Cristina Mittermeier

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Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
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Born
Cristina Sofía Goettsch Cabello

(1966-11-26)November 26, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
NationalityMexican, American
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationBiochemical Engineer/Fisheries and Marine Biology
Alma materITESM
OccupationPhotojournalist
EmployerSelf-employed
Known forCo-Founder & President of SeaLegacy & The Only One Collective, Founder and former presidentInternational League of Conservation Photographers & National Geographic contributing photographer.
PartnerPaul Nicklen
ChildrenMichael Mittermeier, Juliana Mittermeier, John Mittermeier
Websitehttp://cristinamittermeier.com/

Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier (born Cristina Sofía Goettsch Cabello: November 26, 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican photographer, conservationist, biologist, and author.

Cristina Mittermeier is the marine biologist and activist who pioneered the concept and field of conservation photography. Mittermeier founded the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) in 2005 to provide a platform for photographers working on environmental issues. In 2014, Mittermeier co-founded SeaLegacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the ocean. SeaLegacy is a global network of storytellers who use their art and expertise in media and communications to fuel a community focused on restoring the ocean's health and abundance. In 2020, on the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, Mittermeier announced the most ambitious project of her career: Only One, a new digital technology product that amplifies stories, campaigns, and solutions that sit at the intersection of ocean health and social justice and uses the power of media and technology to inspire individuals to take action to rebuild ocean life. Mittermeier is a Sony Artisan of Imagery and was named one of National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year in 2018. She is also the recipient of many awards, including the Mission Award from the North American Nature Photography Association, the Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, and the Imaging Award for Photographers Who Give Back. Mittermeier received the 2020/2021 Humanity Photography Content Creator Award from HIPA. In recognition of her three decades of courageous journalism and making the pictures that tell the story of our planet, Mittermeier was presented with the 2021 Seattle Aquarium Sylvia Earle Medal and is the recipient of Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Award for 2021.

Biography

Mittermeier received her undergraduate degree in marine biology from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, (ITESM) in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico in 1989.[1] She married Dr. Russell Mittermeier in 1991 and the two of them moved to Great Falls, Virginia.[2] It is with him that she has coauthored several books. Prior to becoming a professional photographer, she conducted fieldwork in the Gulf of California and the Yucatan Peninsula in subjects including marine mammals, fisheries, aquaculture, biodiversity research and conservation, resulting in publications in scientific journals.[3][4][5]

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The Kayapo, Cristina Mittermeier

Mittermeier studied photography at the Corcoran College for the Arts in Washington, D.C. (no degree). Her images focus on demonstrating the important relationship between human cultures, especially indigenous people and biodiversity, the ocean and climate change.

In 2005, Mittermeier created the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), and in 2011 resigned from her position as the organization's President.[6] She sits on the Board of Directors of the WILD Foundation,[7] and the Chairman's Council of Conservation International (her ex-husband's organization).[8] Mittermeier also photographed, and was integral to the deliberations of, the Defying Ocean's End Conference[9] (Los Cabos, Mexico 2003), working closely with Dr. Sylvia Earle.

In 2008, she was named one of Sony's Artisans of Imagery.[10]

In 2014, Mittermeier, together with photographer and partner Paul Nicklen, co-founded SeaLegacy, an organization that uses visual storytelling and photography to further the cause of ocean conservation and has developed into a production studio featuring some of the world's best environmental storytellers, photographers and filmmakers.

In 2020, Mittermeier co-founded the Only One Collective, a new organization that brings together a diverse, worldwide community of activists and experts to fuel action on ocean conservation. The Collective includes SeaLegacy, an expedition and storytelling studio that creates powerful visual content to move people from apathy to action, and Only.One, a digital action platform built to support and uplift the ocean conservation community while driving action to achieve measurable, sustainable and equitable returns for people and the ocean.

Books

Cristina Mittermeier has edited or coauthored twenty-seven books, including the CEMEX Conservation Book Series.[11]

Her first monograph, Amaze, was published by teNeues in 2018.

Awards

Nature's Best Conservation Photographer of the Year 2010[13]

Member of the World Photographic Academy[14]

North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) 2010 Mission Award

2021 Seattle Aquarium Sylvia Earle Medal[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Klaus, Kari (December 8, 2009). "Cristina Mittermeier: Picturing a Hopeful World". Conservation International.
  2. ^ Crawford, Beverly (February 5, 2003). "Who Is Cristina Mittermeier?". Great Falls Connection.
  3. ^ Mittermeier, Russel; Mittermeier, Cristina; et al. (February 24, 2000). "Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Priorities". Nature. 403 (6772): 853–858. Bibcode:2000Natur.403..853M. doi:10.1038/35002501. PMID 10706275. S2CID 4414279.
  4. ^ Mittermeier, Cristina; et al. (February 15, 2002). "Marine Biodiversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Tropical Reefs". Science. 295 (5558): 1280–1284. Bibcode:2002Sci...295.1280R. doi:10.1126/science.1067728. PMID 11847338. S2CID 25927433.
  5. ^ Mittermeier, Russel; Mittermeier, Cristina; et al. (2003). "Wilderness and Biodiversity Conservation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100 (18): 10309–10313. Bibcode:2003PNAS..10010309M. doi:10.1073/pnas.1732458100. PMC 193557. PMID 12930898.
  6. ^ Manfredo, Michael J. (2009). Wildlife and Society: The Science of Human Dimensions. Washington D.C.: Island Press. p. 335.
  7. ^ The WILD Foundation. "Members of the Board". Archived from the original on 2012-12-28.
  8. ^ Conservation International. "Chairman's Council".
  9. ^ VGuide. "Cristina Mittermeier Video Interviews". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  10. ^ CreativeLIVE. "Cristina Mittermeier Biography".
  11. ^ CEMEX Building the Future. "Conservation". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  12. ^ Conservation International. "Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Threatened Terrestrial Ecoregions". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  13. ^ Nature's Best Photography. "Conservation Photographer of the Year Award".
  14. ^ World Photography Organisation. "Cristina Mittermeier". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23.
  15. ^ "Celebrating Extraordinary Leaders: Seattle Aquarium Ocean Conservation Honors". Seattle Aquarium. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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