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The Nature of Hope: 90 Prints in Honor of Jane Goodall

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  • Dusk Bloom<br />
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How will we as a species adapt to rising water levels, to a changed climate, to a less inhabitable planet? We are often reminded that we are at a tipping point. Prompting the surreal experience of living in a sense of dire alarm whilst continuing the routine of daily life.

How do we reconcile that we are living in an ecosystem so out of balance, and how as individuals can we make choices and actions to try to right that balance.<br />
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How to evolve with so little time.<br />
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This work “Dusk Bloom” depicts a young woman positioned as a blooming night flower, up-ended, with her head in the sand. Not yet drowned, still surviving in the shallows of the rising waters.<br />
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Living through this time of environmental devastation I try to depict moments of beauty in my work, whilst commenting on my deeper fears and concerns. This work comments on the pervasive “head in the sand” mentality, borne of feeling utterly powerless in the face of the enormous challenges we face as a species.<br />
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Represented by Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin<br />
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Tamara Dean is a critically acclaimed photo media artist working in photography, installation and moving image. Dean’s practice explores the relationship between humans and the environment.<br />
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Follow Tamara on Instagram @tamaradean.
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  • When the unpredictability of nature and its fleeting beauty combine to create total awe. All day, wild winds had swept through the valley as a blanket of thick clouds remained tucked tightly over New Zealand’s highest peak, Mount Cook/Aoraki. Crossing my fingers and toes the gusty conditions would eventually help sweep the cloud cover away at sunset, I hiked to a viewpoint and sat to watch and wait as light fell. Darkness crept in quickly though, and with no glimpse in sight, I decided to hike back down, getting only 100m along before a pink glow suddenly stopped me in my tracks and I turned to see this scene being revealed. While it felt like slow motion and included a quick happy dance, I’ve never opened my camera bag as quickly as I did at that moment. This brief window of intense pastel tones appeared for no more than three minutes before clouds rolled back through and the peak was tucked in again for the night ahead.<br />
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It’s moments like this that make me feel alive behind the camera, making any hour spent waiting, so completely worth it to witness the beauty of nature. <br />
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Lisa Michele Burns is an Australian photographer, editor of The Wandering Lens, and OM SYSTEM ambassador. Her work covers glaciers, deserts, and regions of climatic significance alongside wildlife, writing travel guides, and mentoring fellow travel photographers via Travel Photography Courses.
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  • From the series Barn Owl Studies. <br />
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Print size 30” x 20” on 34” x 24” paper<br />
Edition of 12<br />
Archival pigments on cotton paper<br />
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My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family's land in the United Kingdom as far as I can remember. I have heard them calling to each other at night.<br />
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One evening at dusk, walking back from the firs, a barn owl flew straight towards me. I felt a breeze from the vast wing span on my forehead as it floated above, nearly grazing me, enormous and intense; a white apparition in the diminishing light.<br />
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I stood there astonished, thinking of this mysterious creature with a reverence for their mastery and confidence, about a life I will never comprehend - mystical, terrifying, bloody and splendid.<br />
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I interpreted this chance encounter as an invitation to understand these birds on a deeper level.<br />
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Since 1999, Beth Moon’s work has appeared in more than eighty solo and group exhibitions worldwide, receiving critical acclaim in major fine art publications internationally.<br />
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Follow Beth on Instagram @bethmoonphotography.
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  • In the Namib Sand Sea, the tallest dunes tower into the sky, their colors shifting with the sun. From above, the dunes bear resemblance to the female form, bringing to mind our relationship to the natural environment and its magnetic pull on the human subconscious.<br />
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Brooke Holm is a photographer and explorer based in Brooklyn, NY. In her work, she studies the elemental features of the Earth through detailed environmental portraits. By disrupting the scale and perspective at which we have been accustomed to consuming our planet, she examines the false dichotomy between humans and nature and seeks a more accurate representation of co-existence.<br />
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Follow Brooke on Instagram @brookeholm.
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  • Known as Martian mountains in Iran, this area is just like its name. Very pretty when the light condition is right.<br />
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Callie Chee has been featured by Nat Geo, CNN, BBC and is known for capturing & exploring world’s unusual locations. <br />
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Follow Callie on Instagram @calliecheephotography.
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  • Silent as a ghost, the polar bear walks along the frozen shoreline, its eyes scanning the horizon for any signs of life. The light reflects behind him on the thin September ice, winter is on its way. The air starts to get crispy, the light is about to change. And the king of the arctic is hunting, hunting for life.<br />
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The goal of Melissa Schäfer is to capture images of places where humanity’s impact is almost imperceptible. She believes that it is our duty to maintain the wondrous landscapes and biodiversity that we inherited, keeping them intact for the next generation. Her hope is that her photos will remind people of the importance of nature and inspire them to advocate for its conservation.<br />
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Follow Melissa on Instagram @melissa_schaefer.
