Photograph by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Photograph by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Meet the people who investigate the cultures of the world and the social issues affecting them.
The archetypal National Geographic photojournalist, Abell’s work often tells evocative stories of time and place: Lewis and Clark, the Mississippi River, the Amazon, Australia. Most recently he told his own story in his book Sam Abell: The Photographic Life.
The consummate National Geographic photographer, Allard has traveled the world for five decades, photographing such diverse places and subjects as Peru, India’s Bollywood, blues music, cowboys, the Hutterites, and France’s fashion industry.
Working as a team for over 25 years, Beckwith and Fisher are in a race to photograph and document sacred tribal ceremonies across Africa before the ancient ways are lost in the vast cultural melting pot.
In her presentation “Connect With Anybody, Anywhere” Belt shares her experiences as a journalist bridging cultural, racial, and religious divides. A passionate conservationist, Belt’s recent project with author Barbara Kingsolver aims to help save the last wild spaces in the United States.
A master at penetrating secret worlds, Cobb is known for her photographic essays documenting hidden societies and cultural phenomena, from Japan’s geisha to beauty to modern-day slavery to the mysteries of love.
Davis believes humanity’s greatest legacy is the “ethnosphere.”
Frustrated with his experiences in environmental inaction, Francis decided to effect change by taking a radical personal stand—he stopped using motorized transportation and took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years.
Hawass recently ushered the treasures of King Tut’s tomb to the U.S.
Hiebert, a National Geographic archaeology fellow, played a vital role in excavating ancient treasures once thought lost in the chaos of Afghanistan’s modern wars and invasions.
Thirty years after the discovery of the fossil specimen Lucy, Johanson remains a towering figure in the study of human origins.
National Geographic’s unofficial global-health photographer, Kasmauski relishes the difficult stories most others would not touch—infectious disease, the AIDS epidemic, Alzheimer’s, and reproductive health.
McCurry is best known for his stirring portraits of a green-eyed Afghan refugee girl in 1985 and again in 2004. His name is synonymous with the culture and beauty of Southeast Asia.
Wells is leading the farthest reaching human-migration study ever conducted.
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