Wanderlust is an excellent travel magazine aimed at adventurous travellers. The December/January edition hit the shelves of all good news agents earlier this week. In it is a four page spread on Bonobos which we wrote and supplied all the photographs. We are delighted as it allowed us to highlight the charity (www.friendsofbonobos.org) which works in DRC to protect Bonobos.
We are tentatively planning another expedition to DRC, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic; perhaps in the Summer of next year. So if you are interested, let us know.
Julie and Adam
Wanderlust - 29 November 2009
EIA Save the Tiger Campaign
Attended EIA's fundraising dinner during the week at Cafe Spice Namaste. Thank you so much to everyone who came along - we had two tables and everyone commented on how great the food was - well, we had three of London's leading chefs whipping up an Indian storm for us - and everyone also commented on the dedication of the EIA team to the seemingly endless work they need to do to collect the evidence they need and to campaign for change. Even some of our more cynical City guests have become very interested in the good work the EIA do.
Donal McIntyre was a guest speaker. He commented on the integrity of the reports the EIA write - it seems he and other reporters know that anything coming out of an EIA investigation is factually correct, backed by evidence.
Check out their website:
http://www.eia-internatioinal.org
To see more about the plight of the Tiger and EIA's Tiger campaign specifically, it's:
http://www.eia-international.org/campaigns/species/tigers/
We can vouch that they run their work on a shoestring! No swish offices, overheads are low and many of their investigators have dedicated their entire lives to environmental campaigning. For instance:
* EIA's evidence played a key role in securing a ban on the international ivory trade in 1989.
* EIA's campaiging closed down illegal talc and marble mines in protected Indian tiger reserves.
* EIA's investigation prompted the Indonesian president to crack down on illegal logging.
Military and police officers were among some of the suspects.
We hope you too will become fans of some of their work. You can join for a year for a mere £30! For anyone who has seen a Tiger or an Elephant, it's worth it!
Julie and Adam
November 2009
Shooting in London - 1 November 2009
Well, winter has set in here in London. Lots of rain and dark afternoons. We cannot wait to get back to India in December for some intensive shooting in Rajasthan and Corbett National Park, with two festivals along the way. To keep us sane we often walk round London looking for stuff to shoot. There is more out there than you think and today we focussed on some Grafitti at a local skate board park. There are some great artists out there!
Julie and Adam