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Q&A with Graeme Green, founder of the New Big 5 project

Graeme Green is the initiator of the New Big Five campaign, launched to reinvent the way we celebrate wildlife. The idea focusses on shooting wildlife with a camera, not with a gun, which is how the original big five got their name.

Here he discusses the origins of the campaign, what the results were and the global response.

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Q&A with: Nick Compton, England cricketer turned photographer

Nick Compton is perhaps best known for playing test cricket for England but, having retired in his mid 30’s, now pursues a life as a fine art photographer.

Over the last few years he has visited Alaska, Uganda, India, South Africa and numerous other locations to work on his print collections, often returning with stunning results.

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Q&A with: Graeme Purdy, Sony World Photography Awards finalist

Graeme Purdy is a world renowned wildlife photographer driven by going the extra mile. His latest collection, Eight Feet, named so because that’s how far his camera was from each of his subjects, was a finalist in the Sony World Photography Awards and he tells more about his innovative work here

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Beavers Without Borders

Award winning film producer Nina Constable discussed her time creating ‘Beavers Without Borders’. A short film documenting the challenges faced in reintroducing beavers to Britain but also the vast rewards available to our eco-system should we do so.

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David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation: A Creative Collaboration

I am incredibly exited to announce a new creative collaboration for 2021 with David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. As an organisation I have long admired it is a real privilege to work with such a dedicated team, focussed on using art to generate vital funding and awareness for wildlife conservation.

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The Art of Survival: Fight, Protect, Engage

The CEO of David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Georgina Lamb, explains the organisations origins, founded by her late grandfather whom the charity is named after, and why artist collaborations are key to their success.

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Rain: A Blessing on Safari

Trying to get people to be enthusiastic about rain on their safari is tough. Having booked a holiday to Kenya they can be forgiven for expecting wall to wall sunshine all day long. Imagine their disappointment therefore, when not only does it pour with rain before they go out on an afternoon safari, but I appear in a pair of safari shorts that straddle the boundary of too short, with a big grin on my face announcing “thank God it’s raining”. Never has this statement or smile been returned, and I fear perhaps it never will. But here’s why I think my enthusiasm for rain should be reciprocated - and not just for the money saved on sun cream

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Following The Herds

There will never be a time like this again in the Masai Mara. Usually one of the most visited game reserves in the world, I have had moments of despair in the past as the animal to human ratio skews heavily in favour of two legged tourists. Now though, it is different. While so many are unable to travel, be it through government restrictions, confidence in travelling or inability to finance a previously planned trip, I have been incredibly fortunate to spend the last three months in the Mara.

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Man, woman or elephant: Does gender really matter in wildlife photography? 

Wildlife photography is widely regarded as one of the toughest industries to make a name for yourself in. While some seem to think the only entry level is holding a camera (these are the same people that clap when an aeroplane lands), there are a number of hurdles to jump over and land mines to dodge. But in an industry dominated by men, how much higher are these hurdles when you’re a woman?

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2020 Fundraising Update

This year has, admittedly, been a bit rubbish (this may be an understatement). As a result since the UK went in to lockdown on March 23rd I’ve regularly been posting conservation and community fundraisers on my Instagram page. The response has been fantastic and I am truly touched by how many people got involved, donated and shared the efforts on their profiles.

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Plastic Free July

Throughout the month of July, guest writer Izzie Milligan (a communications manager for international re-wilding and wildlife conservation organisations) stopped purchasing all single-use plastic. As a young professional living in London, this threw up a number of challenges.; Cost, availability and carbon footprint trade-offs to name but a few…

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The Great Migration - When Crossings Go Wrong

Nature’s World Cup. The Greatest Show on Earth. A Natural Wonder of the World. Chaos. All of these terms are used, often, to describe The Great Migration. Every year it fills natural history documentaries, attracts the world’s greatest photographers, draws in hundreds of thousands of tourists and generates Kenya’s lodges, parks and communities many, many millions of dollars. But why?

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Simien Dawn

This is the closest I have ever come to perfectly executing a plan. I’m not sure whether it’s possible as a photographer to ever achieve an image exactly how you imagine it initially, but this is as near as I have managed, so far

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Exploring Rwanda

For any travel, wildlife or photography enthusiast seeing a gorilla in the wild is surely an ultimate bucket list moment. It certainly was and is for me and in May 2019 my wish to photograph them became a reality

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