Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: watching

Photo: A family gathers around a campfire at the Valparaiso pond in Valparaiso, Nebraska.

Photo

PEO017-00299

A family gathers around a campfire at the Valparaiso pond in Valparaiso, Nebraska.

Photo: A female, critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is released into an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China.

Photo

ANI080-00423

A female, critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is released into an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China. Both Yangtze turtles held at this facility are over 100 years old, if biologist can’t get this species to breed soon, the species will become extinct.

Photo: A female, critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is released into an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China.

Photo

ANI080-00424

A female, critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is released into an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China. Both Yangtze turtles held at this facility are over 100 years old, if biologist can’t get this species to breed soon, the species will become extinct.

Photo: A crowd watches a critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) at the Suzhou Zoo in China.

Photo

ANI080-00409

A crowd watches a critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) at the Suzhou Zoo in China. Both Yangtze turtles held at this facility are over 100 years old, if biologist can’t get this species to breed soon, the species will become extinct.

Photo: A crowd gathers to watch the Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo

ONA007-00142

A crowd gathers to watch the Photo Ark shoot inside the reptile house at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photo: A teenage girl looks out the window in Elkhorn, Nebraska.

Photo

PEO029-00004

A teenage girl looks out the window in Elkhorn, Nebraska.

Photo: A producer working with Louie Psihoyos, at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

Photo

ONA007-00095

A producer working with Louie Psihoyos, at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

Photo: Endangered Galapagos fur seals (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00448

Endangered Galapagos fur seals (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00432

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00425

A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00428

A marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00421

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00423

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A wife watches her husband use a computer on a farm in Flatville, IL.

Photo

PEO003-00417

A wife watches her husband use a computer on a farm in Flatville, IL.

Photo: A boy watches his father use a computer on a farm in Flatville, IL.

Photo

PEO003-00416

A boy watches his father use a computer on a farm in Flatville, IL.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered female Sumatran tiger and her two, five-month-old cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Zoo Atlanta.

Photo

ESA002-00071

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered female Sumatran tiger and her two, five-month-old cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Zoo Atlanta.

Picture of a bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00186

A bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Joel Sartore prepares to photograph El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). With fewer than 100 individuals left on Earth, this species is as close to extinction as you can get. This animal was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population was discovered in the early 2000s.

Photo

INS021-00008

Joel Sartore prepares to photograph El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). With fewer than 100 individuals left on Earth, this species is as close to extinction as you can get. This animal was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population was discovered in the early 2000s.

A Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00091

A Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

A Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00092

A Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00086

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00087

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00088

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00089

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00085

Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) on Isabella Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00066

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00077

Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourists watch great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) in Galapagos National Park.

Photo

SCE051-00011

Tourists watch great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) in Galapagos National Park.

A pair of vulnerable 1-year-old fossas, Cryptoprocta ferox, at the Omaha Zoo. This is Madagascar's largest mammalian predator, and its numbers are declining in the wild

Photo

ANI062-00140

A pair of vulnerable 1-year-old fossas, Cryptoprocta ferox, at the Omaha Zoo. This is Madagascar’s largest mammalian predator, and its numbers are declining in the wild

Photo: Two tourist are transfixed by the otherworldly terrain of the Valley of the Moon in Chile's Atacama desert.

Photo

SCE030-00045

Two tourist are transfixed by the otherworldly terrain of the Valley of the Moon in Chile’s Atacama desert.

Photo: A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00148

A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo: A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00149

A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo: A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00150

A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo: A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00151

A herd of bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo: A bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo

ANI082-00152

A bison (Bison bison) standing on the prairie at Maxwell State Game Preserve in Canton, Kansas.

Photo: Julie Jensen Director of Marketing | WVC O: 866.800.7326 | D: 702.443.9249 | E: j.jensen@wvc.org

Speaking Engagements

Joel is a popular keynote speaker with conservation, corporate, and civic groups.

Hire him to entertain and inspire your audience.

Book Joel To Speak

The Photo Ark

Joel is the founder of the Photo Ark, a groundbreaking effort to document every species in captivity before it’s too late.

Explore the Photo Ark

Visit Our Store

Every purchase goes directly to support our mission: getting the public to care and helping to save species from extinction.

Help Us Build the Ark