Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A flock of James's flamingos (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) at the Zoo Berlin.

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A flock of James’s flamingos (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) at the Zoo Berlin.

Photo: A news piece on the Photo Ark at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A news piece on the Photo Ark at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Photo: A news piece on the Photo Ark at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A news piece on the Photo Ark at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of a Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Vietnamese sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Picture of a man pointing out lights for the bison shoot at the Oklahoma City Zoo

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A man points out the lights for the bison shoot at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

A pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) is videotaped by the Louie Psihoyos film crew at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

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A pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) is videotaped by the Louie Psihoyos film crew at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

A pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) is videotaped by the Louis Psihoyos film crew at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

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A pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) is videotaped by the Louis Psihoyos film crew at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

An olive python (Liasis olivaceus olivaceus) climbs out of a light tent at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo.

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An olive python (Liasis olivaceus olivaceus) climbs out of a light tent at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo.

A red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) is photographed at the Dallas Zoo.

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A red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) is photographed at the Dallas Zoo.

A herd of impala (Aepyceros melampus) that wouldn't go anywhere near a black photo background during a photo shoot.

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A herd of impala (Aepyceros melampus) that wouldn’t go anywhere near a black photo background during a photo shoot.

A herd of impala (Aepyceros melampus) that wouldn't go anywhere near a black photo background during a photo shoot.

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A herd of impala (Aepyceros melampus) that wouldn’t go anywhere near a black photo background during a photo shoot.

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: Two zookeepers help a Canada goose named Beeper (Branta canadensis) have his picture taken at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

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Two zookeepers help a Canada goose named Beeper (Branta canadensis) have his picture taken at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.

Two zookeepers assist a photographer with a black stork (Ciconia nigra) at the Fort Wayne Zoo.

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Two zookeepers assist a photographer with a black stork (Ciconia nigra) at the Fort Wayne Zoo.

Photo: Joel Sartore models inside a shooting tent at Raptor Recovery Nebraska.

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Joel Sartore models inside a shooting tent at Raptor Recovery Nebraska.

Joel Sartore and Anne Thompson of NBC Nightly News prepare to photograph a West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

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Joel Sartore and Anne Thompson of NBC Nightly News prepare to photograph a West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Photo: A containment box is used to photograph Edward's pheasants at the Sunset Zoo. This bird is so rare it's nearly extinct in the wild now.

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A containment box is used to photograph Edward’s pheasants at the Sunset Zoo. This bird is so rare it’s nearly extinct in the wild now.

Joel on assignment photographing the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki).

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Joel on assignment photographing the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki).

Joel on assignment photographing the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki).

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Joel on assignment photographing the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki).

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