''The Photo Ark'' is a ''

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'' project, led by photographer

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, with the goal of photographing all species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries around the globe in order to inspire action to save wildlife. The project has been documented in a series of books and in a three-part documentary first shown on

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and then released to

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. A selection of photographs from the project has been exhibited in various museums, zoos, and exhibition halls around the world. The documentary, ''RARE: Creatures of The Photo Ark'', was awarded the Best Conservation Film award in 2018. ''The Photo Ark'' was featured on American television program

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, with the episode first airing on October 14, 2018.{{Cite web, title=Saving memories of animals with Joel Sartore's Photo Ark, url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joel-sartore-photo-ark-national-geographic-photographer-saving-memories-of-animals-60-minutes/, access-date=2020-06-16, website=www.cbsnews.com, language=en

Goals

''The Photo Ark'' project, led by

in association with ''

'', has the goal of inspiring action through education, and to help save wildlife by supporting

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efforts.{{R, NatGeo{{R, Atlantic{{R, WashPost It is a multiyear effort which originally intended to document 12,000 species{{R, Parade living in zoos and

wildlife sanctuaries A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

. In November 2021, the 12,000th species was photographed by Sartore who was 59 at the time, and the new goal was announced as being 15,000 species, which Sartore anticipated would take him another 10 to 15 years.{{R, 12,000 According to a February 2017 press release by ''National Geographic'', one half of Earth's animal species could go extinct by 2100.{{R, Presser Since starting the project, Sartore says several species he photographed are now extinct.{{R, Reader

Origins

Sartore gained a love of nature while growing up in Nebraska. He was amazed by the idea of species going extinct, and thought that he would never see such occur in his lifetime. However, now he believes that in the 11 years he has worked on the Photo Ark project, he has seen 10 go extinct.{{R, WTOP In a March 2018 interview, Sartore said that he went to the Omaha zoo regularly as a child, getting to know the various animals. He says that his parents "made sure he was out in nature and appreciated it", which he says made all the difference.{{R, Plainsman In a February 2018 interview, Sartore said that he began the Ark project about 12 years ago when he was caring for his three young children while his wife was being treated for cancer, leading Sartore to consider his own future. "That's how the Ark got started, and I've been going at it ever since."{{R, Mongabay In an April 2018 interview, Sartore said he had been a ''National Geographic'' photographer for over 27 years, and although he worked for 15 years doing various conservation stories, the impact was not enough to "stop the extinction crisis". So he realized that maybe "very simple portraits lit exquisitely so you can see the beauty and the color, looking animals directly in the eye with no distractions, would be the way to do it."{{R, Reader

Progress

''National Geographic'' reported on the project's status during significant milestones: * The first animal to be photographed for the project was the

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living at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.{{R, Reader * In September 2017, the 7,000th animal photographed for the project was announced: the

Leadbeater's possum Leadbeater's possum (''Gymnobelideus leadbeateri'') is a critically endangered possum largely restricted to small pockets of alpine ash, mountain ash, and snow gum forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbour ...

, a critically endangered

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which is native to the

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forests of central

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.{{R, SevenThousand * In May 2018, the 8,000th animal was announced: the semiaquatic

Pyrenean desman The Pyrenean desman also called Iberian desman (''Galemys pyrenaicus'') is a small semiaquatic, globally threatened mammal related to moles and shrews, and, along with the Russian desman (''Desmana moschata''), is one of the two extant members ...

.{{R, Gibbens * In December 2018, the 9,000th animal was announced: the

Bandula barb The bandula barb (''Pethia bandula'') is a species of cyprinid endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that ...

, a colorful but critically endangered fish found in one stream in Sri Lanka.{{R, ROTH9000 * In May 2020 the 10,000th animal was announced: the güiña, which is the smallest wildcat in the Americas. ''National Geographic'' reported that "This pivotal milestone means that Sartore is about two-thirds of the way toward completing the National Geographic Photo Ark."{{R, Thousand * In February 2021, the 11,000th animal was announced: the long-toothed dart moth (Dichagyris longidens), saying the photo may be the first one to capture a living representative of the species.{{R, 11,000 * In November 2021, the 12,000th animal was announced: the

Arabian cobra The Arabian cobra (''Naja arabica'') is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula. Geographic range The Arabian cobra is found in Oman, southern and western Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Ety ...

, which until 2009 was classified as a subspecies of the Egyptian cobra.{{R, 12,000 * In July 2022, the 13,000th animal was announced: the

spoon-billed sandpiper The spoon-billed sandpiper (''Calidris pygmaea'') is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has dec ...

(Calidris pygmaea), which is listed as critically endangered by the

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.{{R, 13,000

''The Photo Ark'' and related books

The project has been documented in a series of books: * ''Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species''. 2010. {{ISBN, 1-4262-0575-9. Precursor to ''The Photo Ark'' project. * ''Animal Ark: Celebrating our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures''. National Geographic Kids, 2017. {{ISBN, 978-1426327674. * ''The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals''. 2017. {{ISBN, 9781426217777. * ''Birds Of The Photo Ark''. 2018. {{ISBN, 978-1426218989. * ''The Photo Ark Vanishing: The World's Most Vulnerable Animals''. 2019. {{ISBN, 978-1426220593.

