Conservationist and photographer Cristina Mittermeier is on a

mission, inspiring more women to pick up a camera and share the

world in a gentle way. Graeme Greene finds out more

DEPTHS

HIDDEN

CristinaMittermeier

isaMexican

photographer,

marinebiologist

andconservationist.

Shestudied

BiochemicalEngineeringin

MarineSciencesatMexico’s

ITESMUniversity.Christina’swork

appearsinglobalpublicationssuch

asNationalGeographicandTIME.

In2015,Cristinaco-founded

SeaLegacy(sealegacy.org)withher

partner,Canadianphotographer

PaulNicklen,anon-profit

organisationthatusesphotography

andvisualstorytellingtoprotect

theworld’soceans.Sheisalsothe

founderoftheInternationalLeague

ofConservationPhotographers

(conservationphotographers.org).

Aswellaswildlifeandoceans,

Cristina’sworkalsofocuseson

indigenouspeoples,includingthe

KayapoinBrazil’sAmazonand

coastalcommunities.Herbooks

includeAmazeandSublimeNature.

FormoreofCristina’swork,

headto:

cristinamittermeier.com

sealegacy.org

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