https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq Made with joy en-us 2017-12-15 14:20:37 UTC 2023-05-15 01:09:40 UTC hello@padlet.com eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216488213 Photographer and artist whose main goal is to showcase the human impact on the environment ]]> 2017-12-15 14:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216488213 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216492076 Born and raised in Madrid, Spain ]]> 2017-12-15 14:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216492076 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216494016 Currently in the Amazon photographing rivers and rainforests ]]> 2017-12-15 14:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216494016 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216498003 World Press Photo Award for Contemporary Issues

]]> 2017-12-15 14:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216498003 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216498651 Rainforests in the Amazon near Altamira, Para state, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sao Felix Do Xingu municipality, in Para State, Brazil. ]]> 2017-12-15 14:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216498651 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216536425 "I find inspiration in the beauty and complexity of nature. The fragility of our ecosystems is a continuous thread throughout my work. My photographs show the vast scale of transformation our world is under from human-made stresses." ]]> 2017-12-15 16:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216536425 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216537203 Primarily, a lot of Beltrá's photographs are taken from the air. He says that by doing this it "more easily allows for the juxtaposition of nature with the destruction wrought by unsustainable development."]]> 2017-12-15 16:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216537203 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216538819 "In the last 20 years, Beltra has dedicated his career to conservation and captured the beautiful, the comical, and the tragic side of nature through photography." ]]> 2017-12-15 16:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216538819 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216539061 Beltrá travled to the Gulf of Mexico to photograph the oil spills, which deeply inspired him. ]]> 2017-12-15 16:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216539061 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216546992 Described as an "aerial view of a log sorting yard carved from the Amazon rainforest"
taken in 2013]]> 2017-12-15 16:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216546992 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216548199 "Smoke reveals a single tree as a fire burns the Amazon rainforest, clearing the way for cattle or crop farming"
taken in 2008]]> 2017-12-15 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216548199 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216554071 All of Beltrá's work is on his website, organized by category for each issue. ]]> 2017-12-15 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216554071 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216554765 People fighting to end destruction of rain forests, conservation of land, and protecting the animals/wildlife in the forests. ]]> 2017-12-15 17:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216554765 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216555301 To spread awareness of the destruction of forests and how it is effecting the area, and people in it, and surrounding it. ]]> 2017-12-15 17:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/216555301 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217295910 Started his career with the photo bombings by the Basque separatist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) while he was a student at the Complutense University of Madrid. ]]> 2017-12-19 16:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217295910 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217298804 "Piles of slash are burned to clear the rainforest land for agricultural production"
near Onane, Democratic Republic of the Congo
taken in 2009]]> 2017-12-19 16:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217298804 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217300659 Many animals become orphans after their parents are killed]]> 2017-12-19 16:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217300659 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217303583 posts pictures of his work and advertises for people wanting to end wildlife crime ]]> 2017-12-19 16:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217303583 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217305310 "By bringing images from remote locations where human and business interests and nature are at odds, I hope to instill a deeper appreciation for nature and an understanding of the precarious balance our lifestyle has placed on the planet."

]]> 2017-12-19 17:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217305310 eileen_flaherty https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217305863 posts about his work, projects he is currently working on, and work he has published/ is publishing ]]> 2017-12-19 17:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eileen_flaherty/srl7ykbt6dkq/wish/217305863