Contributors

Melissa Schäfer

From her early childhood days in Hamburg, Germany, Melissa has viewed the world through her camera lens. With a background in creative and portrait photography, she has always had a unique eye for the surroundings. A deep love for the Arctic and polar bears as well as a strong commitment to nature and the environment...

Marina Cano

Marina Cano, a Spanish wildlife photographer, Canon ambassador, with more than 25 years of photographic experience and international prestige, of which 16 have been dedicated to nature photography, where she got extraordinary recognition in this field. During her career, she has published four books: Cabárceno, Drama & Intimidad (both sold out), Inspiration + Naturaleza, and...

Kate Jenvey

A child of Africa, an animal lover, and a passion for art are the raw elements that give Kate Jenvey her drive to create. Kate is a realistic oil painter and pencil artist using nature for her inspiration. Her artistic interest began early as she grew to love and admire the magnificent wildlife that was...

Lisa Langell

Lisa Langell is a full-time, award-winning professional photographer from Scottsdale, Arizona. A bird watcher and lover of photography since the age of eight, she now leads tours and workshops internationally and is genuinely passionate about three things: Creating emotionally evocative images of nature; providing supportive, fun, and high-quality learning experiences for her participants; and being...

Nisha Purushothaman

An avid traveler and photographer, Nisha Purushothaman is one who firmly believes that people need more awareness about the planet and should travel and see the already fragile eco-system first hand and contribute their part in conserving the earth’s resources. She loves to be defined as a naturalist, conservationist photographer. She is a five-times finalist...

Akshay Valluru

Akshay is a young and passionate wildlife photographer based in India. While growing up, he’d watched in admiration of his father’s wildlife photography journey, and in doing so, learned the skills to become one himself. Akshay has participated in various wildlife photography awards in the youth category and recently won the Wildlife Photographer of the...

Keith Woodley

Keith Woodley is the managing director of New Zealand’s Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Center

Kate Gorringe-Smith

Kate is an Australian print maker based in Melbourne where she studied print making at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Kate worked as an editor at Bird Life Australia where she developed a passion for shorebirds. She has organized three projects involving a number of printmakers working on shorebird art that is displayed to...