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Photo © Joel Sartore/ National Geographic Photo Ark

the Conservation issue

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JOEL SARTORE’S mission to save wildlife, one photo at a time.

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AMI VITALE channels her inner panda for National Geographic.

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pg.

TEAMING UP The rise of photography collectives.

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VOLUME 15 — ISSUE 02 Yusuf, a keeper at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, sleeps among

Snapshots

three baby rhinos. From Ami Vitale’s series “Kenya’s

14 News and Views

Last Rhinos.”

PDNedu x Nikon at PhotoPlus Expo; Fall and winter photo festivals; Work from ICP graduate Wentao Wei; Q&A with RIT graduate Brittney Lohmiller; Star Teacher John Ganis from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies.

18 Media Reports Olivia Bee’s Kids in Love; Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines;

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Danila Tkachenko’s Restricted Areas.

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20 Photo Gigs

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24 Project X Ami Vitale’s recent wildlife conservation work in China and Kenya; The Pulitzer Prize celebrates its centennial

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at Parsons School of Design.

Features 30 Storytellers

34 One to Watch

40 It’s a Living

46 Special Report

A portrait of coal town Racine, Ohio,

Aaron Vincent Elkaim photographs

Joel Sartore’s mission to help save

Three “green” schools for eco-minded,

by Ohio University graduate student

indigenous communities in the Amazon

wildlife, one photo at a time.

aspiring photographers. BY JACQUI

CK Vijayakumar. BY BRIENNE WALSH

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Tips & Tech

Dept.

50 Business Smarts

58 What Does It Cost…?

06 Editor’s Letter

The rise of the photography collective

To study, live and work in San Diego.

in documentary and assignment pho-

BY AMANDA BALTAZAR

08 Contributors

64 Product News

10 Bulletin Board

THIS PAGE: Behind the scenes of Nikon Ambassador Corey Rich’s virtual reality shoot with the Nikon KeyMission 360.

tography. BY AMY TOUCHETTE AND JACQUI PALUMBO

The latest gear for students and

54 Step x Step

educators. BY GREG SCOBLETE

Corey Rich provides tips for making

72 Out of the Past Gary Braasch, pioneer in documenting

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360-degree imagery with Nikon’s new

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KEITH LADZINSKI TAKES THE NIKON D500 TO THE VERDON GORGE

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angling from a rope 800 feet off the ground in the Verdon Gorge, a river canyon in southeastern France, Nikon professional photographer and filmmaker Keith

Ladzinski had a lot on his plate while shooting stills and videos of two climbers. He says: “You’re multitasking your safety, composing [the image], watching the action and timing it while hanging in an uncomfortable harness and trying to stay steady.” Climbers may get the glory for scaling rock walls and reaching awe-inspiring heights, but if it weren’t for equally adventurous photographers like Ladzinski, those feats of daring would remain undocumented.

Ladzinski, whose work appears in magazines such as National Geographic and whose client list includes Red Bull and adidas, found himself in the Verdon Gorge last November for a Nikon D500 campaign. It was the first time he got to work with the 20-megapixel, DX-format D500, which he dubbed “a little Ferrari” because of its wealth of features and incredible performance. “[Climbing is] demanding on everything: the athlete, the cameraman and the equipment,” Ladzinski says. “You want every advantage a camera can give you to get the shots you need.”

Though the D500 is compact and light, it doesn’t sacrifice power. “You need to be light and fast in exposed vertical terrain, but still have what you need to get the shot,” he explains. Since the D500 is the first DX-format Nikon DSLR to capture 4K UHD video—and offers dual XQD/SD card slots—Ladzinski was all set to meet the still and video demands of the assignment in a single camera.

Ladzinski kept his gear lightweight by combining the D500 with wide-angle lenses such as the AF-S DX NIKKOR 10-24mm F3.5-4.5G ED, the AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED and the AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR. The D500’s smaller body also allowed him to mount the camera on a drone to capture exciting aerial footage, along with two Nikon SB-5000 AF Speedlights—which utilize a radio-controlled advanced wireless lighting system—to light climbing shots. “The size is perfect for the drone; I used two but could easily do four,” he says.

Both the still-image and 4K-video quality, particularly the D500’s dynamic range and the benefits of Nikon’s Active D-Lighting technology, impressed Ladzinski. “Once you get past the honey light hour, shadows can be problematic,” he explains. “I used Active D-Lighting in video and stills and you can totally see the difference.”

With an ISO range of 100-51,200 (expandable to 1,640,000), Ladzinski had no he reports, delivers “a clean file, even when you crank the ISO.” Even in video, Ladzinski says, “there was no red and blue noise dancing around. Just clean black, which is a huge benefit.”

There were some features Ladzinski wasn’t sure he would use, like the camera’s touchscreen autofocus. That changed up on the cliffs. “It’s crazy—the first day on the wall, you’re locked up and in an awkward position,” he recalls. “I started to utilize it [touchscreen AF] subconsciously while filming. It was so easy to establish focus just by tapping the screen.” Later, when on assignment in Montana for Red Bull, he says: “I found myself instinctively using the touchscreen to swipe and pinch zoom.”

Equally as important was his ability to effortlessly switch between still and video modes. “It’s tough to ask athletes to do something more than once in a place like this,” he explains, “so switching from photo to video reliably and efficiently is key.”

Away from the Verdon Gorge, Ladzinski continued to use the D500 while photographing wildlife and landscapes. And perhaps even harder to photograph than climb-

Go behind the scenes at Verdon Gorge:

ers are birds. “Birds are tough,” Ladzinski says. “They’re fast and unpredictable, and

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it’s a big demand on a camera’s autofocus, especially when working with a telephoto lens. I leaned heavily on the D500’s 153-point autofocus system and it was remarkably

Watch Keith Ladzinski’s D500 film, “Exposure”:

accurate.” Combined with the camera’s exceptionally fast 10fps continuous shooting

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speed and the extra reach on the telephoto lens, Ladzinski came away with extraordinary photos to match his extraordinary eye.

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a global scale.

