Steve Bloom

Our giant outdoor exhibition, Spirit of the Wild, comes to Abbeville, France, at the Festival de Oiseau Nature from 21st-29th April 2012. This will be the twelfth giant outdoor exhibition, and we’re delighted and honoured to be part of the Festival.

To celebrate the publication of My Big Cats Journal, Steve’s latest book for children, there will be an evening event at Waterstones, Canterbury on Thursday 19th April at 6.30pm. Steve’s talk will be followed by a discussion and book signing. Come along and meet some of the team from Thames & Hudson who worked on the book.  Though the book is for children, other books by Steve will be available and the event will appeal to all ages.

Sunday 1 April 2.00 PM with Gill Lewis, Wildlife Tales- OXFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Thursday 19 April 6.30 pm My Big Cats Journal Launch – WATERSTONES ST MARG. CANTERURY

Saunday 29 April World Photo Day Seminar – THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Saturday 6 October Wildlife Journals – BATH FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

June  Beneath the Surface – Photography in Apartheid South Africa LONDON FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

June My Photographic Journey – YORK FESTIVAL OF IDEAS – TBA

MORE ABOUT STEVE’S TALKS.

Follow Steve Bloom as he travels across continents taking photographs. Find out how big-cat predators survive in tough conditions; how they live, grow up, hunt and have babies. Blooms in-the-field account makes a compelling narrative in the same way that the voiceover on a natural-history television programme is both informative and pacy. The photographs are full of drama. They are sharp and clear, and bring the subject to life for children. At the back of the book there is a brief section on how to take photographs of animals in the wild. Here, children will also find helpful tips about taking photographs of animals at home.

Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd

ISBN
9780500650028

Sunday 25 September 11.00 am – Travelling Wild - ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Sunday 16 October 1130 am – A Cultural Journey through Africa – ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

Wednesday 5 October – Shooting the World – KENT CREATIVE ARTS

Wednesday 9 November - A Cultural Journey through Africa – WATERSTONES ST MARG. CANTERURY

Saturday 19 November – Capturing the World - BJP VISION - OLYMPIA, LONDON

Wednesday 30 November 6.30 pm – Living Africa – IPC PHOTO MAGAZINES LONDON

MORE ABOUT STEVE’S TALKS.

Waterstones temporary bookshop selling Steve Bloom's Books

I am back from Chichester Festivities and am happy to say there was a good crowd and the event sold out. Waterstones set up a great temporary shop in the Cathedral grounds. Future talks include Edinburgh Book Festival, Kent Creative Arts, Royal Geographic Society and Waterstones Canterbury. Details on our talks page here, but I will update again closer to each event.

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Here is an example of a more unusual usage of my images. A client of the great tattoo artist Anil Gupta bought the right to have one of  my swimming elephant pictures tattooed. Here’s the original, and the back!

Steve Bloom's swimming elephant as a tattoo

Wodaabe man, Gerewol Festival, Niger

Steve Bloom will be presenting vibrant lectures at the Royal Geographic Society in Kensington, London. The events, held in conjunction with the Travel Photographer of the Year, form part of a series of photography and travel workshops. Steve will be signing books after both events at Stanfords bookshop at the venue.

Travelling Wild - 25 September 11-12
Steve Bloom recounts his ten year journey photographing the world’s endangered wildlife. How do you get close to a grizzly bear? How should you behave in the presence of a gorilla? What do you do when being charged by a rhinoceros? He tells the stories behind the creation of his books In Praise of Primates, Untamed, Spirit of the Wild and Elephant! His giant outdoor exhibitions, seen by an estimated ten million people, play an important role in raising awareness of environmental issues.

A Cultural journey through Africa – 16 October 1130-1230

 Steve Bloom discusses the challenges he faced during fourteen years documenting this diverse continent for his books Living Africa and Trading Places: The Merchants of Nairobi. He takes the audience on an extensive tour, which includes encounters with the women of the Surma and Mursi tribes who wear giant lip plates, the fascinating male beauty contest of the Wodaabe in the Sahara Desert, the gold miners toiling 3km underground near Johannesburg and the shopkeepers in the poorer areas of Nairobi.

Other speakers at this exciting series of events include:

•Julian Paren – photographer & former member of Britsh Antarctic Survey
•Hugh Thomson – explorer & writer
•Chris Coe – photographer & founder of Travel Photographer of the Year
•Amanda Marks – founder of Tribes Travel, award winning Fair Trade travel company
•Jason Hawkes – aerial photographer, with books including ‘Britain From The Air’
•Nick Meers – panoramic photographer & author
•Nick Livesey – photographer & film maker
•Craig Churchill – nature photographer
•Martin Hartley – adventure & expedition photographer
•Sue Flood – photographer & producer, BBC Blue Planet

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Forthcoming talks by Steve in 2011 include Chichester Festivities, the Edinburgh Book Festival, Kent Creative Arts and Waterstones Canterbury.

Discover more about Steve Bloom’s speaking events and read testimonials.

Elephants as they should be. Don't let the sun set on Anne.

Abuse chould NEVER be tolerated. I have written books about elephants and spent a lot of time with them, so I was deeply upset to see the video of arthritic circus elephant Anne being abused at the Bobby Roberts circus. I commend Animal Defenders for the way they have exposed the appalling treatment, and consequently Anne is being moved to Longleat.

Elephants are sentient, and suffer physical and emotional pain as we do. I may be stating the obvious, but it is easy to lose sight of the common threads that link us all, and denigrate our own humanity and dignity by violating the basic rights of others.

I wish Anne a peaceful retirement, but it’s a sad fact that the psychological wounds of abuse linger long after the physical beating stops.

Animal Defenders report and video.

Daily Mail Article.

Elephant Books.