This is a terrible tragedy that will have a long
term impact in the region. To view a slideshow in The Guardian click HERE
For the Cover of Nature special click HERE
For a slideshow in Spanish for El Mundo click HERE
President Obama and Secretary Salazar have withdrawn Bristol Bay from
oil and gas development. On April 21, iLCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum was in DC on behalf of iLCP as
part of a press conference at which The Pacific Salmon Stronghold
Conservation Act was introduced on Capitol Hill. This important piece of
legislation already has many bi-partisan co-signors, so please write
YOUR legislators and ask them to support this bill as well.
BUT, there is still the Pebble mine so on May 18th, Bobby Kennedy, Jr.
and Robert lectured at a Natural Resources Defense Council event in Los
Angeles. Also including Native spokesperson Bobby Andrew, the evening
addressed the threat of the Pebble mine to the fishery, national parks,
habitat and Native villages of southwest Alaska. NRDC has joined the
large coalition engaged in this debate, and they ran some spectacular
full page protest against the Pebble mine in the New York Times and the
London Gazette on Earthday.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Amy Gulick and her work on preserving the Tongass  National Forest in Alaska are featured on ESPN. See it HERE
Gulick's book "Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain
Forest" won a 2010 Independent Book Publisher Award -- a silver medal
in the Environment, Ecology & Nature category.
Gulick and ILCP Fellow Roy Toft teamed up to tell the story of the
biodiversity of Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula in Outdoor Photographer
magazine. The story highlights Toft's work and new book on the region. For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellows Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski and iLCP Associate
Morgan Heim are the primary photographers for a story in the June/July
issue of National Wildlife, "The Dirty Truth Behind Clean Natural Gas."
For more info click HERE
For 40 years the Washington Environmental Council has been a
strong
voice for environmental
protection in Washington State. Their
collaborative leadership and forward thinking reforms have helped
protect the people and natural areas of Washington -- and created
models for change now used around the nation. iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe is
proud to be
a strong supporter of WEC and has teamed up with them to produce a
beautiful 2009 Annual Report.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe is the Proud Recipient of the 2010 PSA Progress Medal.  The
Photographic Society of America presents its highest honor, The PSA
Progress Medal, to a person who has made a significant contribution to
the advancement of the art and science of photography. Art Wolfe has
been selected as the recipient of the 2010 PSA Progress Medal. Art was
"unanimously selected for his stunning collection of images that
interpret and record the world's fast disappearing wildlife, landscapes
and indigenous cultures." He will be receiving the award at the Annual
PSA Conference in South Carolina in October. For more info click HERE The 31st Annual Telly Award winners have been notified and 
iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge
public television series is the proud recipient of
five Silver Telly Awards, their highest honor, for outstanding
achievement. The awards were presented in recognition of episodes
developed and produced by Wolfe's company, Edge of the Earth
Productions.
Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award
honoring
outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as
well as the finest video and film productions.
Broadcast
internationally, Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge is an
intimate and upbeat series offering unique insights on nature,
cultures, and digital photography.
For more info click HERE
iLCP associate Sandesh Kadur's image of endangered Greater  Adjutant Storks at a landfill has won 1st place in this years' International
Conservation Photography award in the category - Community at Risk.
The ICP Awards was founded in 1997 by Seattle native and renowned nature photographer Art Wolfe.
The International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) is a
premier worldwide photography event focused on conservation and the
environment. The biennial juried photo competition, along with awarding
cash and merchandise to selected photographers, will include an online
exhibit, a 3-month museum gallery exhibit at the prestigious Burke
Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington,
publication in a national photography magazine and other printed
communications, and a slide show for use in community outreach and
global on-line entertainment/education.
For more info click HERE
The work of iLCP associate Ralph Lee Hopkins was featured in
the  April issue of Waypoint, the online newsletter for Lighthawk.
Lighthawk is an important group of volunteer pilots flying missions for
it's partners in conservation, including iLCP. Hopkins is working with
the Helmsley Trust and iLCP to document the threats and potential
impacts on mega-developments planned near Baja's Cabo Pulmo National
Park, the only coral reef in the Sea of Cortez and part of the Gulf of
California UNESCO World Heritage Site. For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League member Daisy Gilardini published on American  Photo
magazine on the article
25 top places for shooting and the
photographers who seek them out
Daisy also donated two of her limited edition prints for the WildAid Auctionheld in Los
Angeles, Friday 21st of May the official Endangered Species
Day in The United States.
More than 100 items from top photographers
(Joel Sartore, Brian Skerry,
Art Wolfe, etc.) were auctioned and raised more than $90,000.
Both of Daisy's pieces found happy new owners and raised $2,500.
