Charlie Hamilton James is an English photographer who focuses on wildlife subjects and issues concerning conservation, natural history, and anthropology. 

Hamilton James dabbled in photography before he got his start working in film and television, and eventually shifting back to photography. Since then, his work has been featured in several issues of National Geographic, on BBC Television, and in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

We recently spoke with Hamilton James and deputy photo editor Kathy Moran to learn more about how they worked together on his third National Geographic cover.