Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Madidi

Photo: Photographer Joel Sartore receives chemotherapy (antimony, an arsenic derivative) to treat leishmaniasis, a flesh-eating parasite that he got on assignment in Madidi National Park, Bolivia, through the bite of a phlebotomous sandfly.

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Photographer Joel Sartore receives chemotherapy (antimony, an arsenic derivative) to treat leishmaniasis, a flesh-eating parasite that he got on assignment in Madidi National Park, Bolivia, through the bite of a phlebotomous sandfly.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A boat travels up a river in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A boat travels up a river in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Joel Sartore's photograph of red and green macaws in Madidi National Park was featured on the March, 2000 cover of National Geographic magazine.

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Joel Sartore’s photograph of red and green macaws in Madidi National Park was featured on the March, 2000 cover of National Geographic magazine.

Photo: Rosa Maria Ruiz, a guide from Bolivia, holding a laminated photograph in the rain to make sure they are waterproof.

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Rosa Maria Ruiz, a guide from Bolivia, holding a laminated photograph in the rain to make sure they are waterproof. She will use the photos in a traveling exhibition to remote villages to educate the Bolivians about the importance of protecting Madidi.

Photo: Just how much equipment does it take to photograph a rainforest?

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Just how much equipment does it take to photograph a rainforest? The answer is “about a canoe’s worth.” Shown here is the equipment Joel Sartore used in Madidi National Park, and the dugout canoe used to take it to their destination on the Tuichi River.

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Just how much equipment does it take to photograph a rainforest? The answer is “about a canoe’s worth.” Shown here is the equipment Joel Sartore used in Madidi National Park, and the dugout canoe used to take it to their destination on the Tuichi River.

Photo: Videographer Stella Cha shows her insect-ravaged legs in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Videographer Stella Cha shows her insect-ravaged legs in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: A black caracara (Daptrius ater) in the foreground and black vultures (Coragyps atratus) in the background scavenge in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A black caracara (Daptrius ater) in the foreground and black vultures (Coragyps atratus) in the background scavenge in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

A picture of a florestan sphinx moth (Manduca florestan) blends in perfectly with the bark of a tree in the rainforests of Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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A florestan sphinx moth (Manduca florestan) blends in perfectly with the bark of a tree in the rainforests of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Overview of the canopy in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Overview of the canopy in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Two red-and-green macaws fly over the jungle canopy in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Two red-and-green macaws fly over the jungle canopy in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Choco, a native of Madidi National Park, Bolivia, calls a jaguar in to an area near an eco-tourism lodge.

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Choco, a native of Madidi National Park, Bolivia, calls a jaguar in to an area near an eco-tourism lodge.

Photo: Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: A native of Madidi National Park in Bolivia holds up a fishcaught in the Park's Tuichi River.

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A native of Madidi National Park in Bolivia holds up a fishcaught in the Park’s Tuichi River.

Photo: Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Rafts made of mahogany are smuggled out of Madidi National Park on the Tuichi River (Bolivia.) Groups like EcoBolivia work to educate the locals on the real value of their land in hopes of preventing logging and deforestation.

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Rafts made of mahogany are smuggled out of Madidi National Park on the Tuichi River (Bolivia.) Groups like EcoBolivia work to educate the locals on the real value of their land in hopes of preventing logging and deforestation.

Photo: Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

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Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

Photo: Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

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Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

Photo: Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

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Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

Photo: Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

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Natives in a village on the edge of Madidi National Park along the Beni River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Bolivia.

Photo: Choco, a native of Madidi National Park, Bolivia, holds up a caiman he has captured.

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Choco, a native of Madidi National Park, Bolivia, holds up a caiman he has captured.

Photo: Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, with native guides on a canoe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Rosamaria Ruiz, an environmental activist, with native guides on a canoe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A native mother and her child bathe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A native mother and her child bathe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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