October 29, 2021

The Role of Photojournalism in Animal Advocacy: A Conversation with Jo-Anne McArthur of We Animals Media

The Center for Animal Law Studies and the Lewis & Clark Student Animal Legal Defense Fund are pleased to welcome photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur on October 29 to speak about animal photojournalism, her work at We Animals Media, the role of photography in advocacy, and stories about animals she’s met worldwide.

Jo-Anne McArthur is an award-winning photographer, author, and sought-after speaker. Through her long-term body of work, We Animals, she has documented our complex relationship with animals around the globe. Since 1998, her work has taken her to over sixty countries. In 2019, she founded We Animals Media.

Jo-Anne’s books include: HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene (We Animals Media 2020), with co-editor Keith Wilson; Captive (Lantern Books 2017); and We Animals (Lantern Books 2014). Thousands of her images and those of other contributors are free and available at the We Animals stock site.

Jo-Anne will speak about animal photojournalism, her work at We Animals Media, the role of photography in advocacy, and stories about animals she’s met worldwide. She’ll also discuss her new Unbound project.

More information can be found here.