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Meet Your Neighbours is a photographic initiative that reveals
the wildlie living amongst us in an extraordinary way. These
creatures and plants are vital to people: they represent the frst,
and or some, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet
oten they are overlooked, undervalued.
Meet Your Neighbours dignifes these common species by
giving them celebrity treatment. Each is photographed on
location in a feld studio. A brilliantly-lit white background
removes the context, encouraging appreciation o the
subject as an individual rather than a species. Their own
orm constitutes the composition. Seen this way, animals andplants we thought we knew reveal another side o themselves,
encourage a second glance, perhaps even renewed interest.
The initiative will engage photographers rom around the
world to celebrate these animals and ask people in their
communities to go meet your neighbours. This is conservation
photography at the grass roots level, asking people to careabout their own natural heritage, where they live and showing
them how extraordinary it is in a resh way.
I you are tempted to ask Well, why do we need orchids or
salamanders, woodlice or bullrogs anyway? you may as
well ask, why do we need children, riends, community?
We can live without all these things but our lives are much the
poorer i we do so.
Niall Benvie,Project Co-Founder
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The ConceptMeet Your Neighbours is a global-scale photographic project,
developed to encourage people o all ages to engage and
appreciate the common species and natural environments
within their own communities. Through stunning imagery andunique presentations, our viewers will gain a new understanding
o just how special their own common backyard species are
and be encouraged to take the necessary steps to ensure their
continued survival. It is our goal to nurture a compassion or
even the most humble members o the natural world. Meet Your
Neighbours is a proactive conservation eort aiming to remind
the public that, with care and consideration, todays common
species wont become the rarities o tomorrow.
The LookEach subject is shot in the wildagainst a pure
white background and backlit to highlight its
translucent qualities. The result o the feld-studioapproach is an exceptionally detailed, stunningly gorgeous
series o portraits o common species like youve never seen them
beore! The images show maximum detail itsel oten a
source o ascination. Because all images are created on-
location, the need to harvest plants or transer animals out o
their natural environments is eectively eliminated.
The CampaignImages will be used in a variety o ways to support the Meet
Your Neighbours project. These include: next generation
e-Books with streaming video and sound, a childrens book
series with enhanced digital companion guides, a high
quality coee table style book and an amazing on-
white image catalog rom partnering photographers rom
around the globe. Photos rom the project will also be
displayed in several traditional and non-traditional exhibits,
including projected showings in public areas.
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The Funding & SupportUnlike many large-scale projects, which oten require massive
amounts o unding beore an e ort can get underway, Meet
Your Neighbours has been uniquely structured to avoid this
issue. Partnering photographers will shoot in their home
regions, eliminating the need or long-distance travel and
associated costs. In addition, they will work with regional
sponsors to support their eorts, a undamental point which
serves to not only remove the fnancial burden rom a ew
large donors, but also ensures that regional organizations
have a vested interest in making sure each eort is a success.
With the exception o basic administrative costs, much o the
support that will be required or the project launch may be
donated in-kind by sponsors. Examples o the types o in-kind
donations that we are pursuing include: web hosting, digital
projection equipment (on-loan), exhibition spaces, videography
and, o course, publicity and advertising opportunities.
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The Rewards Meet Your Neighbours is a unique photographic
eort supported by the some o the worlds best nature
photographers
Our message is hopeul and positive; common species
are here, they are amazing and their continued survival is
achievable
Partnering photographers and sponsors will work together
to reveal a very accessible side o nature that the general
public can see, touch and interact with in their own
communities
Participants will also receive positive publicity and
exposure through outlets such as magazine articles,
websites, blogs, books, and multi-media; strengthening
their own conservation message through an association
with Meet Your Neighbours
An opportunity to build relationships with like-minded
businesses and organizations
Access to an amazing photographic archive eaturing a
broad selection o images o common species rom around
the world in amazing detail and style
A way to give back and make a dierence in your local
communities and others around the world through a positive
environmental education and awareness program
For More Information
Clay BoltProject Coordinator & Co-Founder
PH: 1.864.905.8797
EM: clay@earthlink.net
SM: 198 Jenkins WayEasley, South Carolina, 29640
USA
Niall BenvieSenior Advisor & Co-Founder
PH: +44.1356.626.128
EM: niall@niallbenvie.com
SM: 24 Park RoadBRECHIN, Angus, DD9 7AP
Scotland
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Green Veined White Butterfy & Cuckoo Flower(Pieris napi & Cardamine pratensis)
Wet woods & Damp Meadows | Photographed in Norway
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Ladder Snake (Rhinechis scalaris)Temperate Forests & Shrubland | Photographed in Spain
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Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides) & Yellow-Fin Shiner (Notropis lutipinnis)Rivers & Streams | Photographed in the United States
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Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)Dry Woodlands & Open Areas | Photographed in Estonia
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Pool Frog (Rana lessonae)Vegetated Wetlands | Photographed in Estonia
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Yellow Ladies Slipper (Cypripedium calceolus)Open Woodlands | Photographed in France
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Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)Dry, Rocky Habitats | Photographed in Spain
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)Wetlands | Photographed in the United States
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