Joel Sartore

Taken at a raptor recovery center here in Nebraska in  August of 2006

Taken at a raptor recovery center here in Nebraska in August of 2006

Let’s celebrate the book from Joel Sartore, co-published by National Geographic, “Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species”. It started out as something for him to work on close to home while his wife was treated for breast cancer (thankfully, she has since made a full recovery.) Showing animals on simple black and white backgrounds gives equal weight (and hopefully attention) to creatures great and small — from peregrine falcons to endangered flies. The goal is to get readers to care about these species, and to save them before it’s too late.

Joel Sartore Photography – www.joelsartore.com

Also visit www.rarethebook.com.