Meet the NEW BIG 5
BBC Wildlife|June 2021
Shooting with cameras rather than guns is the idea behind a new international initiative to promote the synergy between wildlife photography and conservation.
Graeme Green
Meet the NEW BIG 5
The Big Five is an old term used by colonial-era hunters in Africa for the most prized and dangerous animals to shoot and kill: elephant, rhino, leopard, Cape buffalo and lion.

I think there’s a better idea: to celebrate the animals we share the planet with via photography. That’s why I created the New Big 5 project, an international initiative to create a new ‘big five’ of wildlife photography, rather than hunting. Shooting with a camera, not a gun.

In 2019, before the pandemic hit, I started discussing the idea with photographers, conservationists and wildlife-lovers, including Jane Goodall, Chris Packham, Ami Vitale and Marsel van Oosten, all of whom have backed the project. We kickstarted it in April 2020. Over this difficult last year, it’s been great to see people around the world getting excited about this positive idea and voting on the New Big 5 website (newbig5.com) for the species they wanted to be included in this alternative concept.

この記事は BBC Wildlife の June 2021 版に掲載されています。

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この記事は BBC Wildlife の June 2021 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。