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Spanish photographer Daniel Beltra has traveled the globe from the Brazilian Amazon to the Arctic. His mission: to capture the beauty of our natural world and its environmental challenges in powerful images that raise awareness and drive positive change.
In 2009, Beltra was awarded ‘The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award’ by Prince Charles. The award gave Beltra the unique opportunity to explore and document the status of the three major rainforest regions of the world – the Amazon, Congo, and Indonesia.
In creating a stunning body of work, Beltra seeks to educate people and policy-makers about the devastating impact of deforestation. Each year, the destruction of the tropical rainforests accounts for twenty percent of the carbon emissions worldwide. Stopping deforestation is one of the most effective ways to tackle climate change.
“Photographers, I think we’re a group of dreamers,” Beltra declares. His work attests to the incredible power of photography to expose realities, to jar minds and motivate people to act.
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Award-winning photojournalist Daniel Beltra started his career in Madrid in 1989 at the Spanish national news agency EFE. From 1992 until 2001 Daniel was the Gamma Agency correspondent in Spain. He then moved to the United States and now focuses his lens on nature and conservation issues. He has documented several Greenpeace expeditions to the Brazilian Amazon, the Arctic, the Southern Oceans and the Patagonian Ice Fields, making images that aim to spur greater respect and conservation of the environment. His work has brought him a number of high-profile honors, including two World Press Photo awards.
In 2009, Daniel was awarded the Prince's Rainforests Project Award. Granted by Prince Charles, the award sent Daniel for three months to the Congo, Amazon and Indonesia to capture the challenges facing the world’s rainforests.
