Tar Sands and the First Nations – Selects
The crux of any environmental industrial development is the relationship between people on the land and the newly manufactured landscape. Rarely has the coverage of the Tar Sands in Northern Alberta gone beyond environmental impact and touched on the story of the impact on First Nations culture. Yet, this development is having a profound affect [...]
Arizona Travel Stock Images
The incredible photographic landscape of Arizona was the subject of my lens in May, 2010. This slideshow of photographs include the locations of Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Route 66, Tonto Bridge State Park and Petrified Forest National Park. Enjoy
Arizona – Stock Photography – Images by Robert vanWaarden
Activism, Coal and Arizona
“Just seeing the future for us and knowing that they [our parents] wanted a better future for us, I have the same feeling for, not myself, but the kids and for my relatives and that something better will be in the future for them, that keeps me going. Knowing that we have succeeded in one [...]
Two photographs of Monument Valley, which is the best?
I want your opinion!
I was recently in Monument Valley in Arizona and I created these two drastically different images of the landscape with the mittens. Photographed only 50m apart, these two images raise several questions about composition, viewer opinion and human impact on our environment. I want to know which image you prefer. Image #1: [...]
Cameras, lens, audio recorders packed: Gone in search of light….
Just as the sun was starting to warm up the cold, wet polder of the Netherlands, I figured that it was time to pack the gear and head off to the dry Southwest. One of my favourite places on earth, the landscapes of Utah, Nevada, California and region have inspired artists and photographers for [...]
Project Survival Media launches Solutions for Survival
A unique and important media project, Project Survival Media, has just launched their newest plan, Solutions for Survival (S4S). This new program, is about challenging the industry-sponsored myth that we just can’t meet our energy needs without investing in dirty energy. S4S will do this by creating a documentary series in the United States [...]
Youth Climate Report details COP 15 Participation
For several years the international youth climate movement (IYCM) has been growing exponentially. Focused around the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, youth from all over the world have come together, organized, shared ideas, influenced change and returned to their home countries to implement solutions.
I have been photographing this movement for a couple of years [...]
Climate Change 2009 – Explosion of a social movement
In 2009, millions of people came together around the world to pressure leaders to sign a legally binding and ambitious deal in Copenhagen. Although the final result in Copenhagen was a failure, 2009 was the year that the climate movement exploded. This energy will carry forward and we will continue to build in numbers until [...]
Climate Change – Agriculture in Europe, a multimedia piece
Climate change is drastically altering the landscapes and farming industry of the European Continent. From the mountains of Norway to the low lying lands of Italy, from the innovations in the Netherlands to the suffering crops of Romanian farmers, the Project Survival Media team in Europe has explored this issue and produced a multimedia piece. [...]
Cape Farewell – Youth and Climate Change in the Arctic
In September of 2008 I joined the British Council of Canada as their photographer on the Cape Farewell Expedition 2008. Our goal was to take an international group of 20+ students into the Arctic to teach them about Climate Change and how to use Art to communicate the message effectively.
“The expedition sailed around the [...]
Powershift UK – London, England
The UKYCC PowerShift Conference, held on Oct. 9-12, 2009, brought together over 250 young people from across the United Kingdom and the world to discuss climate change. The conference taught them how to organize, build a social movement and take creative and intelligent action to tackle the climate crisis.
Photography – Powershift UK – Climate [...]
PowerShift 2009 – Washington D.C.
Photographs of PowerShift 09 in Washington. During the last weekend of February, over 10,000 young people descended on Washington D.C for the largest ever conference on climate change and clean energy in the USA.
PowerShift 2009 – Washington D.C – The Full Collection of Images – Images by climate photographer Robert van Waarden.
Australia Photographs
A small collection of travel images and photography from Australia.
Stock Photography from Australia by Travel Photographer – Images by Robert vanWaarden
United States of America – the Southwest
Landscape photography from Death Valley, Utah, Nevada and the southwest of the United States of America
Images of Colors and Landscapes of the American Southwest. – Images by Robert van Waarden
Climate Change – Images of a Changing Planet
Portfolio of climate change images from Greenland and the Arctic.
Climate Change Photography – images of a changing planet – Images by Robert vanWaarden
Climate Camp in the City, G20 Protests
A portfolio of images of the Climate Camp at BishopsGate, London during the G20 meetings in 2009. The members of climate camp took over the street and set up a tent city in front of the Carbon Exchange in London. The campers were protesting the current carbon trading schemes that the UN is incorporating in [...]
Best of 2009 – 20 Images of Climate Change Activism
The Rise of a Climate Change Movement – 20 Images from 2009 – I spent the majority of 2009 focusing on the climate change social movement and working closely with the international youth climate movement, ngo’s and the TckTckTck campaign.
COP 14 – United Nations Climate Talks 2008
Photography of the United Nations Climate Talks, Poznan – COP 14 – Images by Robert van Waarden
Copenhagen Climate Talks – COP 15
Photographs – Best of Copenhagen Climate Conference. The United Nations COP 15 – Images by Robert vanWaarden
COP 13 in Bali – UN Climate Change Conference
Photography of United Nations Climate Conference, COP 13, in Bali. – Images by Robert vanWaarden – To License click image.
Panorama Photography from Around the World
Panoramic Photography of the World, from Death Valley to Prince Edward Island – Images by Robert van Waarden – Click any to license
Tajikistan
Travel Photography of Tajikistan – Images by Robert vanWaarden – Click an image to license
