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09/23/2012

Had a nice conversation with producer for PhotoXpeditions today. Something may be in the works :-)

03/28/2012

What's your definition of "culturally-responsive photography"?

Caption: Jorge Rivadenyra, elder of the Añangu lowland Quichua community and chief guide for their Napo Wildlife Center ecotourism operation, shows a bird to young community member Cristian Cerda. The three of us were gathered on the broad sandy beach at the mouth of Añanguyacu River where it meets...

12/01/2011

Earth Justice (super org) and their interview with David Doubilet...a great guy with nice insight into the multi-perspectival approach of the best conservation photographers

This is the fifth in a series of Q and As on Earthjustice’s oceans work, which works to prevent habitat loss and overfishing, as well as reduce the impacts of climate change on the ocean. David Doubilet, an acclaimed underwater photographer for National Geographic, has...

10/18/2011

Support the Ecuadorian Rivers Institute with a donation! www.kayakecuador.com/Donate.htm and watch this feature.

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09/16/2011

Remembering Galen Rowell. He wrote "...Literal images of nature no longer wow the public as those of the first master landscape photographers once did. In every field there comes a time when we stop paying attention to examples of technical success... Simply defined, a visionary image communicates the intentionality of the artist's experience."

I'd asked a photographer friend of mine what books she recommended I read in preparation for some wildlife photography trips I have planned in the upcoming year. Inner Game of Outdoor Photography topped her list. I started out reading this book to see what tips I could pick up to help me with conser...

09/01/2011

Sneak preview of the new "Visual Inspirations" piece for our RawRainforest subscribers, with fresh images each week!

Click for the full-size view and read the story behind the scene. Now, isn't this great cubicle therapy?!

09/01/2011

A preview of the locations and experiences you'll enjoy in this tour from the eastern Andes into the upper Amazon basin.

07/23/2011

Please chime in our Discussion forum - link at upper left of this page - and give us your ideas on what constitutes "culturally-responsive" photography. Ideally, you can share your own personal experiences from travels in the upper Amazon/Napo river valley region as a conservation worker, resident, independent traveler or tour participant. All the best, Bruce

06/11/2011

Vero is a good friend and our designer for RawRainforest. She's based in sunny & beautiful Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Here's a sample of her recent work for us on her blog.

02/20/2011

Great start-up of my friend Josef Dunne in Athens (Greece) building a online community of live interpreters available on a moment's notice...check it out

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02/05/2011

At RawRainforest, we really like the UK's World Land Trust because they partner with so many Ecuadorian community-based orgs to help them build local reserves! We might partner with them on our next tour!

02/04/2011

Peter Gabriel funding community-based video for transparency and human rights...

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01/29/2011

VOTE by February 1!!!

The Añangu lowland Quichua community is competing for a Changemakers grant to realize their community and science education center. These are wonderful humble people, who I have known since about 2001.

Their communal lands are in Yasuni National Park, arguably the most biologically diverse place on earth! This award will ensure Añangu youth are involved in conservation and research.

This entry has been selected as a finalist in the Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge - Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations competition.

01/28/2011

Vote for the Añangu Quichua (Kichwa) communidad here. With community-based ecotourism, they are funding infrastructure in education that will keep community youth in communal forest.

This entry has been selected as a finalist in the Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge - Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations competition.

01/23/2011

Dr. DiFiore's gives a great field account of his high-tech work which is adding layers of ground-truthing to the monumental study to which he contributed: "The Global Conservation Significance of Ecuador's Yasuní National Park" Google it!

After several days following spider monkeys, scientists manage to catch one of the oldest males and give him a new, high-tech radio collar.

01/06/2011

Join our Discussion on "Culturally-responsive photography" at the Raw Rainforest Photography page. Click on Discussions on the menu bar.

09/15/2010

Had a great experience at the 2010 ESTC Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism conference. Glad to see several indigenous tour operators there, including my good friend Alex from Peru. More on this soon!

04/18/2010

Welcome to Raw Rainforest Photography Tours

The people of Añangu protect over 82 square miles of wilderness in Ecuador's finest example of community-based ecotourism. Join photographer Bruce Farnsworth and Raw Rainforest Photography Tours in the Amazon basin.