For more
info click HERE
iLCP Affiliate Molly Steinwald is co-director of Ecological Society of
 America's 2010 Eco-Art Festival (hosted by ESA's Student Section) at
ESA's annual meeting in Pittsburgh Aug 1-6. Promoting collaboration
between environmental scientists and artists, it includes an
informational exhibit hall booth, a social event for ESA members
interested in using art for the environment, and Eco-Photo and Eco-Film
competitions, open to ESA members. Competition judges include ILCP
photographers Neil Ever Osborne, Morgan Heim and Joe Riis, ILCP
Affiliate Molly Steinwald, and ESA's current and incoming scientist
presidents, Deputy Director of the National Center for Ecological
Synthesis and Analysis, and eminent scientist and National Geographic
public speaker Dr. Nalini Nadkarni. Art for Conservation/Fine Print
Imaging is providing both gift certificates and printing of the winning
photographs, which will be exhibited at the meeting and later at
Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (where Molly is
now Associate Director of Science Education).
For more info click HERE
iLCP Affiliate Tom Carlisle (http://www.compass-points.com/) is stepping down after many years as Chair of the Environment Committee of the North American Nature Photography Association (http://www.nanpa.org), though he will remain an instrumental component of the committee. ILCP Affiliate Molly Steinwald (http://www.mollysteinwald.com) will take his place as Chair, effective July 1. ILCP photographers Neil Ever Osborne (http://www.neileverosborne.com) and Morgan Heim (http://www.moheimphotography.com)
have also joined the NANPA Environment Committee. The Environment
Committee also has a new Facebook page; consider becoming a fan of it
at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/NANPAEnvironment
iLCP Affiliate Karine Aigner had 14 pages in the June issue of BBC  wildlife magazine in their portfolio section on Africa Wild Dogs which are highly endangered.
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
June
22, 2010 - August 1, 2010 The G2 Gallery in Venice, CA, will be hosting
an eclectic exhibit of photographs by iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe. Art has set himself
apart as a master of landscape, wildlife, and ethnographic genres with
images whose common motifs are a technical prowess and a "focus...on
what's beautiful on the Earth." It is within that purview that Art's
photography hopes to win support for today's urgent conservation
issues. Opening reception with Art is Saturday, June 26 6:30 pm - 9:00
pm.
Explore
some of the world's most intriguing places at the Joseph Saxton  Gallery
July 2 - October 1, 2010. From majestic glaciers and expansive deserts
to elusive wildlife, teeming rain forests, and tribal gatherings, this
is an intimate yet stunning selection of Art Wolfe's favorite
images--all captured on location while traveling for his program Art
Wolfe's Travels to the Edge, as seen on national public television. Art
will be giving a lecture and doing a book signing on July 16th.
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 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!
The G2 Gallery in Venice is a great display space and a good friend to
many iLCP photographers. Currently iLCP Fellow Robert Glenn Ketchum has a small show on Bristol
Bay, iLCP Fellow Florian Schulz and his Arctic work are in the main room, and
Michele Westmorland, Jack Dykinga, Tom Mangelsen and others are well
represented throughout the galleries. Stop by on a Friday night event
and take in the great street life of bars, galleries, restaurants and
food trucks that make Abbott Kinney one of LA's best weekend happenings.
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
iLCP Emerging League member Neil Ever Osborne (http://www.neileverosborne.com) and iLCP Affiliate Molly Steinwald (http://www.mollysteinwald.com)
are co-presenting "Combining Art with Science: Assessing the Role of
Visual Communication in Environmental Conservation" at the 24th
International Congress for Conservation Biology (http://www.conbio.org/Activities/Meetings/2010/) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the first week of July. 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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| The Natural World - Portraits of Earth's Great Ecosystems is a
new  coffee-table book that explores, in panoramic format, six continents
and ten ecosystems celebrating Earth's diversity of life. With a
foreword written by renowned primatologist and U.N. Messenger for Peace
Dr. Jane Goodall, this book is a record of Earth's last great places.
Featuring iLCP Fellow Thomas D. Mangelsen's panoramic photographs and excerpts from
his journals detailing his experience in the field, is also a quiet call
to action to conserve the land and the creatures that inhabit it. The
256-page hardback is scheduled to hit the shelves in September, priced
at $75.00 USD / $88.00 CDN / Ł47.50.
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
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
iLCP Affiliate Rob Sheppard's new book The Magic of Digital Landscape  Photography is
now out. It includes some things unusual for this type of book,
including a spread on Peter Essick's environmental photography of
landscapes, Miriam Stein's essay on making a difference with landscape
photography, and chapters specifically highlighting certain ecosystems
rather than looking simply at landscape photography generically.
For
more info click HERE
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| $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
WORLD IN FOCUS Photography Competition
Deadline is August 31st, 2010
To learn more and enter 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
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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 Thanks also to our corporate conservation partner
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