When we first fell in love with Africa, we became photo junkies searching and perusing hundreds of African wildlife photography web sites and blogs. One day we came upon “Savanna Images” the web site of African wildlife photographer Billy Dodson. He had a stirring image of two elephants touching foreheads in a moment of mutual respect and tenderness. To this day, we hold this image in our heart and in our mind’s eye as we attempt, in our small way, to advocate for the survival of these magnificent animals. Mr. Dodson’s eye for intimacy, interconnection, subtle emotion and movement is breathtaking. His portfolio is replete with landscapes, profiles, elephant herds, majestic bulls and elephant family interactions. Mr. Dodson’s selection of elephant mothers with calves and calves discovering their new world will delight you. Mr. Dodson frequently tops all this talent off with a touch of humor that makes you smile. We love his work and applaud his efforts to awaken the public eye to the beauty and complexity of Africa’s wildlife and its struggle to survive among a burgeoning human population.

Billy Dodson first became interested in photography while on a mountain climbing trip to Tanzania in 2001. He visited East Africa for the first time as a photographer in 2005, and has since returned to Kenya and Tanzania several times for the purpose of photographing African landscapes and wildlife. His work has been published in Outdoor Photographer, Nature’s Best Photography, Asian Photography and Virginia Wildlife magazines, and in posters and calendars around the world. Mr. Dobson’s primary purpose is to advance the cause of wildlife conservation, he donates his images to the African Wildlife Foundation, the Nature Conservancy and a number of other conservation organizations. He is also a supporter and patron of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, a non-profit organization that is deeply committed to preserving and expanding giraffe habitat in addition to protecting these most extraordinary animals.

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Marcus Westberg is a photographer with an eye for the wonders of the wild and a passion for keeping them that way. He has always held a special spot in his heart for Africa and expresses this love through his photography. What Marcus captures through his lens is the drama and beauty of nature at its most raw. Recently, Marcus was based in the Masai Mara region of Kenya, where he is conducting a research project on the roles of tourism and local communities in conservation. He is also involved in various wildlife monitoring projects, which allows him to spend much of his time out in the bush alone with the wildlife, capturing moments in a way that he hopes will inspire others to care about the world’s wild places and animals.

As a researcher and conservationist, Marcus is involved in numerous projects: In the Maasai Mara, he is working with a number of different animal monitoring projects, such as Living with Lions and Elephant Voices. He assists &Beyond, a luxury travel adventure organization in the Maasai Mara, and the Mara Conservancy with monitoring of leopards and black rhinos in the Mara Triangle and the Oloololo Game Ranch. He spends time assisting with projects run by the Anne K Taylor Fund which focuses on community based conservation and the protection and preservation of Africa's predators. A particularly interesting project Marcus is committed to is Walking with Maasai which addresses conservation and sustainability issues in one of the remotest areas in Kenya.

Born in Sweden, it is in the wilds of sub-Saharan Africa that Marcus feels most at home, and it is these places and the moments he spends there that he most wishes to share through his photography. These fragile ecosystems are, like many others around the world, constantly under threat, and raising awareness of what the world stands to lose and of the beauty that still abounds is what Marcus ultimately wants his work to accomplish.

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