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A selection of Sean Gallagher’s images from Instagram, centered around the theme of climate change. All images are available for licensing in editorial and commercial projects. Contact the Sean Gallagher Studio directly at sean’at’gallagher-photo.com Rising Seas in Tuvalu View this post on Instagram A young boy swims in a flooded area near the airport runway, in downtown Funafuti. Parts of the island flood at this time of the year due to the 'king tides'. The king tides are seasonal and […]
Instagram has just launched IGTV, a new an exciting way to share long-form videos on the platform. Followers of my work will know that I post regularly on Instagram, using it to share updates of my work and projects. While it has already been possible to share video on Instagram, it has been limited to short form video which is why this new announcement is so exciting. Want more of an explanation? Here is the introduction from Instagram, “IGTV, a […]
Looking for some Instagram accounts to follow to get you in the Earth Day spirit? Here are the best accounts that’ll have you falling in love with beautiful mother Earth! –iMore Follow Sean on Instagram an learn insights about his work and gain insights into his latest environmental projects. A man bathes in the Ganges, on the edge of the city of Kanpur. Nearby tanneries that produce leather goods are largely unregulated and release untreated toxic wastewater directly into the […]
A post shared by Everyday Extinction (@everydayextinction) on Sep 19, 2017 at 5:35am PDT It’s with great pleasure that I share with you the announcement of a new collaborative feed we have just launched on Instagram, called ‘Everyday Extinction’. The purpose of the feed is to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to the current 6th global biodiversity extinction crisis. In founding this new feed, I have brought together a mix of wildlife photographers, photojournalists, fine art photographers and scientists […]
Quick post today to say thank you to the team at MCXV for including my Instagram account in their recent post “19 Eye-Opening Instagram Accounts That are Changing the World”. Very flattered to be included alongside some truly important accounts run by individuals and organisations who are trying to make a difference in the world. Be sure to follow all the other accounts, especially my friends at Everyday Climate Change to which I also contribute.
#Regram #RG @everydayclimatechange: Image by @sean_gallagher_photo A young Tibetan man embraces his yak on the shore of Qinghai Lake. The lake is China's largest inland body of water, lying at over 3000m on the Tibetan Plateau. The region contains the sources of the Yangtze, Mekong, and Yellow Rivers which feed water to millions downstream. As a result of climate change, temperatures are rising on the Tibetan Plateau faster than anywhere on earth outside the polar regions. As glaciers melt, grasslands […]
This week I will be taking over the Smithsonian Magazine Instagram feed this week, sharing images from my recent travels to Sri Lanka to document the rise in human-elephant conflict in the south asian island nation. Followers of my work will know that this work was created late last year and is part of my long-term work documenting the current threats to the world’s biodiversity hotspots and the global biodiversity extinction crisis. I appreciate the opportunity Smithsonian Magazine has given […]
Eyes on China Project is a new Instagram feed that aims to highlight new perspectives on the middle kingdom, through the eyes of local and international photographers. A young boy runs along a wooden pathway in a forest in the Jiuzhaigou National Park, in Sichuan Province. The park is one of the country's most famous, with upwards of 2 million people visiting each year. It is part of a global biodiversity hotspot which covers much of China's south-west mountain areas. […]
Followers of my work will know that one of my main focuses is documenting the effects of climate change across the Asian continent. So, I was really pleased when I got an invitation last month to contribute to the new ‘Everyday Climate Change‘ feed on Instagram. Most of you will already know of the Everyday series. The brainchild of photographers Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill when they started their EverydayAfrica feed, the concept has now expanded and documents slices of […]
This week, China is on its National Holiday. It’s a week of free days for everyone to mark the anniversary if the founding of the People’s Republic of China. As a result of this rare extended holiday, millions of Chinese are taking to the roads to return to their home towns and spend time with their family. I am in the middle of one such journey, travelling over 1000km to Shandong Province in the north east of the country. I […]