All aboard the Photo Ark

摘要

Joel sartore travels the world photographing endangered animals from zoos and rescue centres for his Photo Ark project. He has photographed more than 2600 species so far. "The goal of all this is to simply get the public to finally wake up and pay attention," says Sartore. "Half of all species could become extinct by the turn of the next century if we don't stop tearing up the planet. This will be a lose-lose situation for all of us." Although the set-up for Sartore's photos is always the same - using white rolls of paper or black rolls of velvetforthe backdrop -the outcome is always different. Sartore wants to publicise the plight of these species, some of which are no longer easily photographed in the wild, and some of which receive less publicity than their more charismatic relatives.