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Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Pantanal

Female black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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Female black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Female black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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Female black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: The cover of "Postcards from Nowhere" by Joel Sartore.

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The cover of “Postcards from Nowhere” by Joel Sartore.

Photo: Cowboys, known locally as pantanieros, look through photos of themselves taken in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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Cowboys, known locally as pantanieros, look through photos of themselves taken in the Brazilian Pantanal.

Photo: Testing a camera trap on assignment in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Testing a camera trap on assignment in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Daniel de Granville, Joel's assistant, hangs from a climbing harness while adjusting a remote camera to photograph a jabiru stork's nest (right) in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Daniel de Granville, Joel’s assistant, hangs from a climbing harness while adjusting a remote camera to photograph a jabiru stork’s nest (right) in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: A hand-drawn road map shows the swampy path through the flooded pastures of Brazil's Pantanal during the wet season.

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A hand-drawn road map shows the swampy path through the flooded pastures of Brazil’s Pantanal during the wet season.

Photo: Joel's assistant, Daniel de Granville, inspects a damaged bridge in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Joel’s assistant, Daniel de Granville, inspects a damaged bridge in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A small plane is stuffed full of photo equipment for Joel's assignment in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A small plane is stuffed full of photo equipment for Joel’s assignment in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Joel Sartore checks the exposure setting on a camera trap in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Joel Sartore checks the exposure setting on a camera trap in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Joel Sartore operates a remote camera to photograph caiman, while assistant Daniel De Granville helps position the rig, in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Joel Sartore operates a remote camera to photograph caiman, while assistant Daniel De Granville helps position the rig, in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Local guides help position the components of a camera trap in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Local guides help position the components of a camera trap in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Assistant Daniel De Granville climbs to a tree platform next to a jabiru stork nest in Brazil's Pantanal.

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Assistant Daniel De Granville climbs to a tree platform next to a jabiru stork nest in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Joel Sartore and a local driver inspect a damaged bridge in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Joel Sartore and a local driver inspect a damaged bridge in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: The opening spread of the article "The Wild Wet" about Brazilian Pantanal, in the August, 2005 issue of National Geographic magazine, featuring Joel Sartore's photos.

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The opening spread of the article “The Wild Wet” about Brazilian Pantanal, in the August, 2005 issue of National Geographic magazine, featuring Joel Sartore’s photos.

Photo: Wildlife spotter and guide in the rear-view mirror of his vehicle on the Rio Negro ranch in Brazil.

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Wildlife spotter and guide in the rear-view mirror of his vehicle on the Rio Negro ranch in Brazil.

Photo: A ranch hand holds a dorado he has caught in the flooded forest on Barra Bansa ranch in Brazil.

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A ranch hand holds a dorado he has caught in the flooded forest on Barra Bansa ranch in Brazil.

Photo: A bus overloads a fragile bridge on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil.

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A bus overloads a fragile bridge on the Transpantaniera highway in Brazil.

Photo: Photographer Joel Sartore tests exposure on an infra-red-triggered camera in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Photographer Joel Sartore tests exposure on an infra-red-triggered camera in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) takes its own picture by breaking the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) takes its own picture by breaking the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) takes its own picture by breaking the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) takes its own picture by breaking the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) takes its own picture when it breaks the beam of an infrared camera trigger in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) takes its own picture when it breaks the beam of an infrared camera trigger in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Near Threatened)

A vulnerable giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A vulnerable giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil's Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil's Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

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A giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forage in grassland in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forage in grassland in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A male marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) forages in Brazil’s Pantanal region. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

Photo: A coatimundi (Nasua nasua) takes its own picture as it breaks the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A coatimundi (Nasua nasua) takes its own picture as it breaks the beam of an infra-red camera trigger in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) forage in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) forage in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

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