International League of July 2010Conservation Photographers Newsletter
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Photojournalism matters because images awaken people from boredom and apathy on issues that are important to all of us. Take for example the Gulf of Mexico crisis. Going into the second month after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, the oil has yet to stop gushing into the Gulf, but news about the disaster has all but stopped flowing. As details of how the well will be plugged, or how BP will compensate businesses, or how the mess will be cleaned up dwindle to a mere trickle, it is often the images that keep people's interest alive. A few weeks ago the image of a pelican covered in oil and mud - its wings spread out in a painful and futile attempt to take flight, did precisely that and reminded audiences that there is no such thing as "cheaper oil" and that "relief at the pump" means we must pay in other, more serious and long-term ways. As photojournalists, we must strive to find the images that remind people of the cost to our environment as we fail to demand a different energy future.
That said, at this point, having more images of the oil-covered Gulf will do little to stop this disaster, but perhaps we can use them to debunk the myth of oil operations being perfectly safe and harmless to the environment. As efforts continue to stop the Gulf of Mexico from becoming the world's largest environmental disaster in recent history, our photographers are quietly working to prevent this type of oil-related environmental disaster from happening elsewhere.
We understand that we cannot sit around waiting for the next disaster to happen. From the coast of Southwest Alaska in Bristol Bay to the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta Canada, there are disastrous oil exploitation schemes going on right now that should be stopped before they become the next mega disaster.
Among the projects on which we've trained our lenses is the Enbridge pipeline oil development project, planned to deliver oil from the Alberta Tar Sands through the Great Bear Rainforest to the coast of British Columbia. A single accident on the pipeline or on the supertankers that will transport the oil along the coast could spell the end of a highly productive fishery, whale migration routes, and millenary indigenous traditions.
As a society, we cannot wait until the next explosion to show our outrage and indignation at these poorly conceived projects, which answer short-term energy needs but fail to look into the future and take into account lives lost, landscapes ruined, and a lesser quality of life on this planet for all. Images like the ones being made by talented photographers in the Gulf might just prevent this from happening elsewhere.
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Cristina Mittermeier
President
International League of Conservation Photographers
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PHOTOGRAPHER of the MONTH - Staffan Widstrand
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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.
Every once in a while a photographer comes up with an idea so monumental, so far-reaching, so universal that it might actually seem unachievable. Don't tell this to Staffan Widstrand, however, as his ability to dream up large-scale projects and his energy to bring them to fruition know no boundaries. In 2005 he came up with the idea of documenting Europe's last wild places to re-engage the entire European continent around the simple idea of a shared natural landscape. Wild
Wonders of Europe is a major collaboration, which has included generous
and critical contributions of time, talent, and sacrifice from several
other iLCP photographers. Despite the enormity of the project, the enormous fundraising goals, the challenges of managing 69 talented photographers and tens of thousands of images, and the ultimate idea of bringing nature to the attention of an audience of 700 million Europeans and the world at large, Wild Wonders of Europe is now a complete reality and one of the most successful conservation projects in history. Staffan, the photographer, is no stranger to big challenges and his own work is testament to his passion and sensitivity for our beautiful planet.
 
Staffan Widstrand is an artistic photojournalist from Sweden. He has won 10 awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the year competition. Staffan was named Nature Photographer of the Year in Sweden 2001. He is a Founding member of the Swedish Ecotourism Association, a co-founder of the "Big Five Swedish national carnivore information center" in Jarvso, Sweden, initiator of the Swedish nature tourism quality label "Nature's Best" as well as a founding fellow of the iLCP. Staffan has also published 9 books.
His favorite story topics are nature travel, outdoor action, ecotourism, wildlife (especially large carnivores), indigenous cultures, environmental issues, hunting and fishing. From 1998-2004 he ran a media project called "The Scandinavian Big Five", which attempted to cover as many aspects as possible of the five large Scandinavian carnivores - the wolf, bear, lynx, wolverine and man. He is a board member of the Swedish Ecotourism Society because he believes ecotourism is an extremely useful tool to promote conservation, local sustainable development and genuine goodwill among tour guides, tourists, and the local people. He is now busy building up the major nature communication initiative Wild Wonders of Europe.