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  • Wedding Dress Salt, 2023.<br />
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Scarlett Hooft Graafland has described using landscape as a stage for a performance or installation. Her carefully choreographed, site-specific sculptural interventions and performances take place in some of the most remote corners of the earth.<br />
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She had solo shows at Fotografiska, the photo museum in Stockholm, the museum of Photography in Seoul, South Korea, Huis Marseille, museum of Photography in Amsterdam.<br />
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Follow Scarlett on Instargram @scarletthooftgraafland.
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  • Watching polar bears spar is one of the highlights of observing bears in fall in northern Manitoba. <br />
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Nestled on the shore of the Hudson Bay, Churchill, sits on the annual migration path of the polar bears, when they transition from land to sea.<br />
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It’s the largest known concentration of polar bears in the world. Young sub-adults and adults often spend their time sparring or play-fighting.<br />
Scientists have various explanations for this behaviour. It reinforces relationships and helps establish a hierarchy, provides practice for real future fights over potential mates, and helps them get into shape for the coming seal hunting season.<br />
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Daisy Gilardini is a conservation photographer who specializes in the Polar Regions, with a particular emphasis on Antarctic wildlife and North American bears. <br />
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She is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a fellow of the Explorers Club, Greenpeace Antarctic Ambassador and Canadian Geographic photographer in residence. <br />
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Follow Daisy on Instagram @daisygilardini.
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  • Qimmit, Savissivik, North West Greenland, 2018<br />
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From the series Piniartoq, a collaboration with polar scientist Dr. Kristin Laidre and<br />
science writer Susan McGrath.<br />
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Limited Edition Archival Pigment Prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth paper<br />
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Inuit hunters in North West Greenland still travel by dog sleds in winter. Hunting seal, walrus, and other Arctic animals is still a vital part of life there and a main source of food for many households. <br />
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Tiina Itkonen, a photographer from Finland, has been documenting Greenland and its inhabitants for thirty years. She has traveled more than 1,500 kilometres along the west coast of Greenland by dogsled, fishing scow, sailboat, oil tanker, cargo ship, helicopter and small plane. Since 2017 she has been documenting the traditional life of the Inuit hunters and their families and collaborated on this project with American polar scientist Dr. Kristin Laidre and science writer Susan McGrath.<br />
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Itkonen has been exhibiting internationally since 2004 and has published two books of photographs. Her works are featured in collections including NYPL, Anchorage Museum, Moderna Museet, DZ-Bank Collection, as well as numerous private collections throughout Europe, USA and Asia. Itkonen was awarded Finnish State Prize for Photographic Art in 2019.<br />
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Itkonen is part of the exhibition “The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History” at the New York Public Library until 13 July 2024.<br />
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Follow Tiina on Instagram @tiinaitkonen
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  • In her early days at Gombe, Dr. Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. She took this photo of herself with a camera fastened to a tree branch.<br />
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This photo is available hand signed by Dr. Jane Goodall herself, as well as without a signature.<br />
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Says Dr. Goodall, "I was really excited to see that that photo of me looking out at the valley at Gombe with my trusty lightweight telescope was chosen. It was taken in, I think, 1962. I was on my own, very high up in the hills and I thought what a great photo this would make."<br />
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"I had to find a place where there was a tree that was just right for balancing the camera. I had to set up the tripod and fiddle about until I had the tripod and the imagined image of me framed just right. That was in the days before digital so I had to wait a long time before I got the results back from National Geographic. I was pretty proud of myself. I love that picture." <br />
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Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and UN Messenger of Peace, is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world.<br />
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This photograph is available both unsigned and signed by Dr. Jane Goodall.
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  • Hua Yan (Pretty Girl), a two-year-old female, is one of the world's most endangered animals. She was released into the wild after being born in captivity at the Wolong Nature Reserve managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, China. And as she trundled off into the wild, she took hope for her entire species with her.<br />
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The slow and steady incline in the population of Giant Pandas is a testament to the perseverance of conservationists. China may be on its way to successfully saving its most famous ambassador and in the process put the wild back into an icon.<br />
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National Geographic Magazine photographer and filmmaker Ami Vitale spent three years working on a story about the slow and steady incline in the population of Giant Pandas in China.
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  • Snow Geese Blast Off From a Pond in Kearney, Nebraska: Artistic Rendition with a Nod to Escher.<br />
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Melissa Groo is a wildlife conservation photographer and writer. She’s passionate about conveying the marvels of the natural world to diverse audiences. She’s a Sony Artisan of Imagery and an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers.  <br />
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Follow Melissa on Instagram @melissagroo.
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  • This is Rajan. A 66-year-old Asian elephant and he is the last of his kind. Brought to the Andaman Islands for logging in the 1950s, he and a small group of 10 elephants were brutally forced to learn how to swim in the ocean to bring the logged trees to nearby boats and then eventually swim on to the next island. When logging became banned in 2002, Rajan was out of a job. He lived out his days in harmony among the giant trees he used to haul in India's Andaman Archipelago. Rajan was the last of this group to survive until his death in 2016. <br />
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This image is from the artist's series "The Last of His Kind”.<br />
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An award-winning photographer, Jody MacDonald is no stranger to adventure and exploration in the last untamed corners of the planet. <br />
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Follow Jody on Instagram @jodymacdonaldphoto.
