A dramatic image can change our perception and alter our understanding of a subject. This idea defines the mission of Blue Earth: to raise awareness about endangered cultures, threatened environments and social concerns through photography. By supporting the power of photographic storytelling, we motivate society to make positive change.

Call For Photographers

Blue Earth invites amateur and professional photographers to engage the power of photographic storytelling in our Spring 2012 Blue Earth Photo Contest. Entries will be judged by a panel of jurors, all professionals in the photographic field, on the criteria of quality, creativity, and visual narrative. The 1st place winner will receive $500, gear donated by Think Tank Photo, admission to our 2-day, 2012 photo workshop, and inclusion in the Blue Earth "Honors" gallery.

News and Events

• Blue Earth Prize At The PhotoAlliance 2012 Our World Portfolio Review

  We are pleased to once again invite applicants for the Blue Earth Prize For Best Project Photography at the PhotoAlliance 2012 Our World Portfolio Review. This award provides recognition for photographic work best representing our mission: To raise awareness about endangered cultures, threatened environments and social concerns through photography. More »

• Eberhard Riedel Speaking In Seattle & Santa Fe

  Eberhard Riedel is busy these days traveling, speaking, and presenting workshops about his Blue Earth project Cameras without Borders: Photography for Healing and Peace at Blue Earth. On February 24-25, 2012 Riedel will be speaking at the C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe and on March 9-10 for the C. G. Jung Society of Seattle. More »

• Garth Lenz: Provincial Distance in a Tar Nation

  Blue Earth project photographer Garth Lenz recently spoke at TEDxVictoria and his address is now online. Given the ongoing coverage of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, his message couldn’t be more timely and pressing. More »

• Daniel Beltrá, “Discovery of the Year”

  At the Lucie Awards held recently at the Lincoln Center in New York, Seattle-based Blue Earth project photographer Daniel Beltrá was awarded “Discovery of the Year” in the Professional Category at the 2011 International Photography Awards. More »

• Florian Schulz’s Polar Bears In National Geographic

  As part of his travels in the Arctic this summer, Blue Earth project photographer Florian Schulz produced a stunning series of photos featuring polar bears. A gallery of his images from the trip is highlighted in National Geographic. More »

• Conservation Photography As Pedagogy

  Blue Earth project photographer Bruce Farnsworth has just published a new article “Conservation Photography as Environmental Education: Focus on the Pedagogues” in the journal Environmental Education Research (subscription required). In the article, he explores “the genre of conservation photography” as a “legitimate and highly relevant pedagogical enterprise.” More »

• Support Blue Earth At Think Tank Photo

  Need a new camera bag? The folks at Think Tank Photo have generously offered to help support Blue Earth! Using the link above, 10% of the proceeds from all purchases at their store will go to help support Blue Earth’s mission to assist documentary photographers working to educate the public about critical issues. More »

• Letter From Eastern Congo

  Project photographer Eberhard Riedel provides our readers with an update on his latest fieldwork in South-Kivu Province in Eastern Congo, which borders Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. Read more on the Blue Earth blog and view some of his latest photos from the trip. More »

• Daniel Beltrá Named Wildlife Photographer Of The Year

  Seattle-based Blue Earth project photographer Daniel Beltrá has been named 2011 Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his photo "Still Life In Oil." More »

• Greg Constantine In Moving Walls 19

  The Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project announced Blue Earth project photographer Greg Constantine will be part if it’s Moving Walls 19 exhibition. The exhibition will feature Greg’s recent work from his series on Kenya’s Nubians, from his Blue Earth project Nowhere People, which recently went on exhibit in Nairobi. More »

• Shooting From The Heart: Photography That Makes A Difference

  Need some help creating your own photographic project? Download a free PDF copy of Blue Earth's highly regarded handbook for photographers developing documentary projects, Shooting From The Heart: Photography That Makes A Difference. More »

• Gary Braasch, This Is Climate Change

  Long-time Blue Earth project photographer Gary Braasch is working with the Del Mar Global Trust to help educate the public about the effects of global warming. His recent newsletter provides the details... More »

• Photography Store

  Blue Earth has launched our new photography store! Great photography books, software, digital storage, and much more - and all at great prices for our friends and supporters. Help Blue Earth and our project photographers while shopping for your everyday photography supplies or any product sold by Amazon. More »

• Blue Earth Receives PhotoWings Grant

  Blue Earth is proud to announce that we have just received a $10,000 grant from PhotoWings. We would like to thank Suzie Katz, President and Founder of PhotoWings – as well as a longstanding member of the Blue Earth Advisory Board – for this very generous contribution to Blue Earth in support of our mission! More »

• Greg Constantine From The Field

  Project photographer Greg Constantine provides our readers with an update on his latest work in the field as well as upcoming publications, including a new book from his project on the Nubian community in Kenya. Read more on the Blue Earth blog. More »