You are hereFlint River with Georgia Conservancy - with Peter Essick
Flint River with Georgia Conservancy - with Peter Essick
| May 8th, 2010 7:00 AM through 5:00 PM | |||
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locations along Flint River, Sprewell Bluff, GA
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| Work with National Geographic environmental photographer Peter Essick on a day trip to the Flint River in May to catch the blooming of the endangered Shoals Spider Lilly at Sprewell Bluff. This beautiful forest and river corridor could be lost if recent efforts to dam a 50-mile stretch of the Flint south of Atlanta are successful. Essick shares his approach to bringing a compelling story home in images, from becoming educated the issues to technical photographic expertise – all a part of making a meaningful shot under assignment conditions. This workshop is a part of SPC’s “Eye on the World” series, and your photographs could be selected to help Georgia Conservancy in their efforts to stop the proposed damming of the Georgia’s Flint River, home to many of President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt’s favorite fishing spots and listed at #2 of the top ten most- endangered rivers in the US. This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop. | |||
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Also see Dinner and Dialogue with Peter Essick, May 7th Peter Essick takes you on an all-day assignment to prime locations along the endangered 25-mile corridor of the Flint River near Thomaston, GA, with Georgia Conservancy. You'll take pictures at shoals where palmettos, rare spider lillies and spanish moss share banks with mountain laurel and azalea - illustrating the special botanical transition zone from Piedmont to Coastal Plain.
Essick will also take you to photograph a farm that would be impacted by flooding from the proposed dam, a favorite local fishing hole at Pigeon Creek (just a two-minute boat ride across the river), an historic home and log cabin at the shoals. You'll meet some "old timers" and have lunch (included) at a local farmhouse, where you'll learn the unique value of the Flint from Georgia Conservancy and Flint Riverkeeper Gordon Rogers, and learn how your images can help the Flint, the only large river in central Georgia that still runs clear! Questions?
About the Instructor
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For the past 23 years I have worked as a freelance photojournalist. My main client has been National Geographic magazine, and I have produced more than 30 stories for the magazine on many different topics. I first started at the magazine as a summer intern while studying photojournalism at the University of Missouri.
