Photo Stories

As a 16-year-old runner, writer, photographer, and aspiring wildlife filmmaker, this site is my attempt to learn and grow, while hopefully revealing the infinite beauty of the earth-- and the consequences, both good and bad, of our actions.

My spirit animal: either a hummingbird, stoat, or painted wolf.

"Once we were blobs in the sea, and then fishes, and then lizards and rats and then monkeys, and hundreds of things in between. This hand was once a fin, this hand once had claws! In my human mouth I have the pointy teeth of a wolf and the chisel teeth of a rabbit and the grinding teeth of a cow! Our blood is as salty as the sea we used to live in! When we’re frightened, the hair on our skin stands up, just like it did when we had fur. We are history! Everything we’ve ever been on the way to becoming us, we still are.¨

~ Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

EDEN ON E RTH

PHOTO STories

hawk haven

Project Roadkill

MockingBIRD MORNINGS

A Quail's

Quest

Valley of the Vultures

Dance of the mourning dove

where the Snakes Sunbathe

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HUMMINGBIRD'S HEARTBEAT

NPS threatens endangered tule elk at Point Reyes: an exploration of sides and solutions

California: poems for the fires

Blaming the right beast: why the pandemic was humanity's fault

Nature as religion

A love letter for Peru

Climate change: what we need is shame

COVID-19 pandemic offers a chance to revitalize the earth-- or destroy it

Behind the Camera

OTHER RESources

Use the National Audubon Society's Birds and Climate Visualizer to see which species are threatened in your area.

Use BBC Our Planet's Explorable Globe to explore the world's habitats and how humans affect them.

Use NASA's Earth Now for a real-time satellite globe of the world's climate change-related events, and the Climate Time Machine for interactive visualizations of the changing earth.

Visit the Joel Sartore's Photo Ark, a documentation photo project focused on endangered species.

Visit The Guardian's Environment stories page for truly expansive coverage of humans, nature, and their intersection.

Listen to the Climate One podcast for in-depth discussions on a wide range of climate issues, with a wide array of experts.

Listen to the BBC Earth podcast on the wonders of nature, and the human beings lucky and tough enough to explore them. It is equal parts hair-raising, awe-inspiring, and emotional.

Listen to National Geographic's podcast Overheard at Nat Geo for immersive, in-depth, and exciting stories from naturalists, historians, and all sorts of explorers.

Listen to Chris Morgan's podcast The Wild for journeys in the wild and fascinating explorations into natural topics.