Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

FAQ

  • How Can I Help Save Species?
  • How can I use Photo Ark in the classroom?
  • How do I become a National Geographic photographer?
  • What’s a National Geographic photographer’s salary?
  • Can I make a living in photography?
  • What is your advice to photographers?
  • How many times have you almost been killed?
  • Studio work vs. location work
  • What kind of camera should I buy?
  • How does the National Geographic assignment process work?
  • What kind of camera equipment do you use?
  • How many stories have you had in National Geographic?
  • What were your favorite and least favorite assignments?
  • How did you get interested in nature and the environment?
  • How can photography help the environment?
  • Do you take your family on assignment with you?
  • What can I do to support the Photo Ark?
  • Can I be your assistant or go on assignment with you?
  • Do you ever assist other photographers?
  • Can I intern for you?
  • Can I interview you?
  • Has your wife, Kathy, recovered from breast cancer?
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