A Fellow is a working photographer with a demonstrable, sustained involvement in conservation. A Fellow must be involved in projects that model ILCP objectives and mission. The Executive Committee is charged with selecting new Fellows from the existing pool of Associates twice a year. Fellow members are eligible to vote, hold office and serve on elective/appointed committees. A Fellow pays a yearly membership fee to support the organization.

An Associate Fellow is a photographer who is interested in conservation photography and has the potential to become a Fellow. Associates are nominated by Fellows and contribute in a number of ways to help support the ILCP. Associates may serve on committees and submit photographs for consideration to projects. The Executive Committee will look at the pool of Associates twice a year to determine if any of them should be inducted as a Fellow.

This exclusive group is comprised of philanthropists and photographers working for conservation. Acting as advocates, ambassadors, and advisors, this group is charged with building relationships that will result in increased broad-based support for, and awareness of, the power of photography and the activities of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

An Honorary Member is a photographer who is either deceased or retired, whose contributions to the understanding of the natural world helped to blaze the way for the discipline of conservation photography. The following people were nominated by iLCP members and approved by the Executive Committee.