Graeme Green
Photographer and writer
Graeme Green has been a photographer, journalist and travel writer for 20 years, working for international publications including The Guardian, BBC, The Sunday Times, National Geographic Traveller and more.
He has also been involved in print sale fundraisers, such as Prints for Wildlife, Prints For Nature and Vital Impacts, which have raised more than £2.5 million ($3 million) for wildlife charities, including African Parks, SeaLegacy, Big Life International, and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots.
Green has worked across the UK and in many different wildlife locations, including Botswana, Antarctica, Kenya, Cambodia, Mexico, Tanzania, Venezuela and Malaysia.
As well as wildlife, conservation and the environment, Green also covers subjects including human rights, free speech and other global issues.
Instagram: @graeme.green
Launched in April 2020, The New Big 5 Project has the backing of more than 300 photographers, conservationists and wildlife charities, including Jane Goodall, Moby, Joanna Lumley, Chris Packham, Ami Vitale, Nick Brandt, Brent Stirton, Save The Elephants, Ewaso Lions, Wildlife Direct, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Save Pangolins, Polar Bears International, Snow Leopard Trust and Greenpeace.
Adapting the old hunting term for the five most prized and dangerous animals for trophy hunters in Africa to shoot and kill, the New Big 5 focuses on shooting wildlife with cameras instead. Following a one-year global poll on its website, the five animals chosen for the New Big 5 of Wildlife Photography were the elephant, tiger, gorilla, polar bear and lion.
As the New Big 5 book goes on sale, we sat down with photographer and project founder Graeme Green to discover more about how the project came about and what he hopes to achieve with the book.
Why did you start the project and
