Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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About
With more than 30 years of experience as a marine biologist, photographer, writer, and public speaker, I am passionate about using visual storytelling and digital actions to restore health and abundance to our oceans. I am the President and Co Founder of SeaLegacy, an expedition, impact media, and amplification nonprofit that serves hundreds of other organizations at the nexus of ocean and climate.
As a fine art photographer, I create images that help us understand the urgency of protecting wild places and the responsibility of being human. My work has been featured in National Geographic, CEMEX Conservation Book Series, and multiple exhibitions and publications. I have also founded and led several conservation organizations, such as the International League of Conservation Photographers and 100 for the Ocean, and spoken at global events and forums on the importance of ocean conservation. My mission is to inspire people to love and protect our planet through the power of visual media.
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Paul Nicklen Receives Order of Canada
Paul Nicklen Receives Order of Canada
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How can you build a community around your wildlife photography niche?
The only type of photography that matters to me, in fact, the only photography I have ever engaged with, is the one infused with purpose. I find it is not enough to "hope" our images create change, we have to be active advocates for the wildlife or issues we photograph. When you find your purpose, you will fnd your niche.
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Grateful and honored to have some of my work with charity: water featured by Adobe + #Lightroom + Pei Ketron on #WorldPhotographyDay alongside so…
Grateful and honored to have some of my work with charity: water featured by Adobe + #Lightroom + Pei Ketron on #WorldPhotographyDay alongside so…
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Education
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Continuing
Education Program. Photography Associate.
Books and other BOOKS
Publications
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Blue Natural Capital
Earth in Focus
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Oceans: Heart of Our Blue Planet
CEMEX/Conservation International/ILCP/Earth in Focus
Oceans: Heart of Our Blue Planet, the 19th volume in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series, looks at the many ways in which all life on Earth depends on a healthy ocean and analyzes the many threats facing its integrity and the welfare of the thousands of people and species that live in and near marine environments. More importantly, this lavishly illustrated book helps connect the dots for why human survival on Earth is directly linked to the ocean and offers innovative and creative solutions to…
Oceans: Heart of Our Blue Planet, the 19th volume in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series, looks at the many ways in which all life on Earth depends on a healthy ocean and analyzes the many threats facing its integrity and the welfare of the thousands of people and species that live in and near marine environments. More importantly, this lavishly illustrated book helps connect the dots for why human survival on Earth is directly linked to the ocean and offers innovative and creative solutions to those threats by some of the most respected and forward-thinking marine scientists.
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Fresh Water: The essence of life
CEMEX/Conservation International/ILCP/Earth in Focus
Fresh Water: The Essence of Life is a beautifully and sometimes starkly depicted look at the current state of Earth's freshwater ecosystems. A variety of authors, as well as dozens of the world's most accomplished photogoraphers, tell us a story we may feel uncomfortable hearing: Earth's freshwater supply and systems are in serious peril. We may carry on as if it was "business as usual", but to do so is at our own risk. It will lead certainly to the detriment of the generations to follow.
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The Wealth of Nature; Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Human Well Being
CEMEX/Conservation International/ILCP/Earth in Focus
"How many of the comforts we enjoy and the products we use come courtesy of Nature's seemingly infinite warehouse of services? Bees pollinate the cereals we eat for breakfast, forests and wetlands purify the water that we drink, and the trees in our yards trap pollutants from the air we breathe. All of these benefits, as well as our fuels and natural medicines and countless others, come to us, free of charge, from our planet's healthy ecosystems.
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Wildlife Spectacles
CEMEX/Conservation International
Although some congregatory species have very limited ranges and occur in only very small areas such that they are picked up through other priority-setting activities, others are widespread and normally non-threatened "common" species that might be ignored by conservation strategies. Nonetheless, they may face significant extinction threats during times when a large proportion of their population congregates in a few sites. Conservation of congregatory species first requires cataloguing these…
Although some congregatory species have very limited ranges and occur in only very small areas such that they are picked up through other priority-setting activities, others are widespread and normally non-threatened "common" species that might be ignored by conservation strategies. Nonetheless, they may face significant extinction threats during times when a large proportion of their population congregates in a few sites. Conservation of congregatory species first requires cataloguing these species, and then identifying those sites at which their congregations occur. Aside from trying to initiate this analysis, this book seeks to stimulate further research into threats to congregatory species and ways in which we can ensure their long-term persistence.
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Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Threatened Terrestrial Ecoregions
CEMEX/Conservation International
Hotspots Revisited is the fourth volume in a series produced by Conservation International in collaboration with CEMEX, the Mexican NGO Agrupacion Sierra Madre, and the University of Virginia. Like its three predecessors, Megadiversity (1997), Hotspots (1999), and Wilderness (2002), it is richly illustrated with over 300 photographs by some of the world’s most outstanding wildlife photographers and has contributions from more than 200 scientific experts from around the world.
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Megadiversity: Earth’s Biologically Wealthiest Nations.
Cemex, Mexico
Mast, R.B., C.G. Mittermeier, R.A. Mittermeier, J.V. Rodriguez-Mahecha, and A.H. Hemphill. 1997. Ecuador. In: Mittermeier, R.A, P. Robles Gil, and C.G. Mittermeier (Eds.). Megadiversity: Earth’s Biologically Wealthiest Nations. Cemex, Mexico, pp. 108-127.
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Projects
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HOPE Book and Traveling Exhibition
HOPE is based on Cristina Mittermeier’s latest book, which has the same title. It is an extravaganza of 150 beautiful images, including 30 years of work photographing the interconnectedness of Indigenous people, nature, the ocean and the rest of humanity.
Languages
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English
Full professional proficiency
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Spanish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Portuguese
Professional working proficiency
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French
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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SeaLegacy
Founder and President
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The Wild Foundation
Board of Directors
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Conservation International
Chairman's Council
- Present
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