my job my passion or what I’m trying to
explore and share is the fact that we
are throwing away the ark which is my
attempt to document as many of the
world’s captive species as I can before
I die
I think photography has tremendous
potential in terms of moving people to
action these are pictures that go to
work these are pictures that work every
day long after I’m dead these things are
going to go to work to save species my
goal is to get people to wake up and say
whoa that’s amazing what do I got to do
to save that and then they actually do
save it to create a picture that
outlasts us that’s really tough
I shoot 30,000 pictures a year minimum
maybe three or four keepers three or
four I got more fingers on this hand and
the number of keepers I get in a year
and all I do is shoot pictures and
that’s all I’ve done since I was 18
years old just take pictures but boy
those three or four pretty good you name
it we can do it you could drop us off
any place on earth and we’d get the job
done no matter what the subject is we’re
constantly strangers in strange lands we
have to immediately establish
friendships and bonds in order for
people to share their lives with us
that’s the biggest thing that we do
beyond the picture-taking is to ferret
out where the pictures are how to get
them and to leave the place better than
we found it we try our artists and we
hope that people will catch on and get
smarter and care about more than the
price at the pump and what’s on TV
before it’s all gone that’s why we don’t
quit until we die that’s why we keep
going it’s a lot more work than I ever
thought it’s a lot more work than
anybody can imagine really you’re by
yourself all the time it’s a very lonely
life you miss birthdays and you miss
holidays and you think of excuses fancy
excuses why you missed your kids eighth
birthday fancy excuses that mean nothing
to your child so why do it well because
we’re saving the earth and all there is
in it
explore and share is the fact that we
are throwing away the ark which is my
attempt to document as many of the
world’s captive species as I can before
I die
I think photography has tremendous
potential in terms of moving people to
action these are pictures that go to
work these are pictures that work every
day long after I’m dead these things are
going to go to work to save species my
goal is to get people to wake up and say
whoa that’s amazing what do I got to do
to save that and then they actually do
save it to create a picture that
outlasts us that’s really tough
I shoot 30,000 pictures a year minimum
maybe three or four keepers three or
four I got more fingers on this hand and
the number of keepers I get in a year
and all I do is shoot pictures and
that’s all I’ve done since I was 18
years old just take pictures but boy
those three or four pretty good you name
it we can do it you could drop us off
any place on earth and we’d get the job
done no matter what the subject is we’re
constantly strangers in strange lands we
have to immediately establish
friendships and bonds in order for
people to share their lives with us
that’s the biggest thing that we do
beyond the picture-taking is to ferret
out where the pictures are how to get
them and to leave the place better than
we found it we try our artists and we
hope that people will catch on and get
smarter and care about more than the
price at the pump and what’s on TV
before it’s all gone that’s why we don’t
quit until we die that’s why we keep
going it’s a lot more work than I ever
thought it’s a lot more work than
anybody can imagine really you’re by
yourself all the time it’s a very lonely
life you miss birthdays and you miss
holidays and you think of excuses fancy
excuses why you missed your kids eighth
birthday fancy excuses that mean nothing
to your child so why do it well because
we’re saving the earth and all there is
in it
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