Fall 2016

In this issue, we feature photographers who address conservation in their work. In Project X (pg. 24), we catch up with

SENIOR VICE

Ami Vitale, who recently returned from the China Conserva-

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tion and Research Center, where she photographed the re-

John McGeary

Daniel Ryan

lease of captive pandas into the wild. In One to Watch (pg.

PRODUCTION

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34), we present Aaron Vincent Elkaim’s work in the Amazon

PUBLISHER, PHOTO+

Gennie Kiuchi

Basin, where the building of hydroelectric dams threatens to

Lauren Wendle

displace indigenous communities. And in It’s a Living (pg. 40), we speak to longtime National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore, who founded the National Geographic Photo Ark to

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR, CUSTOM MEDIA & EVENTS Moneer Masih-Tehrani

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document every species in captivity. It’s an ambitious project—one that Sartore is committed to for life.

We also address the value of community as a catalyst for

MANAGER Jacqui Palumbo ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

change. Special Report features a roundup of three schools

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Photographer, educator, author and environmental advocate.

spread overdevelopment of barrier islands and

and storms in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The book addresses] things such as the wideother fragile coastal environments being unsustainable due to rising sea levels,â&#x20AC;? Ganis explains in a recent interview with PDNedu.

He began taking the images in 2009, but it

Germany. That book focused on overdevelopment

wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until shooting the aftermath of Hurricane

and how Americans exploit the land for purposes

You must have something to say with your art.

Sandy in 2013 that he realized the work could be

like housing or logging.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what John Ganis likes to tell his students at

content for a bookâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one he hopes will serve as a

the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit,

time capsule of sorts.

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where heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been teaching since 1980. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a man-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will help to raise awareness, but at

photo books with small runs, Ganis needs to help

date he attributes to the late photographer Paul

the same time will still be a historic document

cover expenses like printing and designing by pay-

Strand, and one he follows himself.

because some of those same areas are going to

ing whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;subvention fee.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing

In his own work, Ganis sheds light on the

be destroyed in the future,â&#x20AC;? Ganis says. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why

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he included the elevation and GPS coordinates of

Atlas and through crowdsourcing.

His new book, Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Endangered Coasts: Pho-

each photo location.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anybody who has a good idea for a project

tographs from Texas to Maine, is scheduled to

Photographing the land has long been a pas-

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publish this November and will feature 170 pho-

sion for the educator. He got hooked on the idea

he says, adding that photographers can alterna-

tographs of low-lying areas that have been hit by

during a series of road trips in the 1980s, but it

tively detour the traditional publishing route by

wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t traditional landscape photography that

using self-publishing services like Blurb.

excited him.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of encouragement one would ex-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My interest is in how the land is being altered

pect from someone who says that helping stu-

by humans,â&#x20AC;? Ganis says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as romanticized

dents discover their own creativity is part of why

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he loves teaching so much. EDU

has a very strong emotional content to it because I feel a strong empathy with what I photograph.â&#x20AC;?

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Karen Bednorz Q&A with the long-term art buyer for Patagonia Works, the umbrella company of Patagonia apparel.

Interview by JACQUI PALUMBO

PHOTO © AMY KUMLER

Sparks, handle photo permissions and request the rate that correlates with our budget. I al-

PDNedu: How w does Patag ago onia fin nd new photo ogra aphe er talent? ?

ways say: “I’m the end of the snake.”

Currently, the only negotiations I hammer

KB: Our four photo editors—Jane Sievert,

out with a contributing photographer, or on

Jenning

the rarest occasion, a stock agent, is a buy-out

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license. My day-to-day is spent going through

and mentoring new talent, or, with a very se-

a payment checklist and addressing priority li-

lect few, collaborating with photographers for

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an assignment. Andrew Marshall provides the

our accounting department when ducks are

products to our on-spec and assignment pho-

not in a row.

tographers.

Steger,

Cameron

Tambakis

and

Because of my long history with the company, I am also tapped for legacy information: where a historical photo was published or [for contextual information] when reaching out to a

PD DNE EDU U.C COM ———

PDNedu: Ho ow did d you u come to be an art buye er? ? Wh hat wass you ur backgrround before joiniing g Pattagonia a?

Karen Bednorz: I came into my role rather

photographer or contact we haven’t communicated with for years.

PDNedu: Hass the ty ype off imag gery Pa atago onia loo oks for ch hange ge ed overr the years? ?

PDNedu: You are e an advocate e for co onserva ation n, se serviing on n the board of Ventu ura Hiillside des Con nservan ncy. How doe es yourr passiion forr th he en nviron nmen nt inform m yourr work k as an n arrt bu uyer?

KB: It’s everything, and one overlaps the other.

Anyone passionate about working at Patagonia sees all aspects of our job through the lens of

serendipitously, with hard work, dedicated

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determination and some very good karma.

KB: In layman’s terms, I say: “Think if National

awareness. We’re not perfect, and at times we

I worked my way up from the sample room

Geographic sold clothes.” In fact, we have many

have had to adjust the course, but we try and

and retail store. Our original and founding

contributing

every day my work counts for something better

photo editor, Jennifer Ridgeway, hired me in

conservation activists who are with National

part due to my reputation for being organized.

Geographic Society. That being said, what has

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention my direct

been a constant are authentic images that tell

manager [at Patagonia], Rafael Dunn. His trust

a story. The Chouinard family [the owners]

and support of me has been incredible, not

has increasingly focused on environmental

only in my work, but also over the years when

issues—and more recently, social issues—in-

I’ve been working on big events for Ventura

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Looking Ahead Ami Vitale strikes a balance with her wildlife conservation work.

by JULIE GRAHAME Catching Ami Vitale at home in Montana for a couple of days, she spoke to PDNedu about her

THIS PAGE E: From the story â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Rhinosâ&#x20AC;? (above); An outtake from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pandas Gone Wild,â&#x20AC;? from the August 2016 issue of National Geographic (below).

recent trip to Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;where she gave a talk at PDNEDU U.C COM â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

TEDxShanghai that was broadcast live all over

for two-thirds of the day and are hard to see,

hopes of breeding them. But rhinos seemed

Asia, Europe and the U.S.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and discussed her

even in the smaller enclosures. Over the course

to garner little interest from potential clients,

ongoing work with endangered animals.

