Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: children

Photo: Scenes from the Montgomery family barbecue and fireworks show, celebrating the Fourth of July.

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Scenes from the Montgomery family barbecue and fireworks show, celebrating the Fourth of July. (Near Bennet, NE.)

Photo: Children ride in a parade as part of the "Middle of Nowhere" Festival in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

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Children ride in a parade as part of the “Middle of Nowhere” Festival in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

Photo: Children ride in a parade as part of the "Middle of Nowhere" Festival in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

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Children ride in a parade as part of the “Middle of Nowhere” Festival in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

Photo: The egg-catching contest at Wayne, Nebraska's Chicken Days festival.

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The egg-catching contest at Wayne, Nebraska’s Chicken Days festival.

Photo: The chicken show at Wayne, NE's Chicken Days festival.

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The chicken show at Wayne, NE’s Chicken Days festival.

Photo: Two young children bring home groceries for Mom in Spalding, Nebraska.

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Two young children bring home groceries for Mom in Spalding, Nebraska.

Photo: A youth camp for native kids on the outskirts of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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A youth camp for native kids on the outskirts of Kaktovik, Alaska. Attendees learns ancestral skills that are fast disappearing in favor of Western culture.

Photo: A youth camp for native kids on the outskirts of Kaktovik, Alaska.

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A youth camp for native kids on the outskirts of Kaktovik, Alaska. Attendees learns ancestral skills that are fast disappearing in favor of Western culture.

Photo: Parade at the Cherokee National Holiday in Tahlequah, OK.

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Parade at the Cherokee National Holiday in Tahlequah, OK.

Photo: Parade at the Cherokee National Holiday in Tahlequah, OK.

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Parade at the Cherokee National Holiday in Tahlequah, OK.

Photo: Early work by Joel Sartore.

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Early work by Joel Sartore. A Mennonite family in their Kansas home.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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Ellen Sartore spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children's Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

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A young boy spends quality time with the insect world at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo Butterfly Pavilion in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A girl looks over heaps of garbage for food at a landfill in Matamoros, Mexico.

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A girl looks over heaps of garbage for food at a landfill in Matamoros, Mexico.

Photo: A boy and his family look for food at a landfill in Matamoros, Mexico.

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A boy and his family look for food at a landfill in Matamoros, Mexico.

Photo: A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

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A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

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A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: A child plays on a tree swing over the Capim River in the Brazilian Amazon.

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A child plays on a tree swing over the Capim River in the Brazilian Amazon. Villagers here live in poverty after selling their forests to logging companies for little cash.

Photo: Daily life along the Capim River in Quiandera village: theevening meal is eaten from a dirt floor by candle light.

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Daily life along the Capim River in Quiandera village: theevening meal is eaten from a dirt floor by candle light. Villagers live in poverty, and many sell off their forests forlittle cash.

Photo: Daily life along the Capim River in Quiandera village: theevening meal is eaten from a dirt floor by candle light.

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Daily life along the Capim River in Quiandera village: theevening meal is eaten from a dirt floor by candle light. Villagers live in poverty, and many sell off their forests forlittle cash.

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