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The iLCP's mission is to support environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography and filmmaking.
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We believe that awe-inspiring photography is a powerful tool in preserving the environment, especially www.ConservationPhotographers.org

06/18/2026

Photo and words by iLCP Senior Fellow Brian Skerry (Brian Skerry) /

“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err.

For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.”

- Henry Beston, The Outermost House

Photographed on Assignment for National Geographic

06/17/2026

Photos and words by iLCP Emerging League member Roman Willi (Roman Willi) / The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is one of Australia’s most distinctive marsupials. Unlike many other wallabies that prefer open grasslands, swamp wallabies are primarily animals of dense forest, woodland and thick undergrowth, where their dark coloration provides excellent camouflage.

They are mostly solitary and active during the early morning, evening and night, feeding on a wide variety of grasses, shrubs, leaves and ferns.

One of the most remarkable aspects of their biology is their reproductive strategy. Like several other kangaroos and wallabies, swamp wallabies use embryonic diapause, allowing an embryo to pause its development while a younger joey occupies the pouch. What sets them apart is how efficiently this system operates. Females often conceive a new embryo shortly before giving birth, creating an almost continuous cycle of reproduction. At any given time, a female may be supporting a dormant embryo, a pouch young, and an older juvenile that has already left the pouch but still returns to suckle.

Photographed during a WildReach Productions Ltd. | GmbH: Wildlife Documentaries shoot last year.

📸 Sony Schweiz Alpha 1 & 400m f/2.8

📍 Queensland, Australia

06/16/2026

The deadline to apply to join the International League of Conservation Photographers is approaching. 🌍📸

iLCP is a global community of professional photographers and filmmakers using ethical visual storytelling to inspire conservation action and help protect the natural world. From wildlife and climate stories to Indigenous knowledge, biodiversity, environmental justice, and human-wildlife coexistence, our Fellows and Emerging League members are helping shape some of the most important conservation conversations happening today.

We are currently accepting applications for:
• Emerging League
• Associate Fellow

The Emerging League is designed for early-career conservation photographers and filmmakers who show strong promise and are still building their careers, while Associate Fellow membership is intended for established professionals with a significant body of work and demonstrated contributions to conservation storytelling.

If you are passionate about conservation storytelling and committed to creating meaningful impact through photography or filmmaking, we encourage you to apply.

Deadlines:
Associate Fellow & Emerging League — June 30, 2026
Senior Fellow Promotion — July 31, 2026 (Senior Fellow application is only for current Associate Fellows)

Apply at: ilcp.com/membership

06/15/2026

Photos and words by iLCP Associate Fellow Steven Johnson (Steven David Johnson) / The garden at Maggie’s Pond continues to surprise me. This spine-covered buffalo treehopper nymph (on our pickerel w**d) would be at home in a sci-fi film!

Image #1 : illuminated with flash at low ISO for max quality.
Image #2: natural light with a small pop of fill flash.

06/12/2026

Video and words by iLCP Associate Fellow Lorenzo Mittiga (Lorenzo Mittiga Photography©️) / Filmed by Lorenzo Mittiga Photography©️

Bonaire is not facing a distant problem.

Climate change is already affecting the island: the reefs, the coastline, the roads, the water, and the people who live here.
A new report estimates that helping Bonaire adapt could cost between $1.2 and $1.8 billion.
That sounds like a lot.
But doing nothing could cost much more: $5–5.6 billion by 2050.

One simple example: after heavy rain, water runs from land into the sea, carrying mud, waste, and sediment with it. That dirty water reaches the reef, weakens the corals, and makes the coastline more vulnerable.
So this is not only about coral.
It is about homes, roads, tourism, drinking water, and the future of the island.

Bonaire needs a serious climate adaptation plan.
Not someday. Now.

06/11/2026

Photo and words by iLCP Emerging League member Roman Willi (Roman Willi) / Glass frogs in amplexus, photographed in collaboration with BioSur Foundation, Costa Rica

📍 Rio Nuevo Wildlife Nature Reserve

📸 Sony Schweiz Alpha 7RIV & Laowa by Venus Optics

06/10/2026

Photo and words by iLCP Associate Fellow Javier Aznar Gonzalez de Rueda () / A male of umbrella bird photographed in in El Oro, with .jocotoco

sony A1 + Sony 600mm f4 GM from .espana

06/09/2026

Photos and words by iLCP Senior Fellow Steve Winter () / I spent part of two years in India photographing Asiatic lions — yes, there are lions in India! This was a favorite place for the cats to catch a breeze during May’s intense pre-monsoon heat. We called this hill “Lion King”—though both males and females lounged here. A century ago, only a handful of Asiatic lions remained, but extraordinary conservation efforts, with substantial financial support from the Indian government, have brought them back from near-extinction. Today there are 891 though their future is not yet secure. A true conservation success story!
Our story, written by .guynup, appears in the June issue of

06/08/2026

Video and words by iLCP Associate Fellow Kristi Odom () / Minding my own business… filming dolphins in beautiful light when a school of mackerel suddenly decided I was the perfect hiding spot. A few seconds later, I was being side-swiped by a shark.

To be clear, this shark wanted absolutely nothing to do with me… Not going to lie... it was one of those moments that instantly humbles.

Happy World Oceans Day! Let’s celebrate its power and exhilarating beauty today and always!

📷 Z9 in an

06/05/2026

Photos and words by iLCP Associate Fellow Sergio Izquierdo () / Seventy-three percent of the planet’s wildlife has disappeared in the last 50 years.

It didn’t disappear on its own.

Behind every lost species are destroyed forests, polluted rivers, overexploited oceans, and human decisions that prioritized comfort over conservation.

As long as we continue to live in a bubble called “lifestyle,” the destruction will continue.

World Environment Day shouldn’t be a celebration.

It should be a reminder of all that we still have time to save.

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