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with concerns that the story wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be visual

photographed a cubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth and the release of

enough. Vitale kept pushing, and says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A good

captive-born pandas into the wild.

story is always harder than it looks.â&#x20AC;?

The theme for the seventh TEDxShanghai conference was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Balance,â&#x20AC;? and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s balance that

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photographer believes is necessary to help tell

an endangered species. Though she has worked

funding and traveled with the rhinos to Ol

stories about the environment. She says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

as a photojournalist for the span of her career,

Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya. Working

want people to get the impression that I think

she shifted her focus to cover environmental

with local organizations like Lewa Wildlife

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and wildlife stories in 2009. She learned that

Conservancy and the Northern Rangelands

about what unites us as human beings and say

four of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven remaining northern

Trust, Vitale has been photographing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

that there are hopeful signs.â&#x20AC;? As an example,

white rhinoceroses were to be airlifted from

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she

a zoo in the Czech Republic back to Africa, in

that

mentions

the

Chinese

governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

in

Kenya,

too,

positive

things

are

enactment of the ban on sales of ivory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want

happening; with the support and involvement

to discuss the challenges we face, but also focus

of local communities, there is a broadening

on solutions and show success stories where

understanding of the importance of saving the

conservation is working,â&#x20AC;? she explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This

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does more to motivate people, and it seemed

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Kenya where communities have come together, no rhinos have been poached for two years.

into the wild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was surprised to discover

Vitale is delighted to be able to tell positive

how much the Chinese government is doing

tales of renewal. One of her favorite tools is

to restore and protect forest coverage,â&#x20AC;? she

Instagram (@amivitale), which she uses to tell

says, pointing to the tens of billions of dollars

the stories of the organizations she works with.

being invested in creating and linking habitats.

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where forest coverage is growing. There is an

making people curious. In the coming months

increasing cultural awareness of the importance

Vitale will travel to the Czech Republic, Georgia

of preservation.â&#x20AC;? At the China Conservation

and Kenya. EDU

and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, she set out to

See Vitaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent panda series for National

photograph these elusive creatures that sleep

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Parsons School of Design and The Eddie Adams and lasting attention.â&#x20AC;?

Workshop, honored both the images that have

described by Santiago Lyon, vice president

won the coveted award and the photographers

for photography at Associated Press. Lyon

The great diversity of images that have

responsible for bringing them into the world.

moderated the event with Hal Buell, former

emerged as winning entries can serve as

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were voices of some recipients, including

at the war front, you begin to see there are

interviews that Buell had conducted in years

equally important areas of journalism that are

past with Eddie Adams, who took the famous

available,â&#x20AC;? Buell says.

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throughout

the

photo â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saigon Execution;â&#x20AC;? Joe Rosenthal, who

industry

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Pulitzer

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recognition, they are, in the end, working

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photographers,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They go out every

including Robert H. Jackson, who photographed

day and shoot assignments.â&#x20AC;?

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Rinaldi, who won this year for her series â&#x20AC;&#x153;The

but not all of it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to travel halfway

Life and Times of Strider Wolf.â&#x20AC;? They and other

around the world to some distant dateline

winners also answered audience questions.

to make pictures,â&#x20AC;? Buell says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can make

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for whom itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s named, set the tone for the night

annual prize.

with her introductory remarks to the more than

Buell tells PDNedu that he hopes the

500 people in attendance at Parsons. Adams,

chronological presentation of winning images

who is also deputy photo editor of TV Guide,

showcased how photography has changed over

said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we are going to be viewing tonight

the yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and how the award has evolved to

are images that are bigger than their frames,

include longer projects on social issues, such as

images that have burst out of the perimeter and

epidemics and migration. Notably, he says, the

continue to reverberate beyond the moment

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landscape look like in America?

He purchased a 2005 Honda Accord Coupe,

Photographer CK Vijayakumar

and began spending all of his free time taking

looks to the town of Racine, Ohio, as his case

long drives and photographing. Although

studyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a town that he came upon by chance.

Vijayakumar had never taken pictures before,

Before coming to the United States to work

he had always been interested in cinema.

as a software engineer in 2009, Vijayakumar,

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who was born and raised in Chennai, India, had

parts of the world every week. After watching

never picked up a camera. He was compelled

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to do so upon his arrival in Houston, where

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Americansâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a documentary by French

he moved for his company, Infosys. What

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impressed him most about the city was the

seminal 1958 seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he was inspired to

infrastructure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot of order,â&#x20AC;? he says.

become more serious about his photography.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get to drive a car on big roads. I really enjoyed that.â&#x20AC;?

Cars are very expensive to own in India; in

By 2013, Vijayakumar was contemplating a career in photojournalism. He researched some of the best photography graduate programs in

the country, and decided to apply. “I said [to myself]: ‘I have a great job, I have a green card application; if I don’t get in, I’ll continue with my good life.’” He was accepted into the master’s program at the Ohio University School of Visual Communication, from which he graduated in 2015.

While in school, Vijayakumar continued on with his wanderings, going on long car rides whenever he had the chance. It was on one of these trips that he came across Racine, a town of 675 people on the banks of the Ohio River. Located on the Appalachian Plateau, the place had once served as an entertainment and shopping hub for miners working in the coal industry in the region. Long in decline, the

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region bore the marks of a long, hopeless economic recession. Vijayakumar was drawn to the landscape. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a coal power plant across the river and the village itself looked like it had seen better days,â&#x20AC;? he says. In gray, rainy weather, the lawns around the houses, even in winter, were deep green. It was a cinematic place, he says, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;strikingly beautiful.â&#x20AC;?

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He says that it is a fear of internal colonialism, rather than compassion or aesthetics, which drove him to photograph Racine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a critique of power in its subtlest forms that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m interested in,â&#x20AC;? he explains.

The town became the subject of his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project

at

Ohio

University.

