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Joel Sartore
(16 Jun 1962 - )
American photographer and author who has for 20 years contributed to National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and others. He describes his work as a “mission to document endangered species and landscapes in order to show a world worth saving.”
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Science Quotes by Joel Sartore (3 quotes)
[My work as a photographer is a] mission to document endangered species and landscapes in order to show a world worth saving.
— Joel Sartore
On the 'About' page of his web site.
It is folly to think that we can destroy one species and ecosystem after another and not affect humanity. When we save species, we’re actually saving ourselves.
— Joel Sartore
On the 'About' page of his web site.
The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background.
— Joel Sartore
As quoted in Jaymi Heimbuch, 'How One Photographer's Foolishness is Saving Endangered Wildlife' (23 Jan 2014) on Mother Nature Network webpage.
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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
