Ethical Wildlife Photography with Mark Peck

The popularity of wildlife photography has exploded in the last 20 years with the arrival of digital photography. But are we loving our plants and animals to death? Please join Mark for a look at how wildlife photography has evolved and what impact photographers may be having on their subjects and, more importantly, what photographers can do to better support conservation initiatives.

Mark Peck is the Manager of the Schad Gallery of Biodiversity at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Director of the Environmental Visual Communications Program (EVC), a joint graduate certificate program with the ROM and Fleming College. Mark is involved with exhibit and gallery development, public programing and is a contributing author/photographer to; Niagara Birds, The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds: Design, Pattern and Details, and The Birds of Nunavut.

In addition to his duties at the ROM, Mark is a Regional Coordinator for the 3rd Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, the Program Councillor for the Toronto Ornithological Club, an enthusiastic contributor to several citizen science programs and the proud father of two wonderful daughters.

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