ABOUT MELISSA GROO
Melissa is a photographer, writer, and conservationist who uses her images and words to tell the stories of wild animals. She is a Sony Artisan of Imagery, an Associate Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, and a photography ethics advisor to the National Audubon Society. Her work appears in Audubon, Smithsonian, National Geographic, National Wildlife, and Living Bird magazines.
A leading voice on ethical wildlife photography, Melissa co-created Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography with bird expert Kenn Kaufman and has advised many organisations, publications, and photo contests on best practices. She has also written about wildlife photography ethics for National Geographic.
Melissa previously wrote the Wild By Nature column for Outdoor Photographer Magazine and teaches wildlife photography through workshops and an online masterclass with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Earlier in her career, she worked as a research assistant in central Africa for Katy Payne and the Elephant Listening Project, studying forest elephants in the wild.
Her work has earned numerous honors, including the Jay N. Ding Darling Memorial Award for Wildlife Stewardship Through Art and Audubon’s 2015 Photography Awards Grand Prize. She continues to teach workshops, give presentations, and support conservation organizations while volunteering as a photographer for the Cornell Wildlife Hospital.
For more info visit melissagroo.com and follow her @melissagroo