Protecting Paradise Chapter 2: On the Frontlines of Conservation
Taru and Roan Carr Hartley's tales of animal friendships, unexpected encounters and conservation continue.
The London-based artist has travelled the world, photographing mountains, models, and celebrities. He's also interviewed shepherds, singers, and psychics while embracing every DJing opportunity.
Sheepherding on horseback in Patagonia was a high point. But it’s tied with paddle boarding with a friend off Point Dume in Malibu and having huge grey whales circling and swimming beneath us.
For me, it’s about being fully aware of your world. Less a binary good/bad rulebook and more about conscious decision making. That means pulling on every thread, asking searching questions, understanding the impact of your decisions and then where necessary, reigning them in. It’s easy to float on the surface but forcing yourself to confront the provenance, process and afterlife of the products and services we use almost always leads to more positive choices.
This changes with the weather but the high Himalayas of Bhutan hold a firm grip on my mind.
It feels like I’m only just getting started, but I’d say that honing genuine skills in your field is always time well spent. Your craft/skill will get you in the door and your ideas and personality should keep you there.
Understand your place on the planet. Both the magnitude and the insignificance in equal measure.
Rolls and rolls of film filled with everything that sets India apart. People, places and wildlife. And I brought back dust, a lot of it.
Worlds colliding; Japanese denim, American workwear, Milanese leather etc. And my accessories/jewellery always have a story.
I seem to attract offbeat conversation/confessions from strangers wherever I am, friends often ask “why is it always you?”
Taru and Roan Carr Hartley's tales of animal friendships, unexpected encounters and conservation continue.
We sat down with Taru and Roan Carr-Hartley to discuss their incredible conservation work and Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s fight for Kenya’s wildlife.
The elephants have touched down in Manhattan and are already causing quite the stir...