Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth?

mnn.com 17 Feb '12, 4pm

Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth?

All photos: © Joel Sartore/joelsartore.com A young mandrill in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. To say that National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has his hands full is an understatement: He’s in the process of photographing every single animal species in the world. When he’s between the photoshoots that send him everywhere from the Galapagos Islands to Antarctica, Sartore spends his time at zoos and aquariums photographing animals for his personal venture, The Biodiversity Project . This huge undertaking was Sartore’s idea, and of the 6,000 species on the planet, he’s already captured nearly a third. "The goal of this project is to get people to look these things in the eye before they go extinct," he said in a recent interview with NPR. "Not everything I shoot is rare, but a lot is. I just figure, for a lot of these species, these pictures are all that's going to remain...

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@lickey80 » 29 Feb '12, 4am
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@cobcm » 28 Feb '12, 4pm
MT @TapasDeCiencia: ¿Puede 1 persona fotografiar todas las especies animales del planeta? J.Sartore lo intenta [link]
@grishi77 » 28 Feb '12, 12pm
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@TapasDeCiencia » 28 Feb '12, 11am
¿Puede 1 persona fotografiar todas las especies animales del planeta?Joel Sartore, de @NatGeo, lo está haciendo. Fotos: [link]
@LighterFootstep » 28 Feb '12, 7am
Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] This National Geographic photog plans to try....
@retsina71 » 27 Feb '12, 6am
Would love to do it... But not in Zoo's.. RT @Canon_Camera: Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link]
@andrimuliawan08 » 27 Feb '12, 4am
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@jaunie82 » 27 Feb '12, 12am
Highly ambitious! Best of luck Mr Sartore ;) "Can one man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link]" via @Canon_Camera
@chrislakephoto » 26 Feb '12, 8pm
No, don't think so. @Canon_Camera re: Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link]
@JetCallahan » 26 Feb '12, 8pm
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@MLAntoni » 26 Feb '12, 8pm
What a project. His portraits are so touching. RT: @Canon_Camera Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link]
@olyakuzmina » 26 Feb '12, 8pm
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@MikeHowie » 24 Feb '12, 11pm
Photographer Joel Sartore is going to be at @HastingsMuseum Sat. night. Check out his latest mission: [link]
@mrrizkallah » 24 Feb '12, 5pm
Reminds me with the naturalist (Paul Bettany) in Master and commander RT @markowenmartin: Eukaryocentrism, I say! [link]
@kbauerPR » 24 Feb '12, 5pm
Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? One Nat Geo photographer is going to try. Amazing photos! [link] @NatGeoPR
@a99kitten » 24 Feb '12, 2am
Great pics! Wolfie looks so cuuute! And double-headed turtle?!?! "Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth?" [link]
@Leeyong_Soo » 23 Feb '12, 11pm
@PeppermintMag @loupardi amazing wildlife photography project [link]
@mampdx » 23 Feb '12, 10pm
At least we'll have an historical record when they've all vanished... [link]
@junematics » 23 Feb '12, 8pm
RT @blackchurch: Can one man photograph every animal species on earth? One's going to try. [link]
@blackchurch » 23 Feb '12, 8pm
Can one man photograph every animal species on earth? One's going to try. [link]
@freekibble » 23 Feb '12, 6pm
Joel Sartore is in the process of photographing ALL 6,000+ animal species on earth... including many rare ones! [link]
@Auroramwj » 23 Feb '12, 5pm
Amazing! I want to go with him! [link]
@RiaDelRia » 23 Feb '12, 5pm
"Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link]" This is beautiful!!
@CatWhispurrer » 23 Feb '12, 2pm
Joel Sartore is ONE man trying to photograph all animal species (6000+) on earth! [link]
@lostbirdproject » 23 Feb '12, 2pm
Can 1 man photograph every species on a mission to save species? [link] #birding #nature #bird
@BrendyLeah » 23 Feb '12, 2pm
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@ajseidl » 23 Feb '12, 9am
One man tries to photograph every species on Earth. [link] He hopes it might help save them.
@AuthCdnTours » 22 Feb '12, 3pm
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@sidni » 22 Feb '12, 12am
sonia, lets do it. RT @sonia_hensley: Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] I want to be this guy
@sonia_hensley » 21 Feb '12, 11pm
Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] I want to be this guy. @sidni I also want to be a red wolf.
@KourtnayeLewis » 20 Feb '12, 7pm
This National Geographic photographer wants to photograph every animal species before extinction to promote awareness. [link]
@sabinebos » 19 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @JeroenKlomp: Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] #extinction
@OuterSpacePi » 19 Feb '12, 3pm
Uh, hope he is quick! ;( Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth?: [link] via @ablorg
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“@ablorg: Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth?: [link]” cool
@PHONEGIRL2008 » 19 Feb '12, 9am
Hes an artist, his subjects involve ppl to love wildness&animals love it. @ablorg Can 1 man photograph every animal... [link]
@JeroenKlomp » 19 Feb '12, 8am
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@imsheryll » 19 Feb '12, 8am
Rad job. RT @IS_Foundation ambitious project that's going to raise awareness about animal species on the planet. [link]
@makerofclouds » 19 Feb '12, 6am
What a wonderful involvement! RT : Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] @ablorg
@PamelaDrew » 19 Feb '12, 4am
Truly amazing challenge to capture pics of every creature & priceless one by one :~) ty @abausee @P4Animals @JusJane53 [link]
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@JusJane53 » 18 Feb '12, 8pm
RT @abausee: .Ambitious project going2raise awareness about animal species on the planet. ---> [link] vIS_Foundation @P4Animals @JusJane53
@abausee » 18 Feb '12, 8pm
.Ambitious project going2raise awareness about animal species on the planet. ---> [link] vIS_Foundation @P4Animals @JusJane53
@GroovyLens » 18 Feb '12, 6pm
Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] | @MotherNatureNet. #Photography @joelsartore
@alinamaria90 » 18 Feb '12, 6pm
Can 1 man photograph every animal species on Earth? [link] congrats for this awesome project!
@IS_Foundation » 18 Feb '12, 6pm
This is an ambitious project that's going to raise awareness about the animal species on the planet. ---> [link]