Endangered Wildlife
1-27-1989: Florida Panther, Three-year-old male
2-15-1989: Moreletas Crocodile, Female, age unknown
5-17-1989: Drill \'Chuka,\' Thirteen-year-old male
11-7-1988: Dama Gazelle, Full-grown adult male
1-23-1989: Chimpanzee, \'Beau,\' Nine-year-old male
3-8-1988: Orangutan, \'Ollie,\' Six-year-old male
9-22-1989: Gray Wolf, \'Buck,\' Six-year-old male
9-26-1989: Jaguar, \'Poncho,\' Five-year-old male
5-17-1989: Asian Elephant, \'Calcutta,\' Thirty-nine-year-old female
1-6-1989: Brown Pelican \'Roman\'
10-17-1988: Grevy\'s Zebra, Adult male
9-26-1989: Scarlet Macaw, \'Papaguy,\' Ten-year-old female
2-28-1989: Chilean Flamingo
5-17-1989: Mandrill, \'Sumy\'
1-29-89, Philippine Eagle, \'Junior,\' Nine-year-old male
1-23-1989: Chimpanzee, \'Beau,\' Nine-year-old male
2-11-1989: Great Indian Rhinoceros, \'Jordy,\' Six-year-old male
3-15-1988: Leopard, Six-year-old male
10-16-1988: Atlantic Green Sea Turtle, \'Jerry,\' Fifteen-month-old male
Endangered Wildlife: 1987-1997
Widely hailed as a major conceptual breakthrough in nature photography, James Balog's "Survivors" series led endangered animals out of their natural environments and into artificial studio settings. The point: Across the planet, countless animals are alienated from truly wild nature and are now living in islands of habitat surrounded by Homo sapiens. At the same time, the photographic technique employed here offers new insight into the precious beauty of each species and the individual animal. Published in 1990, Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife, features photographs of 62 species that challenge us to reach a new understanding of animals—and ourselves. Twenty years later, new environmental problems have cropped up. Climate change is now an ominous threat to the survival of the polar bear. Industrial fishing techniques are wiping out deep-sea fish populations with horrifying speed. The pure genetics of the Florida panther (the cat featured on the cover of Survivors,) are now extinct. How many more irretrievable losses are we prepared to accept?