Miguel Angel de la Cueva (Mexico) The work of photographer Miguel Ángel de la Cueva focuses on the natural and cultural heritage of desert environments. His documentary work has received the Young Creator Emeritus Award from the National Council for the Arts in his native Mexico and has twice been awarded the council’s Heritage Dispersal grant. His latest book, Oasis of Stone, a photographic representation of Baja California’s deserts with texts by Bruce Berger, won a Silver Medal in the “Nature” category at The Foreword Book of the Year Awards in Expo Book America 2007, and was named “Pick of the Year” by Geotimes Magazine. Founder of Planeta Península A.C., an NGO focusing on the dissemination of information and the conservation of Baja California’s natural and cultural heritage. www.planetapeninsula.org
His ongoing project “Aridoamerica” is an iniciative to promote Geotourism and sustainable use of the American Continent drylands.

Miguel Angel's Website

Murray Cooper (South Africa)

From the age of 25 years, Murray has dedicated his entire focus to conservation. He spent eleven years (starting in 1991) founding the 6 400 Ha (21 000 Acre) Los Cedros Biological Reserve , which forms a critically important buffer-zone to the last remnants of Ecuador’s Choco Rainforest.
His photographic career began in 1996, as a means to make his conservation work more effective - initially for fund-raising and awareness presentations, and eventually to get articles published in international media. His photography was part-time, with conservation my main focus. He is also involved in fund-raising through International Foundations and development of the Management Plan for Ecuador's Protected Forest status.

Ben Horton (USA) Recipient of the National Geographic Society’s first Young Explorer grant for research he recently completed on Cocos Island involving shark poachers, Ben is a photographer and an adventurer who is motivated by travel the outdoors and a desire to make a difference for his generation. Ben splits his time between Colorado and the rest of the world. Ben earns a living shooting fashion and advertising images, and uses his income to work on conservation projects around the world. National Geographic Adventure Blog

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Chris Linder (USA) - Chris Linder is a conservation photographer focused on communicating the stories of scientific research in the field. His images capture people working and playing in extreme environments, from penguin scientists in Antarctica to indigenous reindeer herders in Siberia. His background as an oceanographer gives him a special insight into documenting scientific fieldwork. He has spent over a year of his life at sea on research ships, with over half of that time spent in the Arctic Ocean.

Linder was recently awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to document polar research during the 2007-2009 International Polar Year. His stories and images have appeared in international magazines, including Geo (Germany), Vision (China), Outdoor Photographer, and Wired. His first book, The Photographer's Guide to Cape Cod and the Islands (Countryman Press) was published in June 2007. A solo exhibition of his photographs, titled “Exploring the Arctic Seafloor” is currently touring natural history and science museums. ILCP Dispatches from the Field

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Ian Chase Nichols (USA) - Upon graduation from the University of Virginia in 2005, Ian applied for a grant to photograph "naive chimps" at a research site in Congo where he spent a year photographing undocumented "tool use". This lead to an assignment with National Geographic Magazine photographing Lowland Gorillas. He is now finishing the project on chimpanzees in Congo and the new research they have produced. Ian's work ranges from documenting chimps in Congo to grassroots political events in Washington DC. His intention is to capture authentic moments that inspire awareness in others and foster positive change in our world.

Todd Pusser

Today, Todd is currently documenting the incredible diversity of small cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) around the world and the environmental impacts facing their populations. “Save the Whales” was the rallying cry of the entire world in the 1960s and 70s that led to a ban on commercial whaling and prevented the certain extinction of species such as the humpback and blue whale. . Today, with many of the large whale populations on the increase, it is the smaller, poorly known members of the whale and dolphin family that are facing the greatest threats from humanity.

Todd is represented by Nature Picture Library- Find his images HERE!

Inaki Relanzón (Spain) - Inaki is a young Spanish photographer who has been working on conservation issues in places like Madagascar and who has taken a leadership role in defyning ethical guidelines for image manipulation.

Inaki is represented by Nature Picture Library- Find his images HERE! and by Auscape - Find more images here!

Ian Shive (USA)- With an approach and eye towards conservation, Shive is also proud to work regularly with groups such as the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), The Nature Conservancy and The Sierra Club. His relentless pursuit of stunning photography has taken him to the far corners of the earth -- from the canopy of Malaysia’s rainforests to the underwater ecosystems of the Channel Islands in California.

Time Magazine (July 14th issue)

National Parks Magazine - Summer 2008

Jed Weingarten (USA)

In my work as a guide, kayaker, and photographer, I have watched those changes taking place before my eyes in a very real way. The glaciers in NW Yunnan, China, grow visibly smaller year by year. Beautiful rivers supporting bio-diversity and offering amazing recreational opportunities are being dammed in countries ranging from Canada to China. Because cultures are a product of the environment in which they develop, the environmental changes lead to cultural changes, too. The last of the tattoo-faced Dulong women will soon join their ancestors in the spirit realm. And the fishermen who once plied the Yangtze will soon have a reservoir instead of a river.