Steve Winter
Steve Winter has been a photojournalist with
National Geographic for more than 20 years,
specializing in wildlife, particularly big cats. He
is also an adventurer who has been attacked by
rhinos, stalked by jaguars, and charged by an 11-
foot grizzly bear. Mr. Winter was named Wildlife
Photographer of the Year in 2008 and Wildlife
Photojournalist of the Year in 2012 in a competition
cosponsored by the Natural History Museum in
London and BBC Worldwide. He won the Pictures
of the Year International Global Vision Award in
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Press Photo in 2008 and 2014. Mr. Winter is the coauthor of Tigers Forever:
Saving the World’s Most Endangered Big Cat. He lectures globally on
photography and conservation issues and has been featured on NPR, as
well as the CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, and other programs. Mr. Winter
teaches workshops with Wildlife Photo Masterclass, a cooperative formed
by National Geographic photographers. He is on the web at http://www.
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Michael Yamashita
Michael Yamashita is a 30-year award-
winning veteran of National Geographic and has
photographed a vast range of topics and locations,
most notably in Asia. He has traipsed with
camels across the Taklimakan Desert, scaled peaks
in Tibet, and journeyed the length of the Great
Wall. He has published more than 30 National
Geographic magazine features, as well as 10
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credit, Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed
and Treasure Fleet: The Adventures of Zheng He.
His most recent book, Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa, took him
to the far reaches of western China and the Himalayas to capture the fast-
disappearing ancient culture of Tibet. Mr. Yamashita has taught at major
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