After the Grand Opening of the Wild Wonders of Europe Outdoor
Exhibition Tour in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 27 a 2nd set of the 100 images
can now also be seen in Prague, CZ at the banks of river Vltava.
Together with the flagship book in 10+ languages the Wild Wonders
Outdoor and Indoor Exhibitions are a major communication tool of the
project to reveal the shared natural heritage of Europe to fellow
Europeans and the world. The images from 125 photo missions assigned by
Wild Wonders of Europe and strong conservation messages underline the
amazing wildlife comeback in Europe, communicate the success of the
NATURA2000 system in the EU and aim to motivate visitors to personally
engage with the biodiversity of our continent. The Wild Wonders of
Europe Outdoor Exhibition is open 24 hours, admission is free.
To visit the Wild Wonders of Europe website click HERE
To read the Wild Wonders of Europe blog click HERE
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iLCP UPDATES
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| LightHawk Partnership
As a small organization, the iLCP seeks opportunities to build connections across projects by looking for synergetic themes and geography. We also understand the importance of partnerships and collaborative work to achieve conservation success while maximizing available resources. In this spirit, we are proud to announce the formalization of our latest partnership. The iLCP and LightHawk have just signed a formal agreement of collaboration that brings the missions of the two organizations even closer together.
While neither the iLCP nor LightHawk are the ultimate implementers of conservation solutions, both organizations provide vital services to the conservation community, and through this new partnership LightHawk's talented pilots will take flight armed with the best photographers in the world to help tell the story.
We couldn't be more delighted to be a part of the LightHawk family. Together we are helping propel the conservation agenda at a swifter pace!
View LightHawk's website HERE
Check in on iLCP's facebook page for the latest updates from iLCP!
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| RAVEs (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) |
| iLCP is pleased to announce that we have 3 RAVEs launching this summer and fall!
The first RAVE is the Chesapeake Bay RAVE, which is ongoing and will finish in September with an exhibit on Capitol Hill, presented by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, our principal partner on this RAVE, to promote the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Act (H.R. 3852/S. 1816). We are building our
RAVE team and we are pleased to announce that the following
photographers will play a key role in helping CBF to advance this critical
legislation: Karen Kasmauski, Annie
Griffiths, Brian Skerry, Garth Lenz, Morgan Heim, Krista Schlyer, Miguel Angel de la Cueva, Justin Black, and Cristina Mittermeier. We are also
working to confirm several other photographers and will announce who
they are in the coming weeks on the Chesapeake RAVE webpage.
The second RAVE is to the Sacred Headwaters in British Columbia. Wade Davis is leading this RAVE and we are actively building a strong team of photographers to assist First Nations and environmental groups in the fight to stop a massive open pit mine and an enormous coal bed methane complex right on top of the shared origin of the Skeena, Stikine, and Nass Rivers - three of the largest Salmon producing rivers in British Columbia. Partners on the RAVE include the Swift Foundation and Patagonia, Inc. The RAVE
will culminate in the production of a conservation photo book to be used
by environmental groups, local First Nations, and influential Canadians to
sway decision makers and derail the proposed mining projects.
The final RAVE is to the Great Bear Rainforest, which we reported about in the last newsletter. We are in the process of finalizing logistics for
this RAVE, and we're excited because recent news indicates that we are striking
at the perfect moment. Follow the links below to read more:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Alberta+Ottawa+odds+over+oilsands+exports+China/3188028/story.html?id=3188028
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ignatieff%20promises%20tanker/3185242/story.html
RAVEs Under Consideration:
A 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 spotlight the proposal to protect 9,000 hectares of rainforest habitat on the flanks of Mount Tompotika volcano, located on the eastern tip of central Sulawesi, in partnership with the Tompotika Alliance.
Please stay tuned for updates!
The Patagonian Foundation and iLCP continue to apply the photographs and video from the Patagonia RAVE to good effect 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!
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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 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.
Last
month, as iLCP was planning the Chesapeake RAVE in partnership with
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, iLCP Executive Director Justin Black was
invited by The Nature Conservancy to photograph one of the most
pristine watersheds feeding the Bay: the haunting and primordial
Dragon Run Swamp.
