Tag: Daniel Beltra

  • Critical Mass: Daniel Beltra

    Critical Mass: Daniel Beltra

    Critical Mass: Daniel Beltra

    While in China for two weeks and because I may not have access to my blog, I am writing posts in advance. Beginning today and continuing through next week, I will be looking at portfolios that caught my eye in the Critical Mass jurying process. A number o

    via LENSCRATCH: http://www.lenscratch.com/2011/11/critical-mass-daniel-beltra.html

    The fragile state of our environment has been a continuous thread throughout my work. For this series, I spent two months in the Gulf on assignment for Greenpeace photographing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. These photographs explore the tenseness of the situation in the Gulf of Mexico as the oil seeps into an already challenged and complex ocean ecosystem. Though tragic, it is a fitting example of the vast scale of transformation our world is under from man-made stresses.

  • For photographers, pursuing passions always pays off

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    RESOLVE — the liveBooks photo blog says:

    Daniel Beltra has turned his passion for nature and his frequent work for Greenpeace into an award-winning career, including World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association, and Lucies awards — he calls his recent success “a snowball.” We couldn’t help but ask what got the snowball rolling in the first place.