{"id":14009,"date":"2022-09-14T11:15:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=14009"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T10:51:41","slug":"npl-photographer-talks-at-st-georges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/14\/npl-photographer-talks-at-st-georges\/","title":{"rendered":"NPL Photographer Talks at St George’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 10th-14th of October 2022 provides a chance to hear from six award winning nature photographers at St George’s, Bristol<\/a> as part of the Explore New Worlds series – a collection of talks, films, podcasts and exhibitions to delight and to challenge. <\/span>The talks coincide with the Wildscreen festival<\/a>, a world renowned intentional festival celebrating advances in natural world story telling and bringing together top nature photographers and film-makers from across the world. This is an incredible opportunity to gain a personal insight into the stories behind conservation and nature photography.<\/p>\n

Co-founder of the conservation organization SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, Pete Cairns, shares his compelling work on rewilding Scotland and visually stunning film on the importance of Scotland’s salmon. Award winning photographers Neil Aldridge, Matt Maran and Andy Parkinson shed light on the truth about foxes in their talk about their comprehensive and collaborative book FOX: Neighbour Villain Icon<\/em>. Finally, top underwater photographers Tony Wu and Alex Mustard share fascinating stories behind their beautiful and innovative underwater images.<\/p>\n

Pete Cairns<\/h1>\n

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Pete Cairns will be talking about his fascinating new documentary Riverwoods<\/em> and the importance of rewilding Scotland.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve never considered myself a proper photographer,” says Cairns. “Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I love working in wild places and I love close encounters with wild animals, but photography itself leaves me a bit cold. What I\u2019m really passionate about is what photography can do. <\/em>And what it can do<\/em> is make you think and make you feel. It’s that potential for informing and inspiring people about the role of wild nature in our lives, through visual storytelling, that gets me out of bed in the morning. A friend once told me: Work hard. Have fun. Do good. I try to do all three.”<\/p>\n

Pete Cairns has spent over two decades as a photographer, videographer, nature tourism operator and environmental communicator. He is a co-founder of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, having previously directed major conservation media initiatives such as Tooth & Claw, Wild Wonders of Europe and 2020VISION. SCOTLAND: The Big Picture works to drive the recovery of nature across Scotland through rewilding.<\/p>\n

Take a look at Pete’s images here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Take a look at images from SCOTLAND: The Big Picture here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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