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Wildlife Photographer Shoot winter landscapes of the Year 2010 – see the winners! Outdoor© Bridgena Barnard OP Xmas PHOTOGRAPHY QUIZ Get out there & live the picture test your photography knowledge, and win! great locations to shoot this Christmas Meet Magnum legend Stuart Franklin Most influential 40nature photographers We reveal the real conservation movers and shakers CHRISTMAS 2010 ISSUE 134 £3.95 A photogrAphers' institute press magAzine Judy tests 22 sony A390 1 3 photographers’ five pocket pip Is this camera better institute press 22 9 771470 540068 multi-tools than a top-end compact? www.thegmcgroup.com © FLORIAN SCHULZ © FLORIAN Most influential NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS OP has selected the top 40 nature photographers from around the globe who go the extra mile to use their images and time to help highlight (and even fix) some of the most pressing environmental and conservation issues Christmas 2010 Outdoor Photography 61 40 most influential... [In no particular order] Xi Zhinong China paul nicklen Canada David Doubilet USA September 2010 issue. I am 1 2 5 currently on assignment ■ Influence Considered one of the leading ■ Influence Raised in the Canadian Arctic, Paul has ■ Influence A Contributing Photographer in photographing artificial reefs environmentalists in China, in the last 20 years Xi has produced ten features for National Geographic magazine, is Residence for National Geographic, David has for NGS, and also working on tirelessly recorded the plight of China’s disappearing wilderness and wildlife, a Fellow of the ILCP, and has received five World Press Photo and three photographed over 65 features for the magazine, several book projects with the and used those images as a tool to promote the conservation of endangered Pictures of the Year awards. documenting the changing ecology of the UK publishers, Phaidon. wildlife and its habitat. He successfully initiated a campaign in 1996 to save ■ current projects I have recently been working on the ILCP Spirit Bear underwater world. His belief in the power of ■ MotIvatIon The seas are 70% of our planet, the endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, which Newsweek called ‘China’s R.A.V.E. in British Columbia, and been shooting an assignment in Greenland. photography to motivate stewardship of and full of complex light and extraordinary creatures, Budding Green Revolution’. He has also won the Gerald Durrell Endangered ■ MotIvatIon I cover charismatic, keystone species to get people to responsibility for the natural world led him to be and each dive is still a voyage of discovery. Species Award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. understand that if we lose these species then we will lose entire ecosystems. a Founding Member of the ILCP, and he has won Whether I photograph a coral reef, shark, shrimp ■ current projects The Wild China team and I are continuing to I am slowly evolving from being a strict photojournalist to being the Lennart Nilsson Award, which recognises or shipwreck, my goal is to make a graceful and document the endangered species of China. a conservation photographer, as we are running out of time on most extraordinary image makers in science. decisive image to convince the unconvinced what ■ MotIvatIon I will always work to invoke more public awareness of nature. environmental issues. ■ current projects There are international is at risk through over fishing and global climate chris packham www.wildchina.cn www.paulnicklen.com exhibitions in China and Singapore, while change. Our imagery is a window into nature for 7 I recently worked on a story entitled ‘Mysterious most of the world and compelling images can and UK travellers, a vanishing act: Freshwater eels’, which have made a difference. ■ Influence A wildlife nut ever was published in National Geographic in the www.daviddoubilet.com since he could crawl, Chris is now a wildlife photographer, television presenter and passionate conservation advocate. He is involved with many conservation and environmental organisations, including being president of The London Wildlife Trust and vice-president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. His TV progammes include Autumnwatch, and he is a member of the 2020VISION team. ■ current projects I'm working on a long running project producing portraits of Britain's birds of prey and owls. I'm also starting work on my 2020VISION project, which is very exciting. ■ MotIvatIon For me, the image is everything and needs to be as close to perfect as possible. So, Yann arthus Bertrand France Karl ammann Switzerland my approach is all about control over every aspect 3 4 of the picture making process – including post- ■ Influence A pioneer of aerial photography, in the 1990’s ■ Influence Karl is credited for bringing attention to the production. And the image has to be different, Yann, under the patronage of UNESCO, photographed the bushmeat crisis in Africa. His photos convinced the novel, original. I plan meticulously and stay Earth from above as a record of the world’s environment. The resulting