Award-winning National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is coming to the Tennessee Aquarium for his National Geographic Photo Ark exhibition.
Through this 17-year (and counting) effort, Sartore has archived unique portraits of more than 15,000 species across more than 50,000 images. He estimates completing the archive could take another seven to eight years.
“The Photo Ark is really my last-ditch, desperate effort to get people to care about nature,” Sartore says.
Senior Aquarists Adam Johnson, left, and Kyle McPheeters, center, assist in photographing a Port Jackson Shark as National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore visits the Tennessee Aquarium to photograph animals for his Photo Ark project.
Beginning March 1 and continuing through the end of the year, the Aquarium will exhibit two dozen images from the Photo Ark throughout its campus. Sartore will also be there on February 29 previewing this special exhibition.
To attend the event, visit the Tennessee Aquarium’s website.
