Brent Stirton is a South African Photographer with an extensive history in the documentary world. Brent’s work has been published by: National Geographic Magazine, GEO, Le Figaro, Le Monde, Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times Magazine, The UK Sunday Times Magazine and many other respected international titles.

He has worked for WWF, CNN, the Ford, Clinton and Gates Foundations, the Nike Foundation and the World Economic Forum. Brent also shoots regular reports for Human Rights Watch. He has done numerous commercial assignments including annual reports for Novartis.

Brent was elected a member of the Young Global Leaders, an affiliate program of the World Economic Forum, in 2008. He is also a Canon Ambassador, one of 12 photographers representing Canon photography.

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Marcus Jooste has travelled thought Southern Africa both for business and photography, he now lives between Lusaka, Zambia and Cape Town.

His work and award winning images have been featured in publications such as Go/Weg, Getaway, Sunday Times, Wild Card, Nikon Germany, along with many other media platforms.

He is a past finalist of the Getaway photographic competition and a speaker at the International Wild Shots Photographic Symposium.

German photographer Britta Jaschinski has won numerous international awards for her unique style of photojournalism. Jaschinski is devoted to documenting the fractured existence of wildlife, which suffers in the name of entertainment, status, greed and superstition. Her stories investigate the relationship we have with animals and highlights what we risk to lose. Her photos are troubling, unsettling, sometimes hard-hitting and yet beautiful.
Her latest series is CRIMES, examining the question ‘Wildlife Or Commodity? For the past year she has documented wildlife items at borders and airports that people try to smuggle across the globe. The image CONFISCATED has been published worldwide and won her the title of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017. She is the co-founder of Photographers Against Wildlife Crime™ - an international group of award winning photographers who have joined forces to use their powerful and iconic images to help bring an end to the illegal wildlife trade. 
www.brittaphotography.com


Hannes Lochner is an internationally awarded photographer who has been photographing wildlife professionally since 2007. Hannes has produced four magnificent photographic books, three of which were dedicated entirely to the Kalahari. To achieve this, he lived in the Kalahari for five years, where he spent hundreds of hours capturing inspiring images of this captivating landscape and its enigmatic inhabitants. He now brings his dedicated approach and creative talents to Botswana’s Okavango Delta in Planet Okavango, having lived there for two and a half years and committing his every waking moment to his photography. Hannes has been recognised internationally, receiving several awards over the years.
www.planetokavangobook.co.za

Managing Director and part owner of Wild Wonders International AB
Co-Founder of: Wild Wonders of Europe, Wild Wonders of China, International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), Rewilding Europe and the Swedish Ecotourism Association. Partner in photo travel agency Wild Nature Photo Adventures. National Geographic Explorer. Nikon Ambassador since 1997.

Dennis Smith was born in Maun, the gateway to Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Growing up with an innate love of wildlife and wild places, it was only natural that Dennis completed a BA in Conservation Tourism and Sustainable Development from North-West University, Mafikeng Campus in South Africa.
Dennis joined the Chitabe guiding team in January 2018, having worked in other Wilderness Safaris Okavango Delta camps including Little Vumbura in the Kwedi Concession, Xigera in the Moremi Game Reserve and Kwetsani in the Jao Concession.

Edwin is a creative and passionate self- taught photographer who is based in Maun, Botswana. He specialises in landscape and portraits types of photography creating narrative and inspiring photographs that have been used in print and electronic media, canvas prints as well as tracing paper prints mostly about Botswana’s culture, people, wildlife, landscapes and landmarks.
His timeless photographs are inspired by his love of travelling and reading and the need to tell Botswana’ story through photography as well as promote local tourism among the locals. Edwin’s work is also inspired by the local photographer, blogger, writer and traveller, Thalefang Charles who has travelled extensively across Botswana and internationally and has recently published a book called ‘Botswana’ Top 50 Ultimate Experiences’.

Peter & Beverly Pickford are inveterate travellers and committed conservations with more than 35 years’ experience as wildlife photographers living in the wilderness. They have published 9 books including the critically acclaimed Wilderness Dawning in 1987 and Forever Africa in 2004 as well as the bestselling The Miracle Rivers: The Okavango and The Chobe of Botswana in 1999. Wild Land will be their 10th book.
Their work has been recognised by numerous awards including the Agfa Wildlife Photographer of the Year, The Kodak Black and White Photographer of the year, several times Highly Commended in the BBC Wildlife Photography awards and Gold Medal Winners for photography, New York Film and Television Awards.

Allen fell in love with underwater photography because of its essence, difficulty and pure rawness, which allows the photographer the freedom to paint his canvas and create fine art that tells a story. Underwater photography is most probably the truest form of wildlife photography that any photographer can experience. The underwater photographer is extremely limited by equipment and fully exposed to nature and its elements in every conceivable way, no hides, 4×4’s, barriers etc.

The underwater “studio” is a moving, changing and an all encompassing live canvas. It has texture and substance that can be touched and felt, very unlike air. The medium constantly changing and it has many limitations e.g. time, movement, density, light etc. making it a very demanding, yet stimulating to work in, taking it to the next level is a constant goal and Allen loves the challenge to “get the shot”!

Mike’s background is in education, working in disadvantaged communities. He moved from the UK to South Africa in 2011 where he managed a Second Chance Matric Centre on the Cape Flats, was Director of the NPO Taurus Schools Solutions, and founded an International Academy in the Northern Cape. After moving to Hoedspruit, he founded Wild Shots Outreach in 2015 to engage government school children in nature and conservation, and to encourage and inspire young South African photographers of the future. 
www.wildshotsoutreach.org

Known for his evocative black and white images of wildlife, this New York native has spent the past two decades photographing primarily in Kenya. David s the author of the acclaimed black and white photography book ’The Centre Cannot Hold’ (2012). He has come to understand that his endeavour is more than one to create appealing artworks, but instead to create a document of the declining landscape of all the precious creatures that live there.
His next book will be published in 2019. David is married with two daughters; the family splits their time New York and Kenya. 

Andre grew up in the African bush with literally one hand on his binoculars and the other hand on the camera. An avid birdwatcher at that age, he was given his first SLR in 1990. The passion of birding turned into one of photography and in 2004 Andre founded C4 Images and Safaris with Shem Compion. 
www.andrecloete.com / www.c4photosafaris.com

Helena has been working as a conservationist, wildlife photographer and guide for the last 12 years.  She has a master’s degree in Conservation Ecology and has spent a lot of time in the field, working specifically with the challenges around human and wildlife conflict.  She has been involved with several conservation projects in Africa, most recently heading up the conservation unit at the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa.  

Daniel Dolpire is a seasoned photographer, having traveled extensively photographing the wildlife and scenery of Africa. Over the past two years his focus has changed from general wildlife photography to a challenging project of photographing the Cranes of South Africa. The end result is the coffee table books “Sentinels”.

www.ddwildlifephotos.co.za