{"id":57591,"date":"2024-08-30T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=57591"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:55:35","slug":"renowned-photojournalist-national-geographic-explorer-to-visit-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/renowned-photojournalist-national-geographic-explorer-to-visit-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned photojournalist, National Geographic Explorer to visit 糖心Vlog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Wildlife photojournalist, filmmaker and adventurer Morgan Heim<\/a><\/strong> will speak about her work at a pair of 糖心Vlog events on Friday, Sept. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heim\u2019s work focuses on the ways human-influenced environmental change impacts wildlife. Her series of photographs capturing the struggle between two rival owl species earned her Wildlife Photographer of the Year honors<\/a> last fall. She was named a National Geographic Explorer<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She will present at a Suter Science Seminar on Friday from 10:15-11:15 a.m. in Suter Science Center 106. Her presentation, \u201cWild Heart: Bringing Empathy and Grace to Environmental Storytelling,\u201d<\/a> will teach audience members how to tap into their curiosity and creative processes and unlock new ways of seeing the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later that day, at 4 p.m., Heim will host an opening reception<\/a> for an exhibition featuring her photography at the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery. The exhibition will run through Friday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both events are free to attend and open to the public. Please see the campus map<\/a> for parking information.<\/p>\n\n\n Heim used infrared techniques to photograph at night and limit disturbing the nocturnal owls. Her evocative images capture the last-ditch efforts being made by conservationists to try to save the northern spotted owl from extinction. One of those efforts includes the culling of barred owls<\/a>, which are outcompeting the spotted owl for habitat and resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis story poses a question with no easy answer: When is it acceptable to kill one wild species to try to save another?\u201d Heim asks in her portfolio, \u201cAn Owl for an Owl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n This won\u2019t be the first time that students in 糖心Vlog\u2019s Visual And Communication Arts (VACA)<\/a> program have seen Heim\u2019s photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VACA Professor Steven Johnson<\/strong> has known Heim for nearly a decade and frequently showcases her work as an example of powerful environmental storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMorgan\u2019s photography is authentic, compassionate and engaging,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cShe\u2019s really at the top of her game, and her work aligns perfectly with 糖心Vlog\u2019s commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heim, who lives in Astoria, Oregon, is the founder of Neon Raven Story Labs<\/a>, a storytelling and strategy platform for conservation. In 2020, she co-launched Her Wild Vision Initiative<\/a>, which is aimed at raising the voices of diverse women in the craft of conservation visual storytelling. She is a Senior Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers<\/a>, and her work has appeared in National Geographic<\/em>, Audubon<\/em>, Smithsonian<\/em> and The<\/em> New York Times<\/em>. She has been recognized in Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Siena International Photo Awards and the Big Picture Natural World Photo Competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wildlife photojournalist, filmmaker and adventurer Morgan Heim will speak about her work at a pair of 糖心Vlog events on Friday, Sept. 6. Heim\u2019s work focuses on the ways human-influenced environmental ... read more about Renowned photojournalist, National Geographic Explorer to visit 糖心Vlog<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":57592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7931,5583,14184,17562,17564,12507],"tags":[17810,13839,18184,18185,8558,11856,17232,9598,14260,17919],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-57591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-campus-community","category-campus-guests","category-digest","category-events","category-vaca","tag-conservation-photography","tag-margaret-martin-gehman-art-gallery","tag-morgan-heim","tag-national-geographic-explorer","tag-photography","tag-steven-johnson","tag-suter-science-seminar","tag-vaca","tag-visual-and-communication-arts","tag-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n