Unlike

previous

series he had worked on for school, in which he personally embedded himself in the communities he was photographing, Vijayakumar tried to stay as detached as possible. Every morning for three months, he woke up at dawn and drove 35 minutes from the Ohio University campus to Racine, utilizing WKH HDUO\ PRUQLQJ QDWXUDO OLJKW XQWLO DURXQG D P He returned to Racine in the evenings to capture the landscape in the golden hour before sunset. People were largely unperturbed by his presence, partially because when he began the project, he introduced himself to the mayor of the town.

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THIS PAGE: A portrait of a local hardware store owner. Vijayakumar says local store owners believe that dropping sales are due to the opening of large supermarkets and superstores in neighboring towns, and, farther back, the proliferation of automobiles.

his scenes as a reminder of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former renown.

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Since graduating, Vijayakumar has turned

The future of coal production has been

his attention away from the United States. He

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a hot-button issue in national politics, with

traveled with grant money from Ohio University

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Appalachia at its center. Vijayakumar feels that

to Turkey, a country that he considers to be

in the debate of environmental protection,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;desperately in the center of the dividing line

understanding the residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perspective is lost

between the East and the West,â&#x20AC;? for a series

in the larger debate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a man comes up to a

about displaced Syrian refugees. Currently,

poor Appalachian farmer, who happens to own

Vijayakumar is in Los Angeles, working as a

a bit of land, and says: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey can I drill in your

software engineer to save up money for a

backyard, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give you $20,000,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; that guy will be

yearlong road trip through India. Back in his

like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;To hell with environmental protection, I

native country, he plans on continuing the

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want 20,000 bucks,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Vijayakumar explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In

peripatetic lifestyle he picked up in the United

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these people actually do need the money. This

the footsteps of the photographer-wanderers

reality is somehow missing from the narrative.â&#x20AC;?

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He adds: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the lower classes in America that have neither the means to production nor the access to a discourse. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where my role as photojournalist comes into the picture.â&#x20AC;?

In the end, Vijayakumarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series on Racine totaled 42 images, and a smaller edit was honored in the student category of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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Striving for Co-Existence AARON VINCENT ELKAIM DOCUMENTS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES UNDER THREAT OF DISPLACEMENT IN THE AMAZON.

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or three decades, the indigenous people of the Xingu River in Brazil have been at the forefront of a battle against

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With the mentorship of acclaimed photographer

participating in The Eddie Adams Workshop in

After decades of construction and legal

Donald Weber, former member of VII Photo, and

New York in the fall of 2008, Elkaim was inspired

battles, the Belo Monte Dam is projected to be

an internship with award-winning photographer

to follow his family history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going to Morocco

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River, the Munduruku people are resisting the

who he wanted to be as a photographer. He

history of that country,â&#x20AC;? Elkaim says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I

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considers the beginning of his career to be his

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though his work has traveled far distancesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both

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and increased mining operations in the Amazon,

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to ask:] who are you?â&#x20AC;? This project helped him to

all which cause displacement. Elkaim recently

discover his developing photographic voice, and

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it gained recognition from both publications and

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photography festivals.

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his own, while also taking on assignments. His

of the situation during construction, and the

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just about the third-largest dam in the

the River Runs Throughâ&#x20AC;? is Elkaimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third long-

world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the long-term destruction of the

term project. Through his work, he shows how

Amazon rainforest, which is the most important

deeply connected the Xingu people are with their

ecosystem on our planet.â&#x20AC;?

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American conservation, has been to keep people

Elkaimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier two-year projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; as a precursor

out of the land, because people are destructive,â&#x20AC;?

to his work in Brazil. That series documents

he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backwards, because these peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, their whole way of life, is [organized] around surviving with the land.

So theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re deeply invested in THIS PAGE: (clockwise from left) A group of boys climb a tree on the Xingu River; Members of the Munduruku tribe protest against plans to construct a series of hydroelectric dams; Many indigenous communities, though they live off of the land, are provided with generators, refrigerators and televisions by the government and industries hoping to win their support for the proposed dams.

protecting the forests around them.â&#x20AC;? In fact, Elkaim points out, these indigenous communities can help the country to monitor the land. As â&#x20AC;&#x153;the eyes and ears of the forest,â&#x20AC;? they can raise the Čľ DJ LQ WKH FDVH RI LOOHJDO ORJJLQJ

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the Fort McKay First Nation people, who have

an unbiased objectivity. Elkaim feels that his

become tied to the Athabasca oil sands in

main responsibility as an observer is to be true

northern Alberta. Both projects examine what

to his perspective and experience of the places

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happens when indigenous communities are

he photographs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I personally care about this

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forced to confront modern industrialism and

issue, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m photographing it,â&#x20AC;? he

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materialism.

says of his work in the Amazon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vested

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As a founding member of Boreal Collective, a

interest for me, and I think for all of humanity,

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to protect this ecosystem.â&#x20AC;? Then, he believes,

form documentary photography, Elkaim explains

once the photographs are taken, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a certain

the purpose of the collective as camaraderie

responsibility to get them out to the public.

for inspiration and connection, as well as

â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are opening their doors to you, allowing

social outreach: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[We are] a support network.

you into their lives. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your responsibility to

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and resources.â&#x20AC;? It also becomes a branding tool;

The story is constantly evolving, and Elkaim

when one member of Boreal gains recognition, it

hopes to spend the time necessary to convey

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terms of promotion.â&#x20AC;? [Ed: See our story on the rise

the world. It belongs to the planet, it belongs to

of photo collectives, including Boreal, on pg. 50]

all of us, and it belongs especially to the people

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who have lived there sustainably for generations.

as well as other forms of documentation,

I think we all have a right to protect it and to care

against the mandateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even the possibilityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;of

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IT’S A LIVING

The

Conservatio Photograph JOEL SARTORE’S MISSION TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT, ONE PHOTO AT A TIME.

by HARRISON JACOBS

THIS PAGE: A critically endangered red wolf at the Great Plains Zoo, photographed for the National Geographic Photo Ark (natgeophotoark.org).

