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Venture • Observe • Connect with Deanne Fitzmaurice — Episode 4: David Burnett

Venture • Observe • Connect with Deanne Fitzmaurice — Episode 4: David Burnett

"He has been everywhere, but only for an hour." Deanne kicks off this episode of Venture Observe Connect with that apt quote from American Photographer magazine about her legendary guest, David Burnett. Deanne and David sit down to talk about his coverage of the fall of the Berlin wall and to pontificate about what might have happened to that chunk of concrete he smuggled out of Germany. Take a look at David's incredible images on his site, Instagram, and Facebook. You can listen to their conversation on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or just watch it right here:    

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Journey of a Lifelong Dream Realized

Journey of a Lifelong Dream Realized

JOURNEY OF A LIFELONG DREAM REALIZED by Lori A Cash Majestic! Divine! Breathtaking! These are the first words I thought of when I saw the mountains of Grand Tetons National Park as we drove toward Yellowstone to begin this journey. It has been a lifelong dream of mine to photograph and see these two amazing parks. But I never imagined when I finally made it to see and photograph the beautiful land and wildlife in these parks that I would be doing so with limited mobility and using a wheelchair. I have been photographing for over 33 years but predominantly...

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The Platypus Guardian

The Platypus Guardian

The photographers, journalists, filmmakers, and all-around incredible humans in the Think Tank community never cease to amaze and inspire us. Thanks to our good friend, Dan Carr, we were recently introduced to Pete Walsh, AKA The Platypus Guardian. Pete lives in Hobart in Tasmania, and is the subject of a new documentary about his work photographing the platypus population that live in the city's waterways. The Platypus Guardian is the premiere film on this season of Nature on PBS here in the U.S. and airs on Wednesday, October 18 at 8/7c on all local PBS stations and streaming on pbs.org/nature, YouTube...

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Venture • Observe • Connect with Deanne Fitzmaurice — Episode 3: Steve Winter

Venture • Observe • Connect with Deanne Fitzmaurice — Episode 3: Steve Winter

On this episode of the VOC podcast, Deanne talks BIG cats with award-winning Nat Geo photographer, Steve Winter. Friends for many years, Deanne and Steve were housemates in college together. Deanne and Steve discuss how he got started photographing big cats, and about the inherent risks when you're documenting some of the most powerful, and endangered, predators on earth.

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