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PRESENTATION THEMES
Culture & Social Issues
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Sam Abell
Photographer
The archetypal National Geographic photojournalist, Abell's work often tells evocative stories of time and place: Lewis and Clark, the Mississippi River, the Amazon, Australia. Most recently he told his own story in his book Sam Abell: The Photographic Life.
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William Albert Allard
Photographer
The consummate National Geographic photographer, Allard has traveled the world for five decades, photographing such diverse places and subjects as Peru, India's Bollywood, Blues music, cowboys, the Hutterites and France's fashion industry.
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Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Photographers, Writers
Working as a team for over 25 years, Beckwith and Fisher are in a race to photograph and document sacred tribal ceremonies across Africa before the ancient ways are lost in the vast cultural melting pot.
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Annie Griffiths Belt
Photographer
In her presentation "Connect With Anybody, Anywhere" Belt shares her experiences as a journalist bridging cultural, racial, and religious divides. A passionate conservationist, Belt's recent project with author Barbara Kingsolver aims to help save the last wild spaces in the United States.
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Michael Davie
Filmmaker
As the sole film crew remaining when things heated up in war-torn Liberia in 2003, Davie and his National Geographic team were the last ones out. His coverage of human rights issues and topics has earned him an international following.
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Wade Davis
Cultural Anthropologist
A scientist, scholar, author, and passionate defender of all life's diversity, Davis lectures worldwide on the importance of cultural diversity and ethnicity.
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J. Michael Fay
Explorer, Conservationist
As a follow up to his 2,000-mile (3,200 kilometer) walk across the heart of Africa, Fay recently completed eight months in the air. He flew over 60,000 miles (97,000 kilometers) in a specially designed Cessna that captured a high-resolution aerial image every 20 seconds for the sweeping "Megaflyover" project.
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John Francis
Conservationist
Frustrated with his experiences in environmental inaction, Francis decided to effect change by taking a radical personal stand—he stopped using motorized transportation and took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years.
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Zahi Hawass
Egyptologist
Egypt's best known archaeologist recently ushered the treasures of King Tutankhamun's tomb to the United States for their first visit in over 25 years. The traveling exhibition broke all attendance records at the Los Angeles museum where it opened.
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Donald Johanson
Paleoanthropologist
Thirty years after the discovery of the fossil specimen Lucy, Johanson remains a towering figure in the study of human origins.
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Karen Kasmauski
Photographer
Our unofficial global-health photographer, Kasmauski relishes the difficult stories most others would not touch—infectious disease, the AIDS epidemic, Alzheimer's, and reproductive health.
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Mattias Klum
Photographer
A powerhouse in the global conservation movement, Klum recently delivered the opening address at Green Week, an annual event organized by the European Commission to provide a forum for conservation discussion.
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Lisa Ling
Journalist
Lisa Ling has become synonymous with the National Geographic Explorer TV series, reporting from hot spots in countries such as Indonesia and Africa and from the bayou towns devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Steve McCurry
Photographer
McCurry is best known for his stirring portraits of a green-eyed Afghan refugee girl in 1985 and again in 2004. His name is synonymous with the culture and beauty of Southeast Asia.
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Marvin Meyer
Gnostic Scholar, Author
This leading Gnostic Scholar is well-versed in nine research languages and has a vast 34-year history of scientific and non-fiction publication. He recently guided our Codex Advisory Panel in translating the only known surviving copy of the Gospel of Judas.
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Cathy Newman
National Geographic Senior Writer, Author
In her words, "this job is a privilege." Writing for National Geographic gives Newman the opportunity to travel the world in search of the story. Newman lends her insight to topics as diverse as perfume, fabrics of the future, obesity, Silicon Valley, and most recently, poison.
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Joel Sartore
Photographer
Blending a self-deprecating, wry sense of humor with an enthusiasm for his work and a passion for nature, Sartore shares his adventures in the field with National Geographic.
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Maria Stenzel
Photographer
Celebrated for her ability to bring the topic of climate change out of the boardroom and into the living room, Stenzel goes beyond facts and figures to uncover the stories that are emerging as Antarctica, long considered a bellwether, warms and shrinks before us.
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Spencer Wells
Geneticist and Anthropologist
At an age when most scientists are getting their starts, Wells is using DNA markers to lead the farthest-reaching human-migration study ever conducted.
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Andrew Zolli
Futurist
Recently named a Visiting Fellow at National Geographic, Zolli helps people and institutions see and interpret trends in culture, technology, smart design, and communications.
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Photographs by Steve Vega (Abell), Mark Thiessen (Allard), Aphi Mara Madidi (Beckwith and Fisher), Linda Johansson (Belt), Nevada Wier (Davie), Tyler Mallory (Davis), Rebecca Hale (Francis), Kenneth Garrett (Hawass), Enrico Ferorelli (Johanson), Mark Thiessen (Kasmauski), Lars-Magnus Ejdeholm (Klum), Mark Thiessen (Ling), Ahmet Sel (McCurry), Courtesy Marvin Meyer (Meyer), Sisse Brimberg (Newman), Joel Sartore (Sartore), Mark Thiessen (Stenzel), Mark Read (Wells), Andrew Zolli (Zolli)
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