Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: photographing

Photo: Staff members at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center assist with a photoshoot of 'Megan' an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). This animal came in after becoming entangled in fishing gear.

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Staff members at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center assist with a photoshoot of ‘Megan’ an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). This animal came in after becoming entangled in fishing gear. Once rehabbed, the animal will be released in waters off the coast.

Photo: Staff members at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center assist with a photoshoot of 'Megan' an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). This animal came in after becoming entangled in fishing gear.

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Staff members at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center assist with a photoshoot of ‘Megan’ an olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). This animal came in after becoming entangled in fishing gear. Once rehabbed, the animal will be released in waters off the coast.

Photo: Scene from the Photo Ark shoot at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Scene from the Photo Ark shoot at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Photo: Joel Sartore and a staff member prepare for a photo shoot at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Joel Sartore and a staff member prepare for a photo shoot at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Joel Sartore photographs a vulnerable Southeast Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center in Vietnam.

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Joel Sartore photographs a vulnerable Southeast Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) at the Cuc Phuong Turtle Conservation Center in Vietnam.

Photo: A group of tourists photograph an endangered Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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A group of tourists photograph an endangered Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourists photographing a Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists photographing a Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourists photographing a Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists photographing a Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) at Tagus Cove in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A mother and daughter take a picture of themselves as they cross the Equator, near Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A mother and daughter take a picture of themselves as they cross the Equator, near Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A group of tourists venture along a walking trail on Rabida Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A group of tourists venture along a walking trail on Rabida Island in Galapagos National Park. All guests must stay with a guide and on trails at all time to lessen the impact on the habitat within the park.

Photo: A researcher from the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network photographs dead bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) washed up from the Gulf of Mexico in a research effort to determine what killed the animals.

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A researcher from the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network photographs dead bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) washed up from the Gulf of Mexico in a research effort to determine what killed the animals.

Photo: A man proudly displays the fish he caught with his sister-in-law at Crosslake, Minnesota.

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A man proudly displays the fish he caught with his sister-in-law at Crosslake, Minnesota.

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