Running Wild Media Co-founder Justin Grubb stands next to his photo story of the helmeted hornbill, which highlights the work of Planet Indonesia in conserving this incredible species.
Conservation through a Lens
Our traveling wildlife photography gallery “Conservation through a Lens” is on display at the St Louis Public Library - Central Branch. This exhibit brings together photos from our various assignments around the world and displays them in public venues for everyone to enjoy and learn about the wildlife and conservation stories that each photo features.
Education workshops
As a part of our display, we conduct all sorts of educational workshops for budding wildlife photographers and those who want to learn more about ethical wildlife photography. These workshops are conducted for free to the public, and allow participants to get hands on experience using professional camera gear to tell unique stories about wildlife and conservation in their area. We utilize the natural areas around the venue and partner with local wildlife conservation organizations to help provide access to exciting and unique opportunities for participants. For this gallery, we partnered with the World Bird Sanctuary who brought a red tailed hawk to our children’s “Wild about Photography” program.
Inspired by our wildlife conservation gallery, the St Louis Public Library System adopted a wildlife focused summer reading program for their young readers. The books that were promoted for this year’s theme highlighted conservation initiatives, environments around the world, and local wildlife stories to increase local reader’s knowledge about the importance of our relationship to nature.
More about the exhibit
Highlighting extraordinary wildlife from around the world and their intriguing conservation stories through captivating photography, video, workshops, and powerful interpretation. This exhibit takes a multidisciplinary approach to combine science and art in a way that can benefit the community and our local ecosystems. The goal of the exhibit is to educate local communities about global and local conservation issues and solutions as well as get community members connected to conservation organizations around the city.
Learn more at www.conservationthroughalens.com