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Photographers
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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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Jodi Cobb
Photographer
A master at penetrating secret worlds, Cobb is known for her photographic essays documenting hidden societies and cultural phenomena, from Japan's geisha to beauty to modern-day slavery to the mysteries of love.
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David Doubilet
Underwater Photographer
Having shot nearly 70 stories for National Geographic, Doubilet swims alone. He has introduced a generation to the wonder of the world's oceans.
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Dereck and Beverly Joubert
Photographers, Filmmakers, Naturalists
Wild Africa would be in far greater peril if not for the tireless efforts of the Jouberts, who have devoted over 25 years to documenting its majestic wildlife in a race to save countless species—especially lions—from extinction and to help man and beast coexist in greater harmony.
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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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Emory Kristof
Photographer
Wired magazine named Kristof one of its 1998 Wired 25 in honor of his quest to be the first to photograph a live giant squid. Such commitment also landed him alongside the Titanic's hull for the first shots of her lying in her watery grave.
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Frans Lanting
Photographer
Best known for his intimate portraits of animals, Lanting is committed to making a difference through his photographs. His recent work documents environmental hot spots.
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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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Mark Moffett
Ecologist, Photographer
E.O. Wilson's protegé and recent Lowell Thomas award-winner is brilliant, quirky and arguably one of the top insect specialists working today.
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Michael "Nick" Nichols
Photographer
Unadulterated jungle, ferocious tigers, threatened gorillas, and surfing hippos. These are the things that get Nichols up in the morning. His recent book The Last Place on Earth documents his more than two decades of work in Africa.
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Paul Nicklen
Photographer
Growing up in a small Inuit community, Nicklen spent his early years hunting and traveling on land. He quickly developed exceptional field skills and a keen interest in observing wildlife. Now he's one of the top photographers specializing in the Arctic and its inhabitants.
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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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Photographs by Steve Vega (Abell), Mark Thiessen (Allard), Aphi Mara Madidi (Beckwith and Fisher), Linda Johansson (Belt), Mark Thiessen (Cobb), David Doubilet (Doubilet), Graham Boynton (Jouberts), Mark Thiessen (Kasmauski), Lars-Magnus Ejdeholm (Klum), Mark Thiessen (Kristof), Frans Lanting (Lanting), Ahmet Sel (McCurry), Mark Thiessen (Nichols), Paul Nicklen (Nicklen), Joel Sartore (Sartore), Mark Thiessen (Stenzel)
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