To read Justin's blog on his Dragon Run Tripods in the Mud Expedition click HERE
For more info on TIM click HERE
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| CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS in ACTION
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Jade, India's leading lifestyle magazine featured iLCP Fellow Balan  Madhavan and his role as a conservation photographer with iLCP in their June 2010
Green Issue. The eight-page photo feature showcased eight images and a
brief write up about iLCP.
For more info click HERE
Balan and the The Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation is joining hands with
fellow NGOs and individual conservationists in a major battle to save Munnar, the last
of the planters towns of the Western Ghats of S. India, and one of the world's
Biodiversity Hotspots. Unchecked tourism is chocking
Munnar and we need to intervene now... or it's never... habitat loss,
electric fences and large scale littering has disturbed the endemic
wildlife and man-animal conflicts are on the rise. Shortsighted and greedy opportunists abuse the landscape as if there is no
tomorrow. As a last nail in the coffin, the government of Kerala has
passed an ordinance to acquire and allot 1036 acres of land for further
"Tourism Development". We need pressure from the international
community to wake up the bosses in New Delhi and save Munnar.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Daniel Beltra has been covering the oil spill in the  Gulf of Mexico throughout the 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 at El Mundo click HERE
iLCP Fellow Tim Laman is featured in the June issue of National  Geographic. In
November 2008, Tim joined the second Conservation International RAP (Rapid Assessment Program) to the Foja Mountains. He
photographed a multitude of different species from the critically
endangered golden-mantled tree kangaroo to species of frogs previously unknown to science. The
Foja Mountains is an important area for conservation in New Guinea.
For more info click HERE
Tim also has a photo essay on mangroves in the Nature Conservancy magazine's summer issue. It addresses the different aspects of the
mangroves showing this amazing world between land and sea.
For more info click HERE
This month's issue of BBC Wildlife features a spread on jackals by iLCP  Fellow Suzi Eszterhas.
For more info click HERE
The May issue of Africa Geographic magazine features a story on tiger
 sharks photographed by iLCP Fellow and Save our Seas Chief Photographer
Thomas P. Peschak. Photographed over three seasons at the Aliwal Shoal
Marine Protected Area off South Africa's East Coast, the images reveal
a gentler side to this often misunderstood marine apex predator. The
tiger sharks of Aliwal Shoal sustain a multi-million dollar eco-tourism
industry, yet every year many sharks die in gill nets (shark nets) set
out to 'protect' bathing beaches.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Brian Skerry's TED Talk from the recent Mission Blue trip  with Sylvia Earle can now be seen on-line, and he was recently interviewed on NBC's Today Show!
For more info click HERE
To see Brian's interview on Today, click HERE
iLCP Fellow Amy Gulick continues her outreach for the Tongass National Forest of Alaska. Gulick is on a national speaking tour to call
attention to this rare coastal temperate rain forest, giving
presentations in Seattle, Chicago, Portland, Juneau, and Washington DC.
Her book "Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest"
has garnered significant media attention.
To read about it in the Seattle Times click HERE
To read about it in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner click HERE
To read about it on ESPN click HERE
Expanding his coverage of Europe's wild forests, iLCP Associate  Markus Mauthe was recently in
the Virgin Komi Forest. Nestled in the Ural Mountains, this forest of fir, spruce, and larch, featuring rich Siberian biodiversity is the very first World Heritage Site in Russia. At over three million hectares, this pristine woodlands provided ample opportunities to make
stunning photographsof this amazing landscape. Despite being formally protected within Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve and Yugyd Va National Park, pressures to develop gold reserves are a constant threat, necessitating vigilance and public education.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Associate Chris
Linder will be returning to the Siberian Arctic this summer to continue
his project documenting climate change science in the Kolyma River
watershed. Over 3 Gigatons of carbon are stored in arctic permafrost
soils--that's three billion tons, or 1.5 trillion cubic meters in gaseous carbon dioxide volume, enough to double the amount in the atmosphere.
As the climate warms, the permafrost is thawing. Microbes are consuming
this newly available carbon and exhaling greenhouse gases. Linder will
be producing a series of educational multimedia videos for the Woods
Hole Research Center about permafrost and research on Siberia's "carbon
bomb."