''Rare: Creatures of The Photo Ark''

Beginning in July 2017,

broadcast a three-part film, ''Rare: Creatures of The Photo Ark'', which documented highlights of the project.{{R, PBS{{R, NYT-Series ''Rare'' was later released for purchase in both Blu-ray and DVD format, and was also made available on

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.{{R, Mongabay As of February 2018, a second season was being discussed with ''National Geographic''.{{R, Mongabay In a February 2018 interview, ''Rare'' director Chun-Wei Yi said that he met Sartore at National Geographic Television & Film, in 2006 or 2007, soon after he started the Photo Ark. In the course of making the series, Sartore photographed his 5,000th species.{{R, Mongabay

Episodes

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to photograph a creature found nowhere else: the rare Decken’s sifaka. Sartore also travels to the

Florida Keys The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost part of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and e ...

to photograph the endangered Lower Keys

marsh rabbit The marsh rabbit (''Sylvilagus palustris'') is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water. It is similar in app ...

, endangered by rising sea water levels.{{R, Episode1 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber = 2 , Title = Episode 2 , OriginalAirDate = {{start date, 2017, 07, 25 , ShortSummary = Sartore travels to Spain to photograph the

Iberian lynx The Iberian lynx (''Lynx pardinus'') is a wild cat species endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. In the 20th century, the Iberian lynx population had declined because of overhun ...

, formerly the rarest cat on Earth. The next stop is China to witness the artificially insemination of the last known female

Yangtze giant softshell turtle The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (''Rafetus swinhoei''), also known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is an extremely rare species of turtle i ...

. Then in

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, Sartore has the opportunity to see the rarest of the

great apes The Hominidae (), whose members are known as the great apes or hominids (), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: '' Pongo'' (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); ''Gorilla'' (the east ...

in the world: the

Cross River gorilla The Cross River gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla diehli'') is a critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla''). It was named a new species in 1904 by Paul Matschie, a mammalian taxonomist working at the Humboldt Univer ...

. Sartore also extracts photographs

beetles Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

from

cow dung Cow dung, also known as cow pats, cow pies or cow manure, is the waste product (faeces) of bovine animal species. These species include domestic cattle ("cows"), bison ("buffalo"), yak, and water buffalo. Cow dung is the undigested residue ...

because, as he says, every creature is important.{{R, Episode2 {{Episode list , EpisodeNumber = 3 , Title = Episode 3 , OriginalAirDate = {{start date, 2017, 08, 1 , ShortSummary = Sartore photographs insects which look to be from

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. Then in the Czech Republic, he photographs one of the last five

northern white rhino The northern white rhinoceros or northern white rhino (''Ceratotherium simum cottoni'') is one of two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the southern white rhinoceros). Formerly found in several countries in East and Central Afr ...

s left on the Earth. In New Zealand, Sartore joins a Rowi kiwi egg rescue, documenting the effort to prevent the species' extinction.{{R, Episode3

Documentary scheduled for 2020

In February 2019, it was announced that ''National Geographic'' and WGBH-Boston had joined forces to produce a "two-hour event special" about ''The Photo Ark'', which would air on October 17, 2020.{{R, Whittingham{{R, futoncritic{{R, two-part-special{{Needs update, date=January 2023

Exhibitions

To spread awareness of this project, a selection of photographs from ''The Photo Ark'' has been exhibited in various museums, zoos, and exhibition halls around the world,{{R, Exhibitions including the following locations: *

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, Rome, Italy, 2017{{R, Rome *

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, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017{{R, Exhibitions{{R, HuffPo *

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, Dallas, Texas, 2017{{R, Exhibitions{{R, HuffPo *

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, Omaha, Nebraska, 2017{{R, Exhibitions{{R, HuffPo *

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, Hickory, North Carolina, 2017{{R, Hickory *

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, Melbourne, Australia, 2017{{R, Exhibitions *

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, Jackson, Wyoming, 2017{{R, Exhibitions *

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, San Diego, California, 2017{{R, Exhibitions *

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, Warsaw, Poland, 2017{{R, Exhibitions * The War Memorial of Korea Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 2017{{R, Seoul * Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, California, 2018{{R, Exhibitions * Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art Amphitheater, Millersburg, Pennsylvania, 2018{{R, visitcentralpa *

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, Netherlands, 2018{{R, Exhibitions *Museum of Natural History, Porto, Portugal, 2018{{R, Exhibitions *

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, Seattle, Washington, 2018{{R, Exhibitions *

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, Los Angeles, California, 2018{{R, Annenberg

Awards

In February 2018, ''RARE: Creatures of The Photo Ark'' was awarded Best Conservation Film at the New York WILD

