Moonwalk collection with the moab monkeys. Creativity, landscape and community! @expedition.studios @sketchyandylewis @slacklhighning @thehomiehome @sylvanslacks @rudy.le @taylorfreesolo #sonyalpha
360 VR Productions in the high Alps. Gotta cherish these moments with friends especially the late, great @korra_pesce . @alexhonnold @jongriffithphotography @nicolashojac #sonyalpha @thenorthface
A bit of science from our @natgeo @expedition.studios #TheLostWorldExpedition Words by @m_synnott Look hard enough and you can find frogs from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert—and practically everywhere in between. But nowhere are they more plentiful than in the rainforests that girdle South America’s equatorial region. At last count, scientists like @dr_bruce_means had cataloged about 1000 different species that live in the Amazon Basin. Of course, these are only the ones we know about, and if Dr. Bruce Means is right, there are likely ten times that number that have yet to be discovered. Sadly, we will never know how many have already been lost to extinction. According to Bruce, the reason there is so much frog biodiversity in the Amazon is that speciation takes place over evolutionary time, and there is nowhere on earth where frogs have lived for longer. DNA analysis of tree frogs collected on past expeditions in the Paikwa River Basin suggests that many of them took up residence in the region between 70 and 80 million years ago, which is twice as long as they have been living in North America. “About the most profound statement I can make,” says Bruce, “is that the longer life is allowed to proliferate in a rich, untrammeled environment like the Paikwa River Basin, the more that species will differentiate and diversify.” Over the years, Bruce’s quest to document this biodiversity has become more urgent as he has witnessed firsthand how the “pork-knockers”—freelance Guyanese mining prospectors—have been transforming once pristine rainforests and rivers into poisoned scars in the earth. “When I saw what was happening, and I realized how many species were going extinct every day,” says Bruce, “I knew that there was no more important contribution I could make to the world than to document as much of this biodiversity as I could before it was lost forever. Like the world within the speck of dust in the Dr. Seuss book ‘Horton Hears a Who!’, Bruce says that there are tiny universes of life all around us that we don’t even know exist. And when they disappear, they become missing strands in the ecological web that connects all living things.
A bit of science from our @natgeo @expedition.studios #TheLostWorldExpedition Words by @m_synnott Look hard enough and you can find frogs from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert—and practically everywhere in between. But nowhere are they more plentiful than in the rainforests that girdle South America’s equatorial region. At last count, scientists like @dr_bruce_means had cataloged about 1000 different species that live in the Amazon Basin. Of course, these are only the ones we know about, and if Dr. Bruce Means is right, there are likely ten times that number that have yet to be discovered. Sadly, we will never know how many have already been lost to extinction. According to Bruce, the reason there is so much frog biodiversity in the Amazon is that speciation takes place over evolutionary time, and there is nowhere on earth where frogs have lived for longer. DNA analysis of tree frogs collected on past expeditions in the Paikwa River Basin suggests that many of them took up residence in the region between 70 and 80 million years ago, which is twice as long as they have been living in North America. “About the most profound statement I can make,” says Bruce, “is that the longer life is allowed to proliferate in a rich, untrammeled environment like the Paikwa River Basin, the more that species will differentiate and diversify.” Over the years, Bruce’s quest to document this biodiversity has become more urgent as he has witnessed firsthand how the “pork-knockers”—freelance Guyanese mining prospectors—have been transforming once pristine rainforests and rivers into poisoned scars in the earth. “When I saw what was happening, and I realized how many species were going extinct every day,” says Bruce, “I knew that there was no more important contribution I could make to the world than to document as much of this biodiversity as I could before it was lost forever. Like the world within the speck of dust in the Dr. Seuss book ‘Horton Hears a Who!’, Bruce says that there are tiny universes of life all around us that we don’t even know exist. And when they disappear, they become missing strands in the ecological web that connects all living things.
A bit of science from our @natgeo @expedition.studios #TheLostWorldExpedition Words by @m_synnott Look hard enough and you can find frogs from the Arctic Circle to the Sahara Desert—and practically everywhere in between. But nowhere are they more plentiful than in the rainforests that girdle South America’s equatorial region. At last count, scientists like @dr_bruce_means had cataloged about 1000 different species that live in the Amazon Basin. Of course, these are only the ones we know about, and if Dr. Bruce Means is right, there are likely ten times that number that have yet to be discovered. Sadly, we will never know how many have already been lost to extinction. According to Bruce, the reason there is so much frog biodiversity in the Amazon is that speciation takes place over evolutionary time, and there is nowhere on earth where frogs have lived for longer. DNA analysis of tree frogs collected on past expeditions in the Paikwa River Basin suggests that many of them took up residence in the region between 70 and 80 million years ago, which is twice as long as they have been living in North America. “About the most profound statement I can make,” says Bruce, “is that the longer life is allowed to proliferate in a rich, untrammeled environment like the Paikwa River Basin, the more that species will differentiate and diversify.” Over the years, Bruce’s quest to document this biodiversity has become more urgent as he has witnessed firsthand how the “pork-knockers”—freelance Guyanese mining prospectors—have been transforming once pristine rainforests and rivers into poisoned scars in the earth. “When I saw what was happening, and I realized how many species were going extinct every day,” says Bruce, “I knew that there was no more important contribution I could make to the world than to document as much of this biodiversity as I could before it was lost forever. Like the world within the speck of dust in the Dr. Seuss book ‘Horton Hears a Who!’, Bruce says that there are tiny universes of life all around us that we don’t even know exist. And when they disappear, they become missing strands in the ecological web that connects all living things.