PHOTO © JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK

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Sartore believes it was his penchant for the

has been his favorite, renowned

initiate to photojournalism, from local high school

uncommon path, and his dogged persistence,

National Geographic photographer

stories to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pothole of the week,â&#x20AC;? and every

that enabled his success. He thinks young

Joel Sartore points to a November 1998 feature

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photographers are often quick to dismiss the

on Nebraska, because â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got to sleep in my own

apart was the belief that every story, no matter

power of stories in places like Nebraska and

bed,â&#x20AC;? he says. The Nikon Ambassador, who spoke

how big or small, was worthy of his best work. The

Kansas in favor of big cities. But, for Sartore,

with PDNedu in his hometown of Lincoln before

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being able to uncover and capture compelling

heading out on his latest travel marathon to

latitude to shoot whatever story he wanted one

stories in Kansas made him stand out. Sartore

North Carolina, Alaska and Spain, says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Travel is a

day each week. And while some would take such

is adamant that what he did is replicableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the

huge pain. I just want to tell stories.â&#x20AC;?

recognition as a signal that it was time to move to

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One might assume that the famed National Geographic

is

photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

statement

desire to look for them and

a

photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

own

exaggerationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after

a willingness to plug into the

all, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been traveling for

local communities that are

assignments for the magazine

yearning to be heard.

is

an

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There

for more than 25 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but

are

millions

of

according to Sartore, it was

opportunities in every town

his love-hate relationship with

every

the road that got him his gig in

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been around

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long enough, you realize that

asked by the then-director

any town is as good as any

of photography for National

otherâ&#x20AC;Śand once you realize

Geographic, Kent Kobersteen,

that, you can make great

why he should hire Sartore

photos anywhere.â&#x20AC;?

for

assignment

day,â&#x20AC;?

Sartore

says.

work,

the interview with a miserable

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head cold and a pounding

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headacheâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;said exactly what

Sartore had access to some of

was on his mind: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

the most exotic locations in the

know. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like people much

world. He kept resolute in his

and I hate to travel.â&#x20AC;?

search for truth and impact.

Sartoreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who had come to

Sartore left thinking he

National

Geographic,

The

epitome

of

this

had bombed the interview,

approach

came

when

an

but a couple of weeks later,

editor at National Geographic

he received a letter telling

contracted Sartore to shoot

him to expect an assignment.

Boliviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nascent national park,

Kobersteen later told him that

Madidi, one of the most bio-

every

photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

diverse places in the world. Five

response to his question was

years after the establishment

the same: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love to travel.â&#x20AC;?

of the park in 1995, Madidi was

Not only was Sartoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer

facing an existential crisis in

honest, but Kobersteen knew

the form of a soon-to-be-built

Sartore wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t spend his

hydroelectric dam. Sartore and

time

other

enjoying

the

exotic

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writer Steve Kemper traveled THIS PAGE: One of Sartoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;feel-goodâ&#x20AC;? assignments was a 2006 story about the hunt for the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s White River National Wildlife Refuge (top); A woman who hand-raises orphaned koalas in Ormiston, Australia (bottom).

More than 25 features later,

down to Bolivia to meet with Rosa Maria Ruiz, the founder of Eco-Bolivia and someone who fought to establish the

on subjects ranging from natural disasters to the

a paper in a bigger city, Sartore stuck around to

park. Ruiz, whom Sartore described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;one-

most bio-diverse place in the world, Sartore no

see what he could unearth in Kansas.

woman army,â&#x20AC;? took him on a two-month journey

doubt proved Kobersteen right: he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care

Harper and Sartoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s belief that visually

less about enjoying the scenery; for him, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all

arresting and powerful stories could be found

about getting the story.

in the local communities of Kansas proved to be

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an irresistible match. Over the course of the next

of untamed wilderness, Sartore beautifully

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six years, during which time Sartore ascended to

documented poisonous snakes, rare macaws,

Sartore cut his teeth in photojournalism at The

director of photography at the Eagle, he produced

poached monkeys and illegally logged forests.

Wichita Eagle, the largest paper in Kansas, and he

four yearlong photo-essays, each more powerful

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cultivated his belief in photojournalismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power to

than the last. The last one, a look at the legacy of

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change lives under the tutelage of photo editor

mining and pollution in southeast Kansas, netted

required weeks of chemotherapy. Yet, for Sartore,

Steve Harper. At the paper, Sartore took on the

him the fated interview with National Geographic.

the months of trekking through thick, humid

through the park in order to raise awareness about its plight.

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he says. In 2006, Sartore put his assignments on

Each time, Sartore uses the same method:

Even after more than three decades in the

the back burner to tackle one of the most pressing

Elinchrome strobe lights, a white or black

photography business, Sartore is still an idealist

issues of our time: the impending extinction of

background and a Nikon D810 to capture

at heart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photojournalism has the real power to

the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diverse and amazing wildlife.

each species in a way that he says is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a great

change the world. A lot of people need our voice.

They need our help to get their message out,â&#x20AC;?

The Photo Ark, which has since been sponsored

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by the National Geographic Society, is a herculean

National Geographic Photo Ark will take the rest

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of his shooting career, a daunting proposition

captivity in order to document their existence and

for some. For Sartore, who idolizes the singularly

raise awareness about their possible extinction.

focused careers of painter John James Audubon

Monk-like, Sartore has devoted himself to

and photographer Edward Curtis, the prospect

the task with a singular focus. He has

of devoting his life to one worthy story is thrilling.

traveled to around 300 zoos,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need people to realize that as nature

wildlife

goes, so do we,â&#x20AC;? Sartore says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foolish to think

rehabbers to photograph

that we can doom half of the species on earth to

aquariums,

and

6,000 speciesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only halfway done.

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Sartore believes so fully that even when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not shooting species for the National Geographic Photo Ark, he is evangelizing its cause, speaking at schools, zoos and conferences or appearing on WHOHYLVLRQ DQG LQ GRFXPHQWDULHV 7KH HÎ? RUW KDV lead to the projection of Photo Ark images onto the United Nations and Empire State Building in New York City and St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basilica in Vatican City. It has even jumpstarted projects to help protect certain endangered species from extinction.