For more info click HERE
Melissa Ryan, photo editor for Nature Conservancy Magazine, is teaming up with iLCP Associate Bridget Besaw to teach a Conservation
Photojournalism workshop at Maine Media Workshop, Sept 19-25, 2010.
This is a unique opportunity to not only improve photographic
technique, but also to learn to conceptualize and implement large-scale
photography partnerships with conservation organizations. For more
info, please see MMW class description online or email Melissa Ryan: mryan@tnc.org.
for more info click HERE
The
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna are one of the most majestic fish in the ocean -
unfortunately it is also one of the most threatened species with
populations on the brink of collapse.
iLCP Emerging League photographer Keith Ellenbogen spent two months on an
expedition in the Mediterranean Sea photographing the Atlantic Bluefin. He was recently interviewed by Discover Magazine to describe his
first hand experiences.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League photographer Ińaki Relanzon is again working in Madagascar on a long term project, a
mission with CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL and other NGO's like FANAMBY
and DURRELL trust. This initiative, centered around the critically endangered wildlife of Madagascar, began in 2007 and will most likely conclude in 2011.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League photographer Krista Schlyer has returned from  covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with Defenders of Wildlife, and has been updating the blog.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League photographer Gerrit Vyn is posting photos to his blog while on
a video assignment to document the effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League photographer Daisy Gilardini's interview for  the new Manfrotto School of Excellence webpage is on now online.
The new platform is a free resource for anyone who wants to learn more
about photography. The School will feature web, video and editorial
tutorials and live chat with some of the world's best photographers,
plus regular blog posts and photography features.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Emerging League photographer Joe Riis was interviewed in the Summer issue of
National Parks magazine concerning his work using camera traps to
document threats to pronghorn antelope migration in and around Grand Teton
National Park. Last year, Joe applied the technique on the iLCP Flathead RAVE in British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to Glacier
National Park.
For more info click HERE
The latest edition of Digital Photographer Magazine (UK) features an
 extensive and informative article on macro photography written by
renowned macro expert Paul Harcourt Davies. iLCP Affiliate Clay Bolt was honored to be one
of the featured macro shooters to be interviewed and quoted several
times in the piece.
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
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UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITS
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| The world's most renowned outdoor and adventure photographers will
share their art and their passion at Telluride's inaugural Photo
Festival September 20 - 26, 2010. The weeklong event, geared toward
professional and experienced amateur photographers, features
photography workshops, seminars, symposia, portfolio reviews, and
exhibits. Workshops will be conducted by iLCP Fellows Jack Dykinga,
Robert Glenn Ketchum, Wendy Shatil, and Bob Rozinski. iLCP President,
Cristina Mittermeier will be speaking at the festival, and an iLCP RAVE
Retrospective exhibit will be on display. Receive a 10% discount off
workshops and passes until August 1.
For more info click HERE
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 Frans Lanting's studio in Santa Cruz, California is preparing to host its first-ever FALL Workshops.
There are still a few spots available for the 2010 Fall Workshops. There
are two workshops available to help teach and inspire nature
photographers at every level. It is a rare opportunity to work with one
of the world's foremost nature photographers in the awe-inspiring
setting of the Monterey Bay Area.
For more info click HERE
iLCP Fellow Tui De Roy announces GALAPAGOS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP CRUISE Tui has just returned from the Galapagos Islands, where she was  shooting some new material and lecturing on her three classic Galapagos
books - Preserving Darwin's Legacy, Islands Born of Fire, and Wild Portraits - increasingly regarded as the three pillars of
information for the conservation-minded visitor. She has also made
arrangements to lead a special photography group on an extended 15-day
itinerary in May-June next year. This is her all-time favorite season
in Galapagos, when all of the wildlife is revitalized, as the cool
upwellings return to fire up their breeding fervor. Contact or phone
1-800-969-9014 For more info click HERE
The Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography in Canton, Ohio, will be
 hosting iLCP Fellow Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge exhibit July 2-October 1, 2010. Art
will be town on July 16th for a luncheon, keynote speech at Malone
University, and book signing. 'Travels' is a companion collection to
the critically acclaimed public television series.
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.
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!
