Carr’s image of the Iskut River in the Sacred Headwaters, British Columbia graces the cover of Canada’s Wilderness Committee’s 2012 Canada’s Endangered Wilderness Calendar. One of Canada’s largest membership-based, citizen-funded wilderness protection groups, the Wilderness Committee is committed to protecting Canada’s biodiversity through strategic research and grassroots public education and has successfully protected millions of hectares of Canadian wilderness in over 40 key wilderness areas.
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Two months in South America collaborating once again with Earth River Expeditions on the Rio Futaleufu in Patagonia, Chile, Carr captured the exhilarating whitewater and majesty of the glacial, blue waters of this class V+ river in an incredible portfolio of images. Known as the Everest of commercial whitewater, the Rio Futaleufu is born from the lakes in Los Alerces National Park in Argentina, then crosses the Andes Mountains into the Aysen region of Chile creating one of the most beautiful and extreme whitewater rivers in the world.
Earth River partners, Eric Hertz and Robert Currie ran the first complete raft descent of the Rio Futaleufu in 1990 pioneering commercial rafting there. In the forefront of river conservation and dedicated to raising public awareness to the multitude of issues facing rivers worldwide, Earth River is committed to protecting the Rio Futaleufu from a proposed hydroelectric project by Chile’s largest electric company, and from the invasive freshwater algae, didymo phenia, an emerging worldwide environmental problem.
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Carr’s image of Glacier National Park graces the cover of The Conservation Fund’s 2010 Annual Report. To find out more about their great work, visit conservationfund.org.
2011 International Year of Forests. The United Nations has designated this year to pay special tribute to the world’s forests raising awareness on sustainable management and conservation. Carr pays tribute with a special portfolio of forest images.
May 2010. Carr joins Earth River Expeditions for the first raft descent of the Rio Yavero. Trekking from Cuzco, Peru, follow their white water journey with Carr’s images of this lush rainforest ecosystem as they find their way to the Rio Urubamba, also a spectacular waterway. Meeting locals along the way, their final destination was Macho Picchu.
Read Carr’s interview in Organic Connections Magazine. OC also interviewed author and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis on the story behind the fight to save the Sacred Headwaters. A selection of Carr’s images accompany the article, including the cover.
Sacred Headwaters Images
The International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and Earth In Focus has released its latest book in the Cemex Conservation book series showcasing several of Carr’s images. Beautifully depicted with images from iLCP photographers, the book looks at the current state of the Earth’s freshwater ecosystems. A traveling exhibit promoting the book features two of Carr’s prints. Purchase your copy of the book now! Silver medal winner, Independent Publishers Book Awards!
It is not often a photographer has the opportunity to explore lands which have rarely, if ever, been captured by the lens of a camera. Collaborating with National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis and the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), Carr Clifton has been fortunate enough to have just returned from this exact experience in the Sacred Headwaters of British Columbia.
Home to Canada’s most important salmon rivers, the Stikine, Skeena and Nass, and one of North America’s largest predator-prey ecosystems, the Sacred Headwaters is being threatened by large scale industrial development, including copper strip mines and coal-methane gas extraction. The iLCP’s mission was to obtain a comprehensive portrait of the Sacred Headwaters giving voice to the historical, cultural and ecological significance of this region.
Trekking hundreds of miles of back country trails and roads, and logging ten helicopter flights, Carr captured some of the most beautiful and endangered lands in North America, covering a vast and mostly roadless area of approximately 150,000 square miles.
With over 22,000 exposures, Carr’s portfolio of this incredible region has been edited down to 270 stunning images. From aerials of the region’s rivers and valleys, to the remote lakes, mountains and glaciers, this collection of remarkable images conveys the importance of protecting this extraordinary place.
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