For a photographer, who only ever wanted to make an impact, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about all you can ask for. EDU

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Cameras: Nikon D750, D4S Lenses: AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G,

Lighting: Nikon SB-900 AF Speedlight Tripod: Manfrotto 290 DUAL Bags: Think Tank Retrospective 10 Editing Software: Photo Mechanic, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop

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AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G

Sustainable Schools How green is your school? It might not be a factor you consider, but many academic institutions are striving to become a model in sustainability. Princeton Review, Best Colleges and Sierra Club each rank “green” colleges and “cool” schools, measured by varying factors that cover campus operations, curriculum, research and community engagement. Here we present three schools with stellar sustainable track records for aspiring photographers.

by JACQUI PALUMBO

DAVIS, CALIFORNIA

University of California, Davis

University of Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ten campuses across

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the state are working to achieve a zero carbon

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footprint by 2025. UC campuses frequently rank

With a campus culture thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focused on

high, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Davis weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re highlighting for its total

innovation and creativity, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only natural that the

immersion of sustainability into campus design

arts program has an interdisciplinary approach.

and culture, in addition to its multi-disciplinary

Young Suh, co-chair of the department of art

approach to its arts program.

and art history, says that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the integration of

Sustainable

2nd

Century

is

UC

Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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mission to be a model sustainable campus

photography,

through building design, energy-consumption

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printmaking,

sculpture

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programs so unique. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We view photography

environmentally

and

as an integral part of a larger contemporary art

sustainable food services. All new buildings at

practice,â&#x20AC;? Suh says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We prepare students with

UC Davis are required to be built to meet LEED

an understanding of photography not only in the

(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

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conscious

purchasing

including a brewery, winery and food-science lab

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are

also

encouraged

to

take

advantage of the full curriculum the university

standards.

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Beyond infrastructure and administrative

media practices within arts, but also combine

decisions, students have opportunities to get

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Website: ucdavis.edu

involved, too. A student-run farm produces locally

university,â&#x20AC;? Suh explains.

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grown food, and the EcoHub, which houses

M.F.A., Art Studio

student-led units, manages events like the annual

black-and-white

zero-waste Whole Earth Festival for music, food

and photo books. UC Davis follows a quarterly

and the arts. There are more than 250 courses

schedule, making the ten-week courses intensive

related to sustainability at UC Davis, and some

and challenging. Facilities include a darkroom, a

more unique learning experiences as well:

fully equipped studio, large-format and desktop

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Basement Gallery, where advanced students can

active research project in sustainable living that

exhibit their work.

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Length of Program: Four years (B.A.); Two years (M.F.A.)

Size of Department: 180 students Annual Tuition: Undergraduate $14,047 (in state); $40,729 (out of state) Graduate $13,243 (in state); $28,345 (out of state)

is working toward a goal of zero net energy by producing solar power onsite.

In fact there are so many eco-friendly sites to see on campus, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sustainability Mapâ&#x20AC;?

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Undergraduate photography courses cover analog,

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SPECIAL REPORT: Sustainable Schools

BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA

Appalachian State University

If fresh mountain air and beautiful scenery is your

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community and its dedication to sustainability

an impressive commercial photography program

in the region. ASU hosts a multitude of events,

that has an emphasis on both creativity and

from the Appalachian Energy Summit (AES)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

business practices.

an annual gathering that engages students

John Latimer, assistant professor, says the four-

from schools across the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to its Energy

year program has â&#x20AC;&#x153;comprehensive curriculumâ&#x20AC;?

Center Workshop Series that provide learning

in editorial, product and fashion photography,

opportunities to the public.

in addition to video, retouching and portfolio

ASU is also big on transparency and sharing

building. Within the program, students can take

data. The school reports its own greenhouse

a tailored business course for photographers,

gas emissions and has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;livingâ&#x20AC;? roadmap to

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carbon neutrality that is updated frequently.

and

the

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a pilot participant in the Sustainability

communications department and business school

Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS),

at Appalachian State.

a â&#x20AC;&#x153;transparent, self-reporting framework for

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THIS PAGE: Assistant professor Andrew Caldwell takes photography students to the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway in Boone, near the App State campus.

general

business

practices

from

The program prepares students to build their brand and engage clients immediately, with a

colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance.â&#x20AC;?

senior capstone that culminates in a professional

On campus, you can see the initiatives

portfolio and personal marketing materials.

wherever you go. Renewable energy is produced

The school also utilizes its connections to help

three ways: a wind turbine on the highest point

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launch its studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; careers (their relations with

of campus, eight photovoltaic (PV) systems that

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

industry partners help with job and internship

generate electricity and eight solar-thermal

placement, Latimer notes), and, despite being far

systems that provide hot water to the facilities.

from major photography hubs, students still have

Since 2007, all new buildings are mandated

an opportunity to get a taste of the New York City

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hustle through the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Manhattan loft used

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Website: appstate.edu 'HJUHH 2Î? HUHG B.S., Commercial Photography

Length of Program: Four years Size of Department: 130 students Annual Tuition: $7,416 (in state); $21,932 (out of state)

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Students searching for an active lifestyle will

In fact, the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s locationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tucked away

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in the mountains of Boone, North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is

that include caving, backpacking, bouldering

an advantage, in Latimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[It] has its

and climbing, plus longer expeditions to places

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like Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have beautiful landscapes around us for

remote mountain areas in Italy.

environmental shoots, and a lot of students are also into adventure-sport photography.â&#x20AC;?

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by Jacqui Palumbo

STORRS, CONNECTICUT

University of Connecticut

Like UC Davis, University of Connecticut (UConn)

approach, encouraging convergence in media

is a large research school that promotes an eco-

and supporting courses in humanities and social

responsible lifestyle for its 30,000-plus students. 70

sciences. Two years of studio arts courses are

percent of students graduate from a program that

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includes sustainability in its curriculum, according

a concentration. Out of the 120 required credits

to Sierra Club. Students can engage with initiatives outside of the classroom through

programs

and

groups like EcoHouse, the EcoHusky Student Group and the ECOalition, which provide

opportunities

ranging from discourse to community outreach to event coordination. There’s also

the

Spring

Valley

Farm, where students live and work to produce local, organic produce for the campus.

