AMPHIBIANS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOEL SARTORE

-INTRODUCTION-

AMPHIBIANS, a traveling exhibition featuring photography by National Geographic photographer, Joel Sartore, is now being made available for circulation. AMPHIBIANS includes 81 striking photographs of amphibians that stretch our notions of beauty and shed light on the tragic decline of some of Earth’s most magnificent species.

AMPHIBIANS showcases the incredible diversity of these species, which include frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and more.  Large-scale images give visitors a close-up look at these endearing and expressive creatures— from the strange to the comical, the camouflaged to the canary yellow.

Sadly, many amphibians are on the brink of extinction. The exhibit also highlights the widespread losses these species are experiencing due to environmental factors, such as pollution, habitat loss, climate change, and chytrid fungus.

For the last 20 years, Nebraska’s own Joel Sartore has captured the natural world in pictures for the National Geographic Society. He has photographed 30 of the publication's stories, covering everything from the remote Amazon rainforest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United Kingdom. Sartore’s work focuses on endangered species, natural history and land use issues.  Besides his National Geographic work, he has completed assignments for Audubon Magazine, Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and contributed to numerous book projects. Sartore and his photographs have been the subject of several national broadcasts including National Geographic’s Explorer, NBC Nightly News, NPR’s Weekend Edition and an hour-long PBS documentary. He is also a regular contributor on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood.  When not on assignment, Joel lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife Kathy and their three children.

Joel's Statement about the show:

Across the globe, amphibian species are becoming extinct at an alarming rate and scientists expect anywhere from one third to one half of all amphibian species to disappear within the next ten years. Factors like disease, climate change, and habitat loss are combining to create a dire situation, and scientists are racing against the clock to stop this wave of extinction before it's too late.

Why should you care that the amphibians are vanishing? For one, amphibians help to keep insect populations under control by eating them. Second, amphibians provide food for many other animals. In other words, they are critical links in the web of life. Perhaps most important is this; with their porous skins and ties to fresh water, amphibians serve as critical environ-mental barometers. Their rapid decline is telling us that the world's ecosystems are now in serious trouble. It is folly to think that we can lose half of an entire class of animals and not think that it will affect us. As animals ourselves, we humans will be every bit as vulnerable to extinction if we don't take care of the Earth and all the species with whom we share the planet.

- EXHIBITIONS FACTS-

Contents: 60 framed photographs various sizes and 21 large hanging photographs on canvas

Publication: An exhibition gallery guide

Space req: 2,000 - 3,000 sq ft gallery (can be modified)

Exhibition Fee: $12,500 for 2 months, $15,000 for 3 months, plus shipping and insurance

Dates Available: October 2012 onward

Contact:
Photographic Traveling Exhibitions
Jeffrey Landau
310 397 3098    info@p-t-e.org