About Joel Sartore
A life-long Nebraskan, Joel Sartore brings a sense of humor and a mid-western work ethic to all of his National Geographic Magazine assignments. Over twenty years of experience (seventeen with National Geographic Society) have allowed him to cover everything from the remote Amazon rain forest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United Kingdom.
He has authored several books including Photographing Your Family, Face to Face with Grizzlies, and Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky.
Besides the work he has done for National Geographic, Joel has completed assignments for Time, Life, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated and contributed to numerous book projects. Joel and his work have been the subject of several national broadcasts including National Geographic’s Explorer, the NBC Nightly News, NPR’s Weekend Edition, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and an hour-long PBS documentary. He is also a regular contributor on the CBS Sunday Morning Show with Charles Osgood.
Speaking Engagements: Joel has been a featured speaker at a wide variety of events for everything from business organizations to photo seminars. Visit joelsartore.com or call (402) 474-1006 for details
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Hi! I was just looking at your assistances blog and came along to yours.. love your work. To be honest didnt even know about you until my teacher from new york institute of photography told me to watch “At close range”.. havent seen it yet but im so amazed with national geographic and would love to shoot for them someday!
how did you end up there? Did you have to get a degree and such to be accepted and such?
what you do is great… for the animals and everythin! Look forward to seeing pics on here and such from shoots or maybe your trips!
see ya!