Through

its

Climate

Action Plan and its Sustainability Framework

to graduate, 66 are in art, 12 in art history and 42

Plan, UConn aims to be carbon neutral by 2050.

in outside electives. Janet Pritchard, an associate

UConn’s

an

professor of art, says: “We try to work with

recycling

students through advising and getting to know

program, including an agricultural

them to help them to think about good crossovers

composting facility; a partnership

for their interests.”

eco-friendly

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extensive

overhaul

includes

campus-wide

with Eversource to bring LED lights

Students can concentrate in Photography/

and motion sensors to 31 buildings;

Video at the B.A. level, and it’s introduced “as

lighting, air-handling and heating

a craft, as a history, as a community [and] as

and cooling renovations in Gampel

a way of seeing the world,” Pritchard explains.

Pavilion, the arena that hosts Huskies

Basic, intermediate and advanced courses are

sports; its own Co-Generation power

complemented by electives in documentary

plant to meet campus energy needs;

photography and video; portrait, large-format,

and an award-winning reclaimed

landscape

water facility.

alternative processes. By senior year, students

and

studio

photography;

and

is

work on assignments that “get them to think

acutely aware of the school’s role in consuming

more actively and proactively about what it is

resources. Since 2005, after a quarter-mile stretch

that’s unique to them,” Pritchard says, followed by

of the nearby Fenton River ran dry, in part due to

a capstone project and gallery show.

UConn’s

administration

UConn’s water intake, the school has developed

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a Water Supply Emergency Contingency plan to

Windham, where seniors exhibit; DASL, a digital

address its impact on local rivers and to implement

art services lab where students get real-world

—

conservation strategies. The university has also

printing experience; a studio space; video-editing

added 101 acres of land to the nearby Hillside

facilities; and VASE, an experimental art gallery

Environmental Education Park’s existing 33 acres

that typically hosts solo shows by students who

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of wetland and 31 acres of uplands, and, in March

have been awarded one of the three grants

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2010, the school struck a conservation deal with

available to art students.

Website: uconn.edu

Length of Program: Four years (B.F.A.); Three years (M.F.A.)

Size of Department: 180 students, 20 photo concentrators (B.F.A.); 5 students (M.F.A)

Annual Tuition: Undergraduate $13,366 (in state); $34,908 (out of state) Graduate Fully funded

the Connecticut Forest and Park Association and

The M.F.A. program, Pritchard notes, is a best-

the Norcross Wildlife Foundation to protect 531

kept secret in higher education: Five students

acres of forest land and three miles of hiking trails.

are accepted for a three-year program, which

Currently, UConn is seeking the development

is fully funded, including a tuition waiver, an

of its own microgrid to bolster local infrastructure

assistantship with a stipend and health insurance.

and support the Co-Generation power plant in

Each student also receives a “generous” studio

times of grid outtages. The school also recently

space. At both levels, Pritchard says, the program’s

received grants to install electric vehicle charging

strong faculty, curriculum diversity—which allows

stations on campus.

wide-ranging individual choice within the larger

Impactful ideas are at the core of UConn’s

research university environment—and sense of

sustainability initiatives, as well as the core of the

community are some of the strengths of UConn’s

arts program. UConn takes an interdisciplinary

program. EDU

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THIS PAGE: Students from EcoHouse and Spring Valley Farm hand out potted plants during the university’s Earth Day celebration (right); printing at the DASL facilities (below).

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Photographers

Unite!

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THE RISE OF THE COLLECTIVE

As the model for a photographer’s income stream has changed, one avenue, born from passion and community, has begun to emerge: the photo collective.

by AMY TOUCHETTE and JACQUI PALUMBO

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TIPS & TECH : Step x Step

with the KeyMission 360.

by GREG SCOBLETE

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tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not often that a new technology hits the scene that promises

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virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree imaging.

point momentâ&#x20AC;? in his career.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a technology thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here to stay,â&#x20AC;? he tells PDNedu. Č&#x160;Î&#x2013;W FKDQJHV WKH way we tell stories and communicate.â&#x20AC;?

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18 -year-old kayaking wunderkind Alec Voorhees.

pair of wide-angle lenses and image sensors that can record completely

Rich mounted a KeyMission 360 to Voorheesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kayak for several trips

spherical 4K video or still images. Unlike the intimidating virtual reality rigs

down the rapids of the Alseseca River in Veracruz, Mexico. During that

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shoot and others with the KeyMission 360, Rich gained valuable insights

post-production, the KeyMission makes capturing 360-degree as simple

into the particular challenges and opportunities of creating 360-degree

as point and shoot: Since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an integrated solution, the video is stitched

content, which he agreed to share with us.

as you record it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect camera, in other words, to immerse viewers in a world they might otherwise never seeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like the world of 55

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In or Out?

still photographers accustomed to framing a scene through a single Before you even start recording, you need

rectangle, thinking spherically requires a mind shift. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We learned that

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complex situations are

appear in the frame or not. Since 360-degree

thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action in

cameras capture nearly everything around

the other, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

them, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nowhere for a camera operator to hide if he or

says.

she is holding the camera.

audience

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The

more engaging,â&#x20AC;? Rich says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If only one lens, and nothing in a lackluster VR shot,â&#x20AC;? he

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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thinking comes

edit.

retrieving the camera when the adventure was over. That said,

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itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not wrong to appear in the camera in all circumstances,

but it will appear

Rich says, as long as â&#x20AC;&#x153;you think about the experience your

your monitor. During

viewer is going to have.â&#x20AC;? Having one of the KeyMission 360

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cameras on you and the other on the scene unfolding in front

viewed through a device with 360-degree capabilities. Changes, such as

of you could work well for documentary-style work or for the

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when the footage is viewed spherically, Rich cautions. It also works the

records a spherical image, DV RQH ORQJ Čľ DW LPDJH RQ WKH HGLW WKLV Čľ DWWHQHG IRRWDJH

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One

challenge

in

Experiment with Monopods

thinking spherically is deciding where and how to mount the

camera. The KeyMission comes with mounting accessories and a standard socket for a tripod or monopod, and Č´ OPPDNHUV ZLOO QHHG WR GHFLGH ZKHWKHU WKH\ ZDQW WKH mount to appear in the video. When using boom poles and monopods, the camera may capture at least part of the pole in the frame (this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an issue when the camera is mounted to handlebars or a helmet).

