This is going to be the showcase for New Zealand conservation photographs that are being taken and being used to further conservation objectives today.
Please share photos with accompanying explanation, purpose, results etc to: conservationphotographynz@gmail.com
Neil Silverwood is a West Coast born and bred visual artist – and conservation photographer. Neil uses his images to promote the conservation of precious places, particularly on the West Coast, for example, the wild Waitaha River. He used his images to great effect to illustrate the high values of the Morgan Gorge, a stunning landscape seen by only a few trampers and even fewer intrepid kayakers. The gorge is home to whio or blue duck and would have lost the majority of its flow had a hydro electric run of river scheme been approved.
Neil’s photographs appeared in a NZ Geographic feature and the application to the Department of Conservation was subsequently declined by the Minister for the Environment, in August 2019.
See Neil’s superb images and read more about the Save the Waitaha campaign on Neil’s website here.
Does your photograph tell the next story? Get in touch now.