Eladio Fernandez
FEATURED FELLOW - Eladio Fernandez is a conservation photographer, a naturalist, author and publisher from the Dominican Republic. He has an extensive image bank on Caribbean flora, fauna and landscapes. His work also includes underwater subjects and captures vanishing cultural rituals and practices from the Caribbean.
Some of Eladio's images have appeared in magazines, such as the Wildlife As Canon Sees It ad campaign for National Geographic, Living Bird, and Condor.
His photography books include the following: "Hispaniola, A Photographic Journey Through Island Biogeography" (Harvard U. Press and Grupo SID, 2007); "Orchids of Dominican Republic and Haiti" (AMCHAMDR 2007); "Jamaica:
Eladio currently serves as treasurer of Fondo Peregrino RD, a local branch of The Peregrine Fund, that oversees The Ridgway's Hawk Conservation Project in Dominican Republic. He also serves as an advisor for Fundacion Propa-gas, a Dominican NGO that implements nation-wide environmental education programs.
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James Balog
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Daniel Beltra
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Tom Blagden
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Clay Bolt
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Jim Brandenburg
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Peter Cairns
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Luciano Candisani
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Peter Chadwick
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Claudio Contreras Koob
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Jasper Doest
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David Doubilet
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Keith Ellenbogen
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Katherine Feng
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Kevin FitzPatrick
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jeff foott
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Michael Forsberg
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Juergen Freund
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Douglas Gimesy
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Annie Griffiths
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Amy Gulick
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Morgan Heim
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Jason Houston
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Alison Jones
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Beverly Joubert
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Sandesh Kadur
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Karen Kasmauski
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Leo and Dorothy Keeler
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Robert Glenn Ketchum
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Tim Laman
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Frans Lanting
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garth lenz
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Chris Linder
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Balan Madhavan
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Thomas Mangelsen
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Cristina Mittermeier
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Robin Moore
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Boyd Norton
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Pete Oxford
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Thomas Peschak
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Michel Roggo
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Jaime Rojo Lopez
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Norbert Rosing
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Jenny E Ross
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Joel Sartore
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Krista Schlyer
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Florian Schulz
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Wendy Shattil
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Dave Showalter
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Igor Shpilenok
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Brian Skerry
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Mac Stone
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Roy Toft
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Gerrit Vyn
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Carlton Ward Jr
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Michele Westmorland
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Staffan Widstrand
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Steve Winter
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Art Wolfe
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Xi Zhinong
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Christian Ziegler
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Karine Aigner
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Maxime Aliaga
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai
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Javier Aznar González de Rueda
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Jahawi Bertolli
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Emanuele Biggi
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Lucas Bustamante
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Matthew Cicanese
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Jodi Cobb
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Miguel Angel De la Cueva
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Joan de la Malla
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Ronan Donovan
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Benjamin Drummond
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Jason Edwards
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Eladio Fernandez
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Daisy Gilardini
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Justin Gilligan
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Melissa Groo
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Jen Guyton
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Nick Hawkins
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Shawn Heinrichs
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Morten Hilmer
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Ralph Lee Hopkins
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Esther Horvath
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Sergio Izquierdo
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Elyane & Cedric Jacquet
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Trip Jennings
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Carl Johnson
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Sebastian Kennerknecht
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Francisco Marquez
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John Marriott
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Peter Mather
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Ian McAllister
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Shivang Mehta
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James Morgan
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Juan Carlos Munoz
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Thomas Nicolon
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Kristi Odom
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Neil Osborne
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen
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Denis Palanque
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Noppadol Paothong
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Michael Ready
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Iñaki Relanzon
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Jim Richardson
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Gabby Salazar
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Neeta Satam
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Katie Schuler
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Ryan Tidman
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Joris van Alphen
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Elizabeth Wald
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Jed Weingarten
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