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About Joel Sartore

A life-long Nebraskan, Joel Sartore brings a sense of humor and a
mid-western work ethic to all of his National Geographic Magazine
assignments. Two decades with the National Geographic Society have allowed him to cover everything from the remote Amazon rain forest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United Kingdom.

Joel is committed to conservation, especially in the Great Plains where he has lived his whole life. In his time with National Geographic, he has focused on endangered species and land use issues. He is co-founder of the Grassland Foundation, and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

He has written several books including Photographing Your Family,
Face to Face with Grizzlies
, and Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky. His most recent book, Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species is now available through this website.

Besides the work he has done for National Geographic, Joel has completed assignments for Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and contributed to numerous book projects. Joel and his work have been the subject of several national broadcasts including National Geographic’s Explorer, the NBC Nightly News, NPR’s Weekend Edition, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and an hour-long PBS documentary. He is also a regular contributor on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood.

Speaking Engagements

Joel has been a featured speaker at a wide variety of events for everything from business organizations to photo seminars. Please call us at (402) 474-1006 for booking information.


Photo: Katie Joseph
National Geographic Magazine Assignments

Silent Streams, April, 2010 (online)
State Fairs, July, 2009 (online)
The Vanishing: Amphibian Loss, April, 2009 (online)
Countdown to Extinction (Endangered Species), January, 2009 (online)
Bioko Island, August, 2008 (online)
In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, December 2006 (online)
Alaska's North Slope, May 2006 (online)
Brazil's Wild Wet: Pantanal, August 2005 (online)
Drilling the West, July 2005 (online)
Atacama Desert, August 2003
Three Peaker, July 2003
Pacific Suite, February 2003
Attwater's Prairie-Chickens, March 2002
Grizzly Bears, July 2001
Madidi: Bolivia's Spectacular National Park, March 2000
Nebraska, November 1998
Gray Wolves, May 1998
National Wildlife Refuges, October 1996
Tex-Mex Border, February 1996
Utah, January 1996
Dead or Alive: The Endangered Species Act, March 1995
Boston, July 1994
Federal Lands of the West, February 1994
Connecticut, February 1994
Northern California, July 1993
Hurricane Andrew Aftermath, April 1993
Eagles on the Rise, November 1992
America's Third Coast, July 1992

Awards

North American Nature Photography Association's 2010 Photographer of the Year
Second Place, Science and Natural History Picture Story, 67th Annual Pictures of the Year International competition
Work appearing in the 2009 Communication Arts 50th Photography Annual
Awards of Excellence for Photography and Retail Products in the 2007 Communication Arts Yearbook
Work appearing in the 2000 and 2003 Communication Arts Yearbooks
First Place, Natural History Single, 60th Annual POY Competition
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications Distinguished Alumni
Many single picture awards in the Pictures of the Year contest
Award of Excellence, Magazine Photographer of the Year category in 1992 POY Competition
1986 Photographer of the Year, NPPA Region 7
Sweepstakes winner, 1987 Inland Daily Press Association
Featured Photographer for VISA PourL'Image photo show, Perpignan, France
Speaker on the NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Flying Short Course
Eagle Scout

Books & DVDs

Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species (2010)
Photographing Your Family (2008)
Face to Face with Grizzlies (2007)
Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky (2006, 1999)
At Close Range: On Assignment with National Geographic (2006)
Postcards from Nowhere: Wish You Were Here (2006)
Attwater's Prairie-Chickens: A Chance to Survive (2003)
The Company We Keep: America's Endangered Species (1996)


Locations

Joel has worked everywhere from the high Arctic to the Antarctic, including every state in the USA and the following countries:

Argentina
The Bahamas
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Ecuador
Equatorial Guinea
The Falkland Islands
France
Germany
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Peru
Russia
Saint Lucia
South Africa
South Georgia
Spain
Switzerland
The United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales)




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