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  • This is Barney. It was the first known sighting of this Spirit bear within the Great Bear Rainforest. The tide was low, he had climbed down a steep mountain to eat the barnacles off the rocky shoreline. He was as interested in us as we were of him.<br />
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For over 38 years Michelle Valberg's, has chronicled significant moments that convey national and international impact – from portraits and landscapes to her conservation work documenting numerous wildlife species at risk. Known for her unique ability to create relatable images of unimaginable landscapes and wild creatures, Valberg finds art in all of nature’s most intimate moments. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2022 and won the wildlife gold medal at the World Photographic Cup in Rome.<br />
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Follow Michelle on Instragram @michellevalbergphotography.
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  • Giraffes. <br />
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Marina Cano is a Spanish wildlife photographer, with more than 25 years of photographic experience and international prestige, of which 20 have been dedicated to nature photography, where she has got extraordinary recognition in this field. In love with the African continent and committed to its conservation, she collaborates with different associations that protect and preserve threatened species.<br />
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Follow Marina on instagram @marinacano.
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  • While filming for The Way of the Cheetah we spotted one of the more adventurous of the four cheetah cubs playing on the branches of a tree, almost completely camouflaged by the leaves around it.<br />
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Beverly Joubert is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. She has specialised in African photography for nearly 35 years, with images in a dozen or more National Geographic Magazines, in more than12 books, and thousands of articles around the world. Together with her husband Dereck Joubert, their mission is the conservation and understanding of the large predators and other key wildlife species that determine the course of all conservation in Africa.<br />
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Follow Beverly on instagram @beverlyjoubert
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  • A Juvenile humpback whale photographed post breach. Tonga, Vava’u 2014<br />
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One of my most memorable moments in nature happened on the very first day of swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, Vava’u. A baby humpback whale breached just metres away from us and the force of the water pushed us away and covered us in thousands of tiny bubbles. It was special to be able to experience nature in this way. <br />
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Young calves are often seen breaching and displaying similar behaviours to their mums - they play and imitate while they learn how to navigate the ocean. For the first year of the calf’s life, mum will always be close while at the same time allowing the young calf to explore its new environment.<br />
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The Humpback whale is a gentle and aware creature that can be incredibly accepting of our presence in their own vulnerable environment.<br />
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Michaela Skovranova is an Australia-based artist working in the field of photography and film. Michaela's work has focused on capturing intimate environmental and human stories - from documenting coral reefs and Great Barrier Reef restoration for National Geographic, The Great Australian Bight for Greenpeace and the aftermath of Australian Bushfires for TIME Magazine. She completed the first-ever Facebook underwater live video in Australia on World Ocean's Day 2018, as part of National Geographic Australia' Planet or Plastic' campaign focusing on the impact plastic has on the marine ecosystem.<br />
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Follow Michaela on Instagram @mishkusk
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  • Off the coast of Montague Island is one of Australia's largest colonies of fur seals. Often nicknamed the labradors of the sea, I can assure you that this was one of the best days I've ever had in the water as their curiosity and playfulness often had me returning to the surface in laughter and utter joy to share the sea with them that morning.<br />
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Australian photographer Krystle Wright specializes in documenting adventure and extreme environments. She is currently featured on the National Geographic series ‘Photographer’ airing on Disney+.<br />
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Follow Krystle on Instagram @krystlejwright.
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  • Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) in Galapagos, Ecuador. <br />
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Tui De Roy is a world renown wildlife photographer and author based in the Galapagos Islands, but travelling widely under the moto "Images of wildlife and wilderness from our planet's most pristine, uninhabited regions”. With over 20 published books, her work has appeared in more than 40 countries.<br />
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Follow De Roy on Instagram @tuigalapagos.
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  • A young horseback rider in Mongolia. <br />
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Chiara Goia is a photographer whose work is spanning from documentary editorial to commercial, while always keeping focus on her personal work and artistic research. <br />
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Follow Chiara on instagram @chiaragoia.
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  • Brenda and her mother are Aymara Pollera women from La Paz.<br />
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Brenda started skateboarding 6 years ago and felt that this activity could give her direction, something to learn that would stimulate her to drop her fears and get out of her comfort zone. She says - ""It makes me feel capable because I can break my own limits and I can dare to do things that I have never thought about, and like this, I can get over my daily fear."" She is a member of Imilla Skate group. The word Imilla means “young girl” in Aymara and Quechua, the most widely spoken Native languages. Their skirts, known as polleras, celebrate ties to their Indigenous ancestry.<br />
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Luisa Dörr (b. 1988, Brazil) uses portraiture to create narratives that explore the feminine human landscape. Her work has been exhibited widely and published in TIME, National Geographic, The New York Times, GEO, and others. She is currently working on long-term projects related to women and cultural traditions.<br />
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Follow Luisa on Instagram @luisadorr.
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