Carlton Ward Jr. is an environmental photojournalist from Clearwater, Florida. Carlton's passion for nature was born from the Florida landscape, where eight generations of family history have anchored his perspective. Through his photographs, he aims to promote the conservation of natural environments and cultural legacies.

For his first book, The Edge of Africa, Carlton spent eight months in the tropical rain forests of Gabon, documenting the unseen wonders of life at the edge of the African continent.

In 2004, Carlton founded the Legacy Institute for Nature & Culture (LINC), a non-profit organization for conservation communications. Carlton is also a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) and wrote Conservation Photography, the first thesis on the emerging field.

His 2009 Book, Florida Cowboys, won a silver medal in the Florida Book Awards and Popular Photography Magazine featured him as one of three photographers working to save vanishing America.

Working with a team of conservationists, Carlton founded the Florida Wildlife Corridor initiative on Earth Day 2010 with the intention of connecting landscapes between the Everglades and Georgia. With a goal to cover 1000 miles in 100 days, The Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition is set to begin on January 17, 2012.