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using a boom pole or monopod, you can exploit the cameraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seam, where the images created by the two cameras

overlap

at

the

top

and

bottom of the camera, to hide the pole.

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on the pole youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using and the angle

Shoot in Broad Daylight

at which itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extended from the tripod socket of the camera. Using mounting

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poles that are color-matched to the

Rich says. You can position lights in the cameraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blind spots, but those

background also helped to disguise any

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portion that was visible, he adds.

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Watch the Footage

he says.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nikon has premiered Corey Richâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immersive video on the KeyMission 360 YouTube channel:

Featured 360-degree images were shot with a KeyMission 360 prototype.

youtube.com/c/nikonkeymission

Stay Close to Your Subjects The KeyMission 360 uses wideangle lenses to ensure the broadest possible reach, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to keep subjects up close and personalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at a minimum of 3 feetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;lest they get lost in the background. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything farther than 10-15 feet away is going to be too far,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Just Say No (to Quick Cuts)

A key virture of the KeyMission

360

is

that it automatically

stitches the video recorded by its two cameras, sparing you from

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not Doing It Wrong

a labor-intensive post-production. The spherical H.264 video Č´ OH WKDW HPHUJHV IURP WKH FDPHUD FDQ EH LPSRUWHG LQWR DQ\ common video editor.

It was during the post-production edits that Rich learned

Rich was quick to stress that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very early days

another valuable VR lesson: traditional pacing rules donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply.

in the development of 360-degree imagery, and as such, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a conventional video edit, for, say, a commercial, we might do

no â&#x20AC;&#x153;right wayâ&#x20AC;? to shoot it. The standard orthodoxies and compositional

a one- or two-second cut,â&#x20AC;? Rich says. That pace is far too quick

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for VR. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The viewer needs enough time to explore the frame, [so]

had a chance to solidify around VR, even if some tentative best practices

during the editing and post-production, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital to structure the

are now emerging. The only real rules of the virtual road, Rich says, are

edit in such a way as to maximize a viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time in a scene.â&#x20AC;? That

the same ones that should guide any visual storyteller: capture beautiful

means giving the viewer between seven and 10 seconds to linger

light, compelling subject matter and great moments. EDU

and explore a scene before cutting to the next one. VR may be just the cure for our declining attention spans.

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TIPS & TECH: What Does It Cost?

What Does It Cost...

by AMANDA BALTAZAR

PHOTO Š ANDREW REILLY

TO STUDY, LIVE AND WORK IN SAN DIEGO? San Diego, the second largest city in California (and the eighth largest city in the country), is known for its temperate climate, active living and beautiful beaches. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outdoors-y city, with lots RI ZDONLQJ KLNLQJ ELNLQJ DQG RI FRXUVH VXUČ´QJ There are also nine art districts in San Diego and an exploding craft-beer scene with more than 120 breweries. And because the city has become a healthcare and biotechnology center, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mixed market for photography work, says Rob Andrew, a lifestyle and food photographer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of product work and a lot of corporate work; a lot of manufacturing [and] startups,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You do have to be a bit more diverseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to be just a food photographer or just fashion.â&#x20AC;?

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day or $120 per week. For Nikon bodies, the D800 at

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Gary Braasch Photographer, writer and pioneer in documenting climate change. by HILARY REID efore National Geographicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2004 issue dedicated to climate change,

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before Al Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, there was

awards for his climate change photography, including the North American

Gary Braasch. An award-winning nature photojournalist who called Portland,

Nature Photography Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outstanding Nature Photographer award,

Oregon, home, Braasch photographed the natural world for more than 40

the Sierra Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography and the

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title of Nikonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Legend Behind the Lens.â&#x20AC;?

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change. His work took him to tropical rainforests, glaciers, oil spills and ulti-

In 2007, Braasch published Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Chang-

mately to the Great Barrier Reef, where he passed away while snorkeling and

ing the World. Described by Al Gore as â&#x20AC;&#x153;essential reading for every citizen,â&#x20AC;? the

photographing in March at the age of 70.

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Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Braasch began photographing while serving in

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the Air Force. Largely an autodidactâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Braasch received degrees in journalism

Braaschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to environmental issues extended to his own pro-

at Northwestern University, and only took one photography class before start-

fessional decisions. As friend and collaborator Lynne Cherry wrote in a eulogy

ing his career in 1974â&#x20AC;&#x201D;he published work in magazines including Audubon,

published by The New York Times: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He would not consider assignments from

LIFE, National Geographic and The New York Times Magazine.

any company that was causing harm to the Earth.â&#x20AC;? Braasch and Cherry co-

In the late â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, his focus shifted to the documentation of global warming.

authored the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book How We Know What We Know About Our Chang-

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he collected photographs of glaciers from the late 1800s and early 1900s, and

inspire children and young people to take action against global warming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gary

then traveled to the same locations to photograph the present state of the gla-

was one of the purest souls I have ever known,â&#x20AC;? Cherryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eulogy continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His

ciers. The contrast between the early and later photos allowed the photojour-

deep reverence and love of the natural world was unparalleled, and it guided

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The before-and-after glacier sequence can be found on World View of Global

the steamroller of exploitation and destruction of so many things good and

Warming, a website founded by Braasch in 2002 that chronicled his climate

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change work. In 2007, he met Dr. Joan Rothlein, who became his partner in life and in work and collaborated with him on his vision for the project.

World View of Global Warming presented his work in a way to catalyze the

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viewer to action, with highly illustrative photographs accompanied by texts

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