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, held at

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in Manhattan.{{R, Mongabay

Reaction

Mike Norton, executive vice president of Norton Outdoor Advertising wrote in Billboard Insider that "In this era of division and hyper-partisanship, Photo Ark is a uniting cause. Photo Ark has earned support and respect across the political spectrum, from Harrison Ford to hunters."{{R, Norton In March 2017,

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reviewed ''The Photo Ark'', commenting that the photos use black-and-white backgrounds to highlight the animals, and snapshots of the photographing process are included as well. The article says that "Sartore more than succeeds in his goal to provide people with an opportunity to become aware of these animals, many endangered, before they disappear."{{R, PublishersWeekly In July 2017, The

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reported that Sartore's goal is to photograph animals before they go extinct, but surmises that he may run out of time for many species. "It has taken 10 years so far to photograph about 6,500 of the estimated 12,000 species he wants to record. Sartore estimates it will take him 15 more years to finish... The first batch appears in 'The Photo Ark,' and its assortment of creatures is fascinating...

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will change the way you think of turning a field or forest into the next mall or housing development."{{R, NPPA In reality, the 12,000th species was added to the Ark in November 2021, and a new goal of photographing 15,000 species was set.{{R, 12,000

References

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, date=July 30, 2020 {{cite web , last1=KEYES , first1=ROB , title=Nat Geo WILD's Photo Ark Trailer: To Photograph Every Living Species , url=https://screenrant.com/nat-geo-wild-photo-ark-trailer/ , website=screenrant.com , publisher=Screen Rant , access-date=30 May 2021 , archive-url=https://archive.today/rAEuf , archive-date=30 May 2021 , date=3 August 2020 , url-status=live {{cite web , last1=DELL'AMORE , first1=DELL'AMORE , title=Arabian cobra becomes 12,000th animal added to ark of at-risk species , url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/arabian-cobra-milestone-species-in-photo-ark , website=nationalgeographic.com , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=20 November 2021 , archive-url=https://archive.today/ziE1J#selection-4647.183-4651.1 , archive-date=20 November 2021 , date=16 November 2021 , url-status=live {{cite web , title=Spoon-billed sandpiper joins National Geographic Photo Ark as 13,000th Species , url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2022/07/21/spoon-billed-sandpiper-joins-national-geographic-photo-ark-as-13000th-species/ , website=nationalgeographic.org , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=14 January 2023 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817231535/https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2022/07/21/spoon-billed-sandpiper-joins-national-geographic-photo-ark-as-13000th-species/ , archive-date=17 August 2022 , date=21 July 2022 , url-status=live {{cite web , last1=O'NEAL , first1=ANDREA , title=Joel Sartore photographs the 10,000th species in the National Geographic Photo Ark, records rare audio of the species , url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2020/05/15/joel-sartore-photographs-the-10000th-species-in-the-national-geographic-photo-ark-records-rare-audio-of-the-species/ , website=Nationalgeographic.org , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=15 May 2020 , archive-url=https://archive.today/20200515234500/https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2020/05/15/joel-sartore-photographs-the-10000th-species-in-the-national-geographic-photo-ark-records-rare-audio-of-the-species/ , archive-date=May 15, 2020 , date=15 May 2020 , url-status=live {{cite web, last1=Brady, first1=Heather, title='Forest Fairy' Joins as 7,000th Animal in Nat Geo's Photo Ark, url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/photo-ark-leadbeaters-possum-australia-joel-sartore/, website=Nationalgeographic.com, publisher=National Geographic, access-date=May 27, 2018, archive-url=https://archive.today/20180527221218/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/photo-ark-leadbeaters-possum-australia-joel-sartore/, archive-date=May 27, 2018, date=September 14, 2017, url-status=live {{cite web , last1=Gibbens , first1=Sarah , title=Aquatic Mammal With Snorkel Nose Is 8,000th Animal in Our Photo Ark , url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/pyrenean-desman-photo-ark-joel-sartore-animals-spd/ , website=Nationalgeographic.com , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=June 9, 2018 , archive-url=https://archive.today/20180609033317/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/pyrenean-desman-photo-ark-joel-sartore-animals-spd/ , archive-date=June 9, 2018 , date=May 4, 2018, url-status=live {{cite web , last1=ROTH , first1=ANNIE , title=Colorful fish makes a splash as the 9,000th animal in our Photo Ark , url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/colorful-fish-bandula-barb-added-to-photo-ark/ , website=Nationalgeographic.com , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=25 December 2018 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225160851/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/colorful-fish-bandula-barb-added-to-photo-ark/ , archive-date=25 December 2018 , date=24 December 2018 {{cite web , title=Uncommon dart moth joins National Geographic Photo Ark as the 11,000th species , url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2021/02/09/uncommon-dart-moth-joins-national-geographic-photo-ark-as-the-11000th-species/ , website=Nationalgeographic.org , publisher=National Geographic , access-date=30 May 2021 , archive-url=https://archive.today/FyG19 , archive-date=30 May 2021 , date=9 February 2021 , url-status=live

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