In May, Ketchum and Robert Kennedy, Jr. presented a No Pebble MIne
campaign to an audience of Natural Resources Defense Council's friends
and guests. Ketchum's exhibit about the Bristol Bay/Pebble mine is
still up at G2 Gallery in Venice (CA) where Ketchum lectured in June. Ketchum and Joel Reynolds, lead attorney for NRDC, will present
again on July 1st at the new Annenberg Space for Photography.
For more information, and to follow issues related
to the No Pebble Mine campaign click HERE.
The G2 Gallery in Venice is an excellent display space and a good friend to 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 photographer and the project's manager.
For more info click HERE
Montreal receives a big photo event this summer about Nature
 Photography with Etat Sauvage, the second edition. Seventy pictures by iLCP Associate Vincent Munier will be
exhibited on his favorite subject: White Nature, animals in
snow.
June 25th until September 6th, 2010.
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 Associate 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
Images for Conservation Fund will announce the winners of the  2010
Borderlands of Laredo Texas Pro-Tour. Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 11:00
AM at the La Posada Hotel in Laredo, Texas.
$180,000 in prize money will be awarded to the winning teams. 20
professional photographers representing 5 countries were teamed with 20
ranches in the Borderlands region in a blind drawing. The mission was
to document during the 30 days of April each ranches biodiversity and
submit a winning portfolio of 75 images in 5 divisions.
The prize money is divided equally between the photographer and
landowner. 1st Grand Prize will win money, but the team will also win a
bronze, complete with natural setting and camera, The William Henry
Jackson Award.
For more info click HERE
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BOOKS!
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| iLCP Fellow Brian Skerry's new children's book Manatees is out!
For more info click HERE
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
Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest by iLCP
Fellow  Amy Gulick won a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award -- a
silver medal in the Nature, Ecology and Environment category. Gulick's
stunning photographs, together with essays from noted authors including
Carl Safina and Douglas Chadwick, portray a hopeful story of the
Tongass, one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, and a place where trees
grow salmon and salmon grow trees.
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 photographer 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 photographer 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 frigate birds. Written by authoritative PhD's Roxanna
Torres and Hugh Drummond from the Ecology Institute of the National
Autonomous University of Mexico, it tells the stories of the different
species that inhabit this volcanic area, its behavior, 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 content 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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Launch of IUCN-Reuters-COMplus Environmental Media Awards 2010IUCN
(International Union for Conservation of Nature), Thomson Reuters
Foundation and COMplus are launching the 2010 Media Awards, a worldwide
competition aimed at raising global awareness of environmental and
sustainable development issues, by encouraging the highest standards in
environmental reporting worldwide. The awards,
co-funded by IUCN and the COMplus Alliance of Communicators for
Sustainable Development, are aimed at journalists working in print and
online media. They are invited to submit entries to the 2010
IUCN-Reuters-COMplus Media Awards. Winners will be selected by a panel
of environmental and media experts. US$5,000 cash prize for global winner Six
regional winners will be awarded a cash prize of $500 each. The global
winner of the 2010 IUCN-Reuters-COMplus Environmental Media Award will
be selected from the regional winners and will receive a cash prize of
$5,000 as well as a travel grant to attend the award ceremony to be
held at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity in October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The six
regions considered are: Latin America; North America, including the
Caribbean and Oceania; Europe; Asia, including the Middle East;
English-speaking Africa; and French-speaking Africa. Candidates
may submit one article only, which must have been published between 11
June 2008 and 31 July 2010. Entries written in a language other than
English, French or Spanish must be accompanied by a translation. The deadline for entries is 31 July 2010. More information and application forms can be found on the Reuters Foundation website and the IUCN website The Art Of Photography Contest Presented By Sony - Enter Now!
Enter the Art of Photography Photo Contest presented by Sony  for your
chance to win a Sony DSLR camera, and get published in Outdoor
Photographer or Digital Photo! Go to the website to see video tips from elite Sony Artisans Andy Katz,
David McLain, Cristina Mittermeier and Brian Smith on how to take your
best photos. Submit up to 5 images in each of the following themes: · Action Storytelling · Conservation in Focus · Environmental Portraits · Light is The Subject Get started now! Entry deadline is September 21, 2010. For more info 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 use of each 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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