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American photojournalist
Daniel Beltrá (born 1964) is a Spanish photographer and artist who makes work about
human impact on the environment .
[1]
The focus of Beltrá's recent work has been fine art
aerial photography of landscapes and
environmental issues . His best known project is a series of photographs of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill , titled Spill , which have been exhibited in galleries and museums across Europe and North America. Other topics he has photographed are
tropical
deforestation in Brazil ,
Indonesia , and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
global warming in the Arctic ,
Patagonia and the
Southern Ocean . In September 2012, he documented the record-lowest summer
sea ice level in the Arctic ,
[2] which were later included in his "Ice" exhibition.
[3]
Life and work
Beltrá started his career with photos of bombings by the
Basque separatist organization
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) while he was a student at the
Complutense University of Madrid .
[4] He went on to work at
EFE and the
Gamma photo agency while also photographing assignments for
Greenpeace . He is a board member of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
[5] He moved to
Seattle in 2001.
[6]
Beltrá has presented his work in slideshows and lectures at galleries and conferences across North America, including the 9th World Wilderness Congress,
[7] the
Annenberg Space for Photography ,
[8] the
Aquarium of the Pacific ,
[9] and the ABC Continuity Forum.
[10]
Beltrá was granted a commission by
Charles, Prince of Wales for the
Prince's Rainforests Project (PRP) to document the status of the world's great
tropical rainforests in 2009.
[11]
Publications
Spill. London: Gost, 2013.
ISBN
978-0-9574272-4-2 . With an essay by Barbara Bloemink. Edition of 2500 copies.
Exhibitions
Benham Gallery, Seattle. Sustainability / Sostenibilidad, May 2009 – July 2009.
[12]
City Hall, Paris. Prince's Rainforests Exhibition, October 2009.
[13]
Kew Botanical Gardens, London. Prince's Rainforests exhibition, October–December 2009.
[14]
212 Gallery, Aspen. Spill, August–December 2010.
[15]
Seattle Aquarium, Seattle. Spill, May–August 2011.
[16]
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, Calif. Spill, October 2011 – January 2012.
[17]
Roca Gallery, Barcelona. Marea Negra, October 2011 – January 2012.
[18]
Catherine Edleman Gallery, Chicago. Spill, March–June 2012.
[19]
"Power",
Prix Pictet touring exhibition, toured the world, including London,
[20] Paris,
[21] and Istanbul.
[22]
Somerset House, London. Landmark, Fields of Photography March–April 2013.
[23]
Quintenz Gallery, Aspen. Ice, December 2012 – February 2013.
[24]
Aperture Gallery, New York. Power, November 2013 – February 2014.
[25]
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego. Power, February–April 2014.
[26]
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria. Pure Water, October 2014 – February 2015.
[27]
Awards
2006: 3rd prize,
World Press Photo awards, nature series category, for his work on the
Amazon Rainforest drought
[28]
2006: Golden Award, China Press International Photo (CHIPP) Contest, for his work on the Amazon Rainforest drought
[29]
2007: 2nd prize, World Press Photo awards, contemporary issues category, for a photo of tropical
deforestation in the Amazon
[30]
2009: Global Vision Award,
Pictures of the Year International
[31]
2011: Winner, Veolia Environment
Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the "Deeper Perspective of the Year" from the
International Photography Awards for his photographs from the Gulf Oil spill
[32]
2012: Shortlisted, 2012
Prix Pictet
[33]
2013: Knowledge Dissemination and Communication in Biodiversity Conservation award, BBVA Foundation, Spain
[34]
2014: First place, Nature and Environment category, China Press International Photo contest
[35]
2018: Nominated,
World Press Photo of the Year , World Press Photo, Amsterdam
[36]
References
^
"Daniel Beltrá: Ice/Green Lands" . internationalphotomag.com . Retrieved October 6, 2020 .
^ The Guardian. (2012).
Photographer Daniel Beltrá on his Greenpeace mission to the Arctic
^ Aspen Daily News. (2012).
A Beautiful Disaster
^ Canon Professional Network. (2008).
Daniel Beltrá: Fighting for nature
^
"International League of Conservation Photographers" . Archived from
the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011 .
^ Seattlest. (2011).
Science into Images: Daniel Beltrá's SPILL [
permanent dead link ]
^ Conservation International. (2009).
9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9)
^ Annenberg Space for Photography. (2010).
The State of Tropical Rainforests
Archived January 18, 2015, at
archive.today
^ Aquarium of the Pacific. (2011).
The Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Two Perspectives—An Artist and a Scientist
^ ABC Continuity Forum. (2012).
2012 ABC Continuity Forum
^ YouTube: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales speaks at the Sony World Photography Awards
[1]
^
"Eventful: Sustainability / Sostenibilidad" . Eventful .
^ The Guardian. (2009).
Daniel Beltra's photographs of deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
^ The Independent. (2009).
Prince's Rainforest exhibition opens at Kew
^ Aspen Peak Magazine. (2010).
Enviro Art at 212 Gallery
^ Seattle Times (2011).
'Spill' exhibit captures drama of Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
^
"Aquarium of the Pacific. (2011)" . Archived from
the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
^
"Marea Negra" . (barcelona-metropolitan.com) . September 18, 2011.
^
"Catherine Edelman Gallery. (2012)" . Archived from
the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
^
"Power Finalists' Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London" . Prix Pictet . June 25, 2012.
^
"Power, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris" . Prix Pictet . June 25, 2012.
^ Istanbul Modern. (2013).
Prix Pictet: Power
^
"Photomonitor. (2013)" . Archived from
the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
^
"Quintenz Gallery. (2012)" .
^
"Aperture Gallery. (2013)" . Archived from
the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
^
"Power, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego" . Prix Pictet . July 22, 2013.
^ Lentos Kunstmuseum. (2014)
Pure Water: The Most Valuable Resource in the World
^
"World Press Photo. (2005)" .
^ Holden, Sara. (2007). Planet Ocean: Photo stories from the 'Defending our Oceans' voyage. New Internationalist.
ISBN
1904456790
^
"World Press Photo. (2006)" .
^ Blue Earth Alliance. (2009).
Amazon: Forest at Risk
Archived September 17, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine
^
International Photography Awards. (2011)
^
"Prix Pictet 2012 shortlist – in pictures" . July 4, 2012 – via www.theguardian.com.
^
"FBBVA - New - The BBVA Foundation awards recognize wetland recovery in Spain, whale conservation in Latin America and photojournalism focusing on conservation challenges" . Archived from
the original on December 17, 2014.
^
"Deforestation in the Amazonia(1)" . www.chipp.cn .
^ "
World Press Photo Contest 2018 – the nominees in pictures ".
The Guardian , February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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