ABOUT THE RESPONSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE
The responsible photography collective was conceived of by Lori A. Cash and Angela “Angie” Maloney in June 2022. Both of them are lifelong outdoors enthusiasts with decades long histories in photography. Both of them have observed that, as digital photography and cell phones have made photography more and more accessible, enthusiasm for photography has increased dramatically. But that same enthusiasm leads people to do things that they probably should not.
Both Lori and Angie are convinced that most people are well-intentioned. Unfortunately, that doesn’t reduce the harm that is done. The responsible photography collective is their effort to provide food for thought, discussion, resources, and ideas to help people understand and mitigate the consequences of what can happen when they go for that perfect shot.
ABOUT LORI A CASH
Lori A. Cash is an award-winning conservation photographer and storyteller who has over 30 years of experience in the photography world. She lives in Virginia and has a main focus of photographing the biodiversity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Lori’s passion is photographing our natural world as she sees it without changing the natural worldly environment. This passion for leaving no trace on our natural world while using responsible photography is also an extremely important mission for Lori, helping other photographers strategically maintain and protect our natural world and wildlife so that, as photographers, we do not lose sight of our responsibility to take care of the environment in which we photograph.
Lori hopes to share tips and her knowledge about being a responsible photographer and how to take care of our environment and wildlife while out capturing the beauty of our natural world. She is a co-founder of The Responsible Photography Collective.
Connect and follow Lori on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or via lacphoto@outlook.com. Her website is www.loriacash.com.
About Angela Maloney
Angela “Angie” Maloney is an art photographer whose work has been written about and published in the U.S. and Europe. She works primarily in the areas of wildlife, nature, macro, street, conservation, and travel photography. Growing up in a military family and pursuing a career as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer means that she has no idea what to say when people ask where she is from. She has lived in Maine, California, Ohio, Texas, Germany, Alaska, Maryland, Pennsylvania, India, and Virginia.
Following injuries sustained while serving overseas, Angie now resides in Alexandria, Virginia and devotes herself to sharing her sense of wonder via photography. She describes the art of seeing as her most important skill, especially seeing the incredible in ordinary things. Composition and digital editing techniques allow her to enhance and further share the world as she sees it.
Angie formerly served as the ambassador coordinator for North America for Nature First, a global non-profit that advocates for responsible nature photography practices. Her images of the Potomac River appear in the collection of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network. She is a co-founder of The Responsible Photography Collective.
Alyce Bender is a nature photographer, writer, educator, and adventurer. Camera in hand since childhood, her fascination for photography developed into a career after serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her passion for wildlife and the natural environment compels her to connect others with nature through sharing both visual art and in-field experiences that promote conservation, creativity, and ethical photography.
She is a Tamron USA Ambassador, contributing writer for the Journal of Wildlife Photography, and her work has been featured in group and solo gallery shows across the US as well as in international publications from the UK to Japan. Bender leads photography adventures around the world to photographers of all levels explore and expand their personal vision and naturalist skills ethically. When not in the field, she offers a variety of educational programs both in person and virtually for photography organizations large and small.
You can see more of Bender’s work at www.abenderphotography.com.
About Alyce Bender
ABOUT JENNIFER LEIGH WARNER
Jennifer Leigh Warner is a fine art conservation wildlife photographer, writer, public speaker and workshop leader living in Central Texas and specializes in creating meaningful images that conveys a message of hope for the natural world. Jennifer feels strongly that by sharing these images of beautiful animals in their natural environment, she can inspire those around her to preserve the world that we share with all living creatures.
Jennifer was elected to the North America Nature Photography Association Board of Directors in 2023 and has been serving as the Chair of the Ethics Committee since 2018. She is also a certified Texas Master Naturalist, an Ambassador for Nature First and a mentor for the non-profit Girls Who Click, which encourages young girls to consider a career in conservation photography.
Jennifer works closely with conservation organizations to help support their missions to protect wildlife and the world around us. She believes that photography is a powerful tool to share these stores, educate photo viewers on important topics and inspire change.
Jennifer’s work has been published in Outdoor California, Gizmodo, the NANPA Expressions Magazine, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, WIRED, The New Yorker, National Geographic Online and Wild Planet Photo Magazine among others.
You can learn more about Jennifer and the conservation work that she does by visiting her website at www.experiencewildlife.com.
ABOUT HEATHER VALEY
Heather Valey is an award-winning conservation photographer and multimedia creator living in the Colorado front range. She specializes in creating purposeful content that puts a spotlight on human interactions with wildlife and environment emphasizing co-existence.
She recently finished her grad studies in Conservation Communication at Colorado State University. Additionally, she is a member of the North America Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and a certified Texas Master Naturalist.
Heather's images have been published in National Wildlife Magazine, PetaPixel, Colorado Outdoors Magazine, and the Purple Martin Update to name a few.
In addition to photography, she is a skilled audio & video editor that has worked on a multitude of podcast episodes for Rewildology and TikTok content for the Prairie Dogs 101 group.
You can check out Heather's work on her websites at www.heathervaley.net or https://naturefixcolorado.substack.com/. Follow her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/heather_valey.