book, European Parliament and over 20 African states to sign a proclamation focused on my projects. At the end of the day, The Earth from the Air, has sold over three million copies in 24 languages. against the slaughter of apes. In 2008, he was named by Time magazine as I want to reflect nature’s simple beauty. ■ current projects I am working on a big outdoor exhibition ‘Forests and one of their Heroes of the Environment. www.chrispackham.co.uk men’ for the 2011 International Year of Forests. I am a Goodwill Ambassador ■ current projects I just completed a film about the reptile skin trade and for the United Nations Environment Programme on Earth Day. an upcoming film will deal with zoos in Africa and their role in trafficking ■ MotIvatIon Today I consider myself more as an environmentalist than wildlife. I also recently completed a book, Elephant Reflections. 6 staffan a photographer. In 2005, I created the GoodPlanet Foundation, an NGO that ■ MotIvatIon Today, 90% of the life-supporting ecosystems are threatened Widstrand Sweden aims to raise public awareness of environmental protection and to bring and if there is no immediate action to deal with these threats the world of the concrete solutions to the Earth’s ecological crisis. nature wildlife photographer will shrink to just a few places. ■ Influence Staffan is widely www.yannarthusbertrand.org www.altitude-photo.com www.karlammann.com accepted as one of Europe’s most committed conservation photographers. He is a Founding Member of the Swedish Eco-tourism Association, co-founder of the Big Five Swedish National Carnivore Information Centre, a Founding Member of the ILCP and initiator of Sweden’s nature tourism quality label, Nature’s Best. He was also a driving force behind the major nature communication initiative Wild Wonders of Europe. ■ current projects Wild Wonders of Europe – the biggest photo-based nature conservation communication initiative in history. It just might develop into other ‘Wild Wonders of’ initiatives. ■ MotIvatIon Have fun. Work hard. Do good. Think bigger! www.staffanwidstrand.se © Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude www.wild-wonders.com 62 Outdoor Photography Christmas 2010 Christmas 2010 Outdoor Photography 63 40 most influential... 8 jack Dykinga 14 thomas peschak South Africa USA ■ Influence A former marine biologist, Thomas is the Chief Photographer of the Save our Seas Foundation. ■ Influence Jack is a Pulitzer A Fellow of the ILCP, he is a dedicated conservation photographer who has Prize-winning photographer and a Fellow of the spearheaded campaigns to proclaim marine reserves and end abalone ILCP. Recognised for his large format landscape poaching and illegal shark fishing. work, Jack serves on the board of the Sonoran ■ current projects I specialise in marine conservation photography and National Park project, aiming to create a new am currently pursuing projects on Arabia’s seas, shark/manta ray fisheries and bi-National Park on the Arizona/Sonora, southern Africa’s marine reserves. Mexico border. ■ MotIvatIon Whether you want to motivate governments to proclaim new ■ current projects Four other photographers protected areas or expose environmentally destructive activities, and I became the first ever R.A.V.E. (Rapid Kevin schafer 11 photography is the most powerful weapon in the conservation arsenal. Assessment Visual Expedition) for the ILCP, to USA www.thomaspeschak.com www.saveourseas.com document the El Triunfo cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico, drawing attention to the threatened ■ Influence A Founding habitat there. Fellow of the ILCP, Kevin spent two years ■ MotIvatIon I blend large format landscape art documenting threatened eco-regions for the 13 Michael ‘nick’ nichols USA photography with documentary photojournalism. World Wildlife Fund and works closely with ■ Influence Dubbed the ‘Indiana Jones of photography’ by My work is driven by my passionate advocacy for conservation NGOs, including the Nature Paris Match, ‘Nick’ is Editor at Large for National Geographic preservation of the natural world, preserving the Conservancy, on three continents. In 2007, he was and one of the most innovative nature photographers of his wilderness through appreciation. voted the North American Nature Photographer generation. His groundbreaking photo-documentary, Megatransect aided the www.dykinga.com Association Outstanding Photographer of the Year. creation of a network of new national parks in Gabon. ■ current projects I have been covering the ■ current projects I’m just finishing an elephant book on the David 25 Most Endangered Primates on Earth as part of Sheldrick Wildlife Trust orphans project; the most passionate, caring, well-run chris Weston UK been for my images to make a difference. I look for my Empty Ark project. 9 project I have ever had the privilege to document. conservation-led stories about wildlife, and use ■ MotIvatIon I have dedicated myself to telling ■ Influence Chris worked on ■ MotIvatIon I use my visual voice and the global audience of National photography to tell those stories.
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