Joel Sartore
Joel Sartore brings a sense of humor and a mid-western work ethic to all of his National Geographic Magazine assignments. In over two decades and more than two dozen stories with the National Geographic Society, Joel has covered everything from the remote Amazon rain forest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United Kingdom.
Joel is committed to conservation, especially in the Great Plains where he has lived his whole life. In his time with National Geographic, he has focused on endangered species and land use issues. He is co-founder of the Grassland Foundation, and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
He has written several books including Photographing Your Family, Face to Face with Grizzlies, Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky, and most recently RARE: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species.
Besides the work he has done for National Geographic, Joel has completed assignments for Audubon Magazine, Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and contributed to numerous book projects. Joel and his work have been the subject of several national broadcasts including National Geographic’s Explorer, the BBC, the NBC Nightly News, NPR’s Weekend Edition, Anderson Cooper’s Planet in Peril series, and an hour-long PBS documentary.
He is also a regular contributor on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood. Joel is always happy to return to home base from his travels around the world. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife Kathy and their three children.
2010
RARE: Grizzlies, Piranhas and Flesh-eating Pigs
Experience what it’s like to be on assignment for the world’s greatest magazine. In 20 years and 29 stories, Joel Sartore has learned...
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