Above is a picture by Britta Jaschinski an amazing and award winning conservation artist. Her book Photographers against Wildlife Crimes is poignant and beautiful. However, when I started doing research for wildlife/nature/conservation photography, I ended up with a list of men and she was no where to be found.
Just google search wildlife photography. You will see 35 of the top googled photographers but the 12th and 26th are the only woman. Wildlife/conservation photography like most arts are dominated by men, or are they? After deeper research I found some amazing published women out there. Why aren’t they showing up in the top searches?
Of course, this happens in many searches. With famous painters there are two women Frida Karol 8th and Georgia O’Keefe 15th. With famous scientists searched there are five women represented in the top 35. Now we could say that women weren’t allowed to be in those fields in the past, so the ratio reflects that. Or is it possible that all our search engines, encyclopedias, and textbooks are filled and prioritizes with European men?
What can we do? Start supporting young women to get in the field with programs like: Girls who Click, who is trying to pave the way for girls to get into the wildlife photography field. And here are 25 programs that girls can get into for the sciences. Then let’s start highlighting women in our searches. Google analytics are partially based on hits per site, let’s up the ante. Look deeper to find minorities when you are doing a general search. To help I have attached websites to amazing woman wildlife photographers click on them to raise awareness on the web about them and conservation in general. Your clicks count!
P.S. Remember signs with an * it a big week for you.
Aries
*Ace of Cups and Sun – Ace of Cups and the Sun are very appropriate for you b-day month. All Aces are new beginnings, but the Ace of Cups is the most auspicious. This Ace brings favorable life and emotions into this coming year. With the Sun card, growth, this is a year where you have the Universe behind you to expand anything you put your light to. The only challenge with these two cards is not focusing down the light to a laser-like frequency. Be aware when passion and attention is too focused you will burn your subjects and may create a desert in the aftermath. In the simplest terms always carry around a bottle of water while working or out and about. In its most complex version, spread your love and passion out evenly to many people or projects instead of all of it on one. https://www.suzieszterhas.com/index
Taurus
Six of Swords – The Six of Swords advises you to gain perspective or distance from your thoughts and//or projects. There is a need to simplify when this card comes up; however not too much. This is more about finding a natural rhythm. As always with this card, water and/or short trips are vital this week to help cleanse your thoughts and gain perspective. https://www.melissagroo.com/
Gemini
Eight of Coins – The Eight of Coins is the card of mastery. This week it advises to go over work, emails projects and add a bit of your unique finesse. The only way you get better is to practice your skills. You don’t need to add more to your skill list just improve on what you have already in your tool belt. https://kristaschlyer.com/
Cancer
Three of Cups – The Three of Cups is the card of friendship. Take time this week and connect with your closest friends. The interaction will not only strength your bonds but fill each other’s emotional cups. https://estherhorvath.com/
Leo
Seven of Coins – The Seven of Coins is the card of work and eventually harvest. This card is advising you to work your butt off this week. You won’t see the bounty of this effort until later, but bounty is guaranteed if you put in the work now. http://www.brittaphotography.com/
Virgo
Six of Wands and Ten of Swords – So, you get to work another week with your big cards from the last two weeks, but with a more practical bend. I’m going to repost last week’s here, so you really get it: The Hierophant advised you to work on structures and efficiency. Then Temperance is reminding you that structure is great but does not last without balance and moderation. So, with your work there must be play. With your happiness there is also sadness. With hatred is love. The challenge is how to do the balancing. Not as reactive equilibrium act – falling to one side and rebalancing the other in a teeter-totter fashion – but as a proactive act of accepting the paradoxes and mixing a new cocktail. Think if it like cooking without salt but getting the satisfaction of saltiness by using a mixture of spices and herbs. So here is this week’s practical lens, the Six of Wands is the card of victory in battle but still having the War to finish, and then there is the Ten of Swords which is the outside world beating you down. Your job is to work with this paradox of victory and defeat without giving up. https://jaymiheimbuch.com/
Libra
Queen of Wands – The Queen of Wands is the card of practical magic, or how to bring your spirit or passion into your daily work and home life. Magic is just the process of bringing the spirit into the material world. This card advises you to do just that. This is as simple as each day while you are having your morning cup of coffee, you take a moment to be in your body and mindfully being aware of your surroundings and how you are connecting to it. http://www.jenguyton.com/
Scorpio
Ten of Cups – Last week, the Chariot gave you energy to make changes and move closer to your goals. But it was all up to you. This week the Ten of Cups continues this theme of change but reminds you that if your goals and actions of modification aren’t making you happy then alter them. This week the motto No Pain – No Gain is just not true. It’s more like More Joy creates More Gain which wins My Game. https://www.karineaigner.com/index
Sagittarius
Five of Coins – The Five of Coins deal with our sense of lack or want. For most of you horses, you don’t show this side of yourself very often. But all of you have dealt with a serious case of lack sometime in your life. This week some of you will revisit that deep sense of deficiency and others will just lose your keys or phone for hopefully a moment or two and not permanently. The key with this card is help is there for the asking. http://www.susankmcconnell.com/
Capricorn
King of Wands and Eight of Swords – These two cards in combination ask: How are you stopping yourself from being the Fabulous you that you are? The Eight of Swords tells you that your thoughts are binding you and making you and your world smaller than it really is. And the King of Wands is the card of the creative. This card shows up reminding you – passion is your path to greatness. https://www.morganheim.com/
Aquarius
*Lovers – Two big cards in a row! Last week, Judgment, the card of evolution had you shedding your skin, molting your feathers, or wrapping up in a cocoon to evolve into the next phase of your journey. Lucky for you get another week to practice with different combinations of personas and/or items to make this new you healthier, happier and stronger. Then adding this component with the Lovers, you are now tasked in choosing who gets to ride with you on this next phase. Put effort in collaboration with people who share your passions this week. If you have people who are not helping or not positively supporting you, either have a talk with your people or it might be time to thin the herd. https://cristinamittermeier.com/
Pisces
Three of Coins – Last week, the Ten of Swords foretold that the World could trigger you and the High Priestess card challenged you to stand back from the World and not react – just watch to find enlightenment. This week the Three of Coins let’s you dip back into the World pool but only with people you absolutely trust. Collaboration is key to get things done this week. Use what you learned the last week to not get triggered by everyday interactions. https://www.rathikaramasamy.com/
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
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