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Gateway to Conservation: 2007 Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest
This follow up article is based on my experiences in the 2007 Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest, the world’s third richest photo contest. A now all-digital contest, there are other noteworthy changes...
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A Conversation with Derrick Jensen
Author’s note: In November 2007, I had the good fortune to talk with controversial writer and environmental activist Derrick Jensen. During our conversation I asked Derrick a number of questions...
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Rethinking Smokey Bear
Going against a legend can be an uphill battle. In this case, the legend is the character in one of the most successful propaganda campaigns in our nation’s history. Conducting a prescribed burn...
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Disclosure and Truthfulness in Conservation Photography, a Photojournalism...
Photography is a critical element in the conservation toolbox. It allows conservationists to cut across the boundaries of illiteracy and indifference that isolate people from our fundamental kinship...
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Fine Art Photography vs. Documentary Photojournalism
If you own the unrestricted rights to a wildlife image, then by simple definition, that image is yours to alter, modify and display as you see fit. It is your right to express yourself through...
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Point of View: Game Farm Photography
Game Farm photography is not an issue that is broadly understood. Imagine genetically wild animals born in captivity, incarcerated for life, only to be paroled and paraded for profit, and you have the...
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Point of View: Can Photographing Wildlife Models Make Conservation Sense?
Last year I attended the annual NANPA (North American Nature Photography Association) summit where one of the breakout sessions was concerned with “The Ethics of Subject Welfare: Animals, People, and...
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A Conversation with Derrick Jensen (Part 2)
Editor’s note: This is the second and final installment of a two part interview with controversial writer and environmental activist Derrick Jensen (see part one). Author Carl Donohue spoke with...
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Scenes from Louisiana, the BP Oil Disaster Part I
On April 19, 2010 I, like most people, had never heard of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. All that changed a day later when it exploded and killed eleven men, eventually sinking to the bottom of the...
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Scenes from Louisiana, the BP Oil Disaster Part II
After making a one week trip to Louisiana July from 24 to August 1 to document the PB oil disaster it soon became clear to me I would need to return for a follow-up visit. With much of the major media...
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Life Without Ice: How Climate Change Affects Polar Bears
Compared to decades ago, the polar bear has rebounded from half a century of concentrated aerial trophy hunting that decimated their population for much of the 1900s. When this heinous activity was...
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