National Geographic Live: Standing at the Water's Edge

Cristina is a Mexican-born marine biologist and photographer who specializes in conservation issues.As a writer and a photographer for the past 25 years, her work centers on the delicate balance between human well-being and healthy ecosystems. As a writer and series editor of her own publishing company, Earth inFocus editions, Cristina has produced 24 stunning coffee-table books on conservation issues and her work has been published in prestigious scientific publications including Science and Nature as well as in more popular publications and magazines, including National Geographic. She is the founder and former president of the International League of Conservation Photographers ILCP) and was recently recognized as one of the World’s top 40 Most influential Outdoor Photographers by Outdoor Magazine and is the recipient of the 2011 Nature's Best/Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year award and the North American Nature Photographers Association 2010 Mission Award. She is also the 2016 recipient of the Imaging Alliance "Photographers who Give Back” Award.

Speaker: Cristina Mittermeier