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The Nepal Honey Hunter approach. Although there was a single ‘chosen one’ who could be on the cliffs, the strongest team member carried handmade bamboo rope to the base. @jetbutterflies @ben_knight @taylorfreesolo @sadiequarrier @climber.abiral @irving_matthew @expedition.studios #sonyalpha My first @natgeo stills assignment and maybe still my fav ❤️ #TheLastHoneyHunter Full @ben_knight film still for free @vimeo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The @meilivodka family deepening their roots in Montana and hometown Bozeman last week ❤️🏔️ @prideofgypsies @blainehalvorson @expedition.studios @rudy.le @rexchiodo @taylorfreesolo
The Kuril Islands, a teeming habitat for marine life and mesmerising active volcanoes. There was nothing that could have prepared us for the unexpected journey of meeting Vladimir @bigdaddivladi, the marine mammal biologist who “hitch hiked” onto our boat the morning of departure. We went into this adventure thinking we would take photos and maybe climb a few walls. What ended up happening was the creation of the Kuril Islands Research and Conservation Initiative founded to help fund the important and under-supported data collection and science projects that Vladimir leads in this region. @expedition.studios @taylorfreesolo @chrisburkard @povel @tedhesser @jtkerby @rishisugla #sonyalpha
The Kuril Islands, a teeming habitat for marine life and mesmerising active volcanoes. There was nothing that could have prepared us for the unexpected journey of meeting Vladimir @bigdaddivladi, the marine mammal biologist who “hitch hiked” onto our boat the morning of departure. We went into this adventure thinking we would take photos and maybe climb a few walls. What ended up happening was the creation of the Kuril Islands Research and Conservation Initiative founded to help fund the important and under-supported data collection and science projects that Vladimir leads in this region. @expedition.studios @taylorfreesolo @chrisburkard @povel @tedhesser @jtkerby @rishisugla #sonyalpha
The Kuril Islands, a teeming habitat for marine life and mesmerising active volcanoes. There was nothing that could have prepared us for the unexpected journey of meeting Vladimir @bigdaddivladi, the marine mammal biologist who “hitch hiked” onto our boat the morning of departure. We went into this adventure thinking we would take photos and maybe climb a few walls. What ended up happening was the creation of the Kuril Islands Research and Conservation Initiative founded to help fund the important and under-supported data collection and science projects that Vladimir leads in this region. @expedition.studios @taylorfreesolo @chrisburkard @povel @tedhesser @jtkerby @rishisugla #sonyalpha
The Kuril Islands, a teeming habitat for marine life and mesmerising active volcanoes. There was nothing that could have prepared us for the unexpected journey of meeting Vladimir @bigdaddivladi, the marine mammal biologist who “hitch hiked” onto our boat the morning of departure. We went into this adventure thinking we would take photos and maybe climb a few walls. What ended up happening was the creation of the Kuril Islands Research and Conservation Initiative founded to help fund the important and under-supported data collection and science projects that Vladimir leads in this region. @expedition.studios @taylorfreesolo @chrisburkard @povel @tedhesser @jtkerby @rishisugla #sonyalpha
Some crucial 🤓 DATA talk and trip down @expedition.studios memory lane. This is the often overlooked data game!! Honing in this part of storytelling saves so much sleep and stress on location. We’ve been using @poweredbyowc for so long – currently the 32TB SSD Thunderblade as a lifesaver and some of the new USB 4 card readers for the OWC 2TB CF type B cards for Burano and Raptor as well as the Sony Type A 960GB 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Props to @kael.vb for shooting the interview and editing this with @edwardsdan color and @loudcolorla sound. Please feel free to ask questions here, hopefully the super DIT nerds who are smarter than me like @tim_hardy_ @rudy.le @snackfarmer will also chime in! @sonycine #sonyalpha @thenorthface @taylorfreesolo @natgeo @reddigitalcinema @baloointhewild
Cool to see some of the @refikanadol AI art installation from our data collection with @jenpeedom @rudy.le @simon_njoo_one_egg … stay tuned for the documentary! Words by @refikanadol // “Dear friends, our recent project, Inner Portrait, received an incredible reaction from the art and culture community at Art Basel. Almost two years ago, we questioned the idea of portrait in the age of machine intelligence and worked closely with four people who had never traveled in their life and brought them to their dream destination in collaboration with turkishairlines. We collected realtime brain/biosignals and transformed them into unique Al Data Sculptures. Their emotions, goosebumps, feelings and sharing were part of every single movement, color, pattern and texture. We are grateful for the beautiful support and attention of our audience and can not wait to share our documentation very soon! Thank you!” @expedition.studios
