Leica Camera, Seedlight Workshops Host Preserving Patagonia Conservation & Photography Workshop

Leica Camera, Seedlight Workshops Host Preserving Patagonia Conservation & Photography Workshop

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Allendale, NJ—Leica Camera is collaborating with Seedlight Workshops, developer of environmental photography workshops, to host the Preserving Patagonia: Conservation Photography workshop with the Patagonia Sur Foundation.

Taking place March 3-10, 2012 in Chilean Patagonia, this experiential workshop is led by conservation photojournalist Bridget Besaw. Throughout the week, participants will learn documentary and travel photography techniques and capture all aspects of the story of Patagonia conservation with Leica Camera’s flagship M9 and M9-P digital rangefinder cameras and the entire portfolio of lenses.

“We are very excited to partner with Bridget Besaw for this incomparable travel experience,” said Christian Erhardt, vice president, Marketing, Leica Camera, Inc. “A Leica in hand, participants interpret and capture fleeting moments to document the planet’s natural resources and the people who work, play and steward Patagonia’s impressive and irreplaceable landscape.”

Workshop participants will spend the week with Bridget Besaw amid her six-month project of documenting the preservation and stewardship of the Aysén region of Patagonia in conjunction with the Patagonia Sur Foundation. After learning relevant photographic techniques during informative lectures, participants put them into practice in the field. The result will be a final portfolio that includes imagery of the vast, pristine wilderness region, one of the last of its kind in the world. Surrounded by snowcapped mountains and crystalline lakes near the El Tigre River and abutting Lago Palena National Reserve, Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve’s “La Estrella” serves as home base for the week.

Designed for both professional and amateur photographers with an interest in travel photography and environmental issues, workshop participants will have the opportunity to utilize the latest additions to Leica’s M system, the Leica M9 and M9-P. The entire portfolio of M lenses is also available throughout the workshop, including the latest Super-Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4 Asph, a compact super-wide-angle lens.

Workshop leader Bridget Besaw’s work is inspired primarily by her passion for environmental protection. Her projects have tackled issues such as development threats to northern Maine’s wilderness, loss of working farmland in New England and climate change research and prevention in South American and Indonesian forests.

Besaw has won numerous national press awards for her work in publications such as Newsweek, Time, Forbes, Fortune, the New York Times, Business Week, Smithsonian, National Geographic Adventure and Nature Conservancy magazine. She now produces imagery, multimedia, exhibits and books for environmental organizations and teaches photography workshops. She has published two books, Wildness Within, Wildness Without and From the Land, in partnership with environmental organizations.

Workshop class size is limited to 12 students. The 8-day/7-night workshop costs $5,800 per person and includes transport between Puerto Montt, Chile, and La Estrella and all food, beverage and lodging. Transportation from Puerto Montt is not included. To register, log on to seedlightworkshops.com/workshops/preserving-patagonia/.

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