Critical Exposure

Photography has often played an important role in conservation efforts, helping to influence legislation and land policy to preserve wild places

Text & Photography By Justin Black

Published October 18, 2016
Updated October 7, 2018

Photography has often played an important role in conservation efforts, helping to influence legislation and land policy to preserve wild places.

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Justin Black

Justin Black's photographs have been published widely and featured in numerous exhibitions around the U.S. and abroad, from the UK and Germany to Los Angeles and the United States Capitol. Formerly executive director of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), Black has contributed photography in support of conservation campaigns to protect threatened landscapes and ecosystems from British Columbia to Brazil, and from California’s Sierra Nevada to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. His company, Visionary Wild, has achieved a reputation for delivering world-class photography travel and education experiences for passionate photographers with leading professional instructors.