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• Christoph Gielen In Wired’s Raw File

  Wired Magazine’s Raw File is featuring a profile of Christoph Gielen’s Blue Earth project Incarcerated Populations: American Prison Perspectives. More »

• Fukushima, Photo A Day

  This past week, Blue Earth project photographer Michael Forster Rothbart After Chernobyl, After Fukushima noted the second anniversary of the earthquake in Japan by launching a new photo commentary series on his blog featuring a photo per day from his project. More »

• Our House In The Clouds

  Photographer Judy Blankenship - Blue Earth project The Cañari of Southern Ecuador - just released her newest book Our House in the Clouds: Building a Second Life in the Andes of Ecuador. More »

• New Films For Facing Climate Change

  Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele just launched four new films for Facing Climate Change. Oyster Farmers, Coastal Tribes, Potato Farmers, and Plateau Tribes all explore global climate change through people who live and work in the Pacific Northwest. More »

• Christoph Gielen In Creative Time Reports

  Creative Time Reports just published today a new article by Christoph Gielen.  In the article, Gielen discusses his Blue Earth project Incarcerated Populations: American Prison Perspectives and features several new photos. More »

• Samuel James In Lens

  Samuel James’ latest work, from his Blue Earth project Niger Delta, is being featured in the New York Times blog Lens. More »

• Peter DiCampo In Salon

  Salon this week published "Introducing Africa to the OMG crowd" an article by Blue Earth project photographer Peter DiCampo. More »

• Blue Earth Photographers At Wild & Scenic Film Festival

  Several Blue Earth photographers and board members recently attended the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, California. The Festival, now in its 11th year, features environmental and adventure films. More »

• Jamey Stillings’ The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar

  Jamey Stillings’ “The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar” is being featured in a new online gallery at the Forward Thinking Museum. More »

• Furlotti Awards Grant To “Cameras Without Borders”

  We are pleased to note that the Furlotti Family Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to Eberhard Riedel’s Cameras Without Borders project at Blue Earth. Over recent years, Riedel has spent many months in several African nations ravaged by conflict working in the field to photograph his project as well as to help efforts at recovery. More »

• Shell’s Kulluk Rig Run Aground

  Our readers may remember that Blue Earth’s Gary Braasch recently published the first photos of Shell’s Kulluk oil rig off the coast of Alaska. Now that very same oil rig has run aground. More »

• Roberto ‘Bear’ Guerra In NPR’s 100 Words

  Blue Earth photographer Roberto ‘Bear’ Guerra’s project La Carretera: Life Along Peru’s Interoceanic Highway is being featured in NPR’s ‘the picture show’ series. The NPR article, 100 Words: On Peru’s Interoceanic Highway features a statement from Guerra about his work and a gallery of some of his latest photos. More »

• The Blue Earth Book Is Funded

  Thanks to the generosity of our friends and members, The Blue Earth Book is under way. We exceeded our goal on Kickstarter! More »

• Jamey Stillings In NPR’s The Picture Show

  NPR's "The Picture Show" blog is featuring Jamey Stillings’ Blue Earth project Changing Perspectives on Renewable Energy Development. The article by Clare O'Neill Under Construction: The World's Largest Thermal Solar Plant includes an interview with Stillings and an interactive gallery with several recent photos from his latest work. More »

• Updated Gallery Of Tom Reese’s “Choosing Hope”

  Blue Earth project photographer Tom Reese was kind enough to share with us a new collection of some of his latest work. Take a few minutes to check out the new photos in his project gallery! More »

• From The Field: Gary Braasch In India, Nepal, and Bhutan

  Fresh from the field, Blue Earth project photographer Gary Braasch just published an update on his recent travels. More »

• Bruce Farnsworth Receives “Highly Honored Image” Award

  A photo by Blue Earth project photographer Bruce Farnsworth Amazon Headwaters: Locals Working Toward the Global has received the Highly Honored Image award in the 2012 Windland Smith Natures Best International Photography Competition. Images from the competition will also comprise a Smithsonian Museum exhibition in 2013. More »

• Samuel James In Harper’s Magazine

  Recent photos by Samuel James from his Blue Earth project Niger Delta are featured in the September issue of Harper’s Magazine. More »

• 2012 Collaborations For Cause Videos Now Available

  Videos from our 2012 "Collaborations For Cause" are now online. Included in this initial selection are several presentations and a number of one-on-one interviews with speakers about their work. More »

• Project Update: Garth Lenz “Energy and Ecology”

  Garth Lenz has been busy promoting new work from his Blue Earth project Energy and Ecology. His “True Cost of Oil” exhibit is going to be shown in conjunction with the world premiere of a commissioned string quartet - Crossroads - for the world renowned Fry Street String Quartet on the theme of the environment and sustainability. His photos, and the work of artist Rebecca Allan, will be shown as part of the premiere and also in an exhibition at the Tippets Gallery at Utah State University in Logan Utah. More »

• Support Blue Earth At Think Tank Photo

  Need a new camera bag? The folks at Think Tank Photo have generously offered to help support Blue Earth! Using the link above, 10% of the proceeds from all purchases at their store will go to help support Blue Earth’s mission to assist documentary photographers working to educate the public about critical issues. More »

• Shooting From The Heart: Photography That Makes A Difference

  Need some help creating your own photographic project? Download a free PDF copy of Blue Earth's highly regarded handbook for photographers developing documentary projects, Shooting From The Heart: Photography That Makes A Difference. More »

• Photography Store

  Blue Earth has launched our new photography store! Great photography books, software, digital storage, and much more - and all at great prices for our friends and supporters. Help Blue Earth and our project photographers while shopping for your everyday photography supplies or any product sold by Amazon. More »