Edition Hope: Prints for Wildlife 2025

Over 200 photographers unite to fight funding cuts with limited-edition prints raising money for global conservation

Polar Bear Romance

“On the mountain slopes, a male and female polar bear found solace in each other's company, sharing an intimate moment during their courtship, which took place on the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway. After mating, they fell asleep together. In that moment, despite the icy cold, the emotion was so intense that tears came down my face, freezing immediately.”

Florian Ledoux

When Mammoths Ruled The Earth

“The climax of 50 million years of elephant evolution, this incredible Asian ‘s uper t usker ’ sports tusks that are the relative size and shape of the southern mammoth, the ancestor of the woolly mammoth. While in the very present, we can travel back in time. Very few people know that Asian elephants can grow such amazing ivory. The commanding pose shows the bull raising his head, displaying his strongly curved, almost nine feet - long tusks against the canvas of a sky balanced by glorious clouds. This was taken in Kham Mueang, Thailand."

George Dian Balan

A Brushstroke Of Gold

"In the stillness of night at Shompole Community Land in Southern Kenya , deep in Magadi, Kenya, a Maasai Gir affe cautiously approached the water. Every movement was slow and deliberate. Photographing this moment meant waiting in silence, working in near - total darkness. With a long exposure and just a flicker of light, I captured the graceful arc of motion as it drank - a fleeting, almost mythical scene. One frame. One breath. The photo is a rare glimpse into the secret life of the wild."

Gurcharan Roopra

The Sentinel

“This photo shows the emperor penguin colony of Atka Bay , Antarctica, close to German Antarctic Research Station Neumayer - III, standing in front of one of the most prominent icebergs, which got stranded there in 2012. For its frowny face - shaped ice cave we called it “S ad G lacier ” . Sad G lacier was a landmark that was used by both penguins and humans to gain orientation on the otherwise flat sea ice, especially during bad weather conditions. During early summer , shortly before the annual sea ice break - up, Sad Glacier ungrounded and became mobile again. It eventuall y flipped upside down after the penguins had left the colony , as if its job had been accomplished. While I was sad about the fact that I would never get to see Sad Glacier again, it comforts me to know that after the flip, it was finally smiling. ”

Stefan Christmann

“The image was taken deep inside the northern section of Gunung Leuser National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. This individual is a wild male, still relatively young, posing on a magnificent strangler fig. The animal was spotted by my guide after a trek through the forest for about nine kilometres. After the initial surprise, we approached the animal very slowly, monitoring its reactions. As the minutes passed, when the darkness of evening was now looming over the forest, the individual began to relax and allowed us to take a few shots with the wide-angle lens. Shortly after, the orangutan climbed up into the tree top, disappearing into the greenery of the forest. ”

Marco Gaiotti

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Published: Tuesday 9th September 2025

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Since 2020, Prints for Wildlife has raised more than $2.1 million for conservation. This year, the stakes feel sharper. Edition Hope arrives at a moment when environmental programmes worldwide are being slashed, threatening years of progress to protect biodiversity, wild spaces and the communities who rely on them.

Rather than despair, the initiative doubles down. Over 200 celebrated photographers – names like Joel Sartore, Suzi Eszterhas, Florian Ledoux, Michael Poliza, Gurcharan Roopra, Björn Persson, Vicki Jauron and David Lloyd – are contributing limited-edition works, alongside emerging talents widening the circle. The idea is simple but powerful: buy a print, bring nature into your home, and help keep it protected where it belongs.

Each artwork is priced at $125, with all net proceeds going directly to Conservation International. The NGO operates in more than 100 countries, restoring forests, safeguarding oceans, conserving biodiversity and supporting the livelihoods of the people most connected to these landscapes. In a year when funding has faltered, the impact of every purchase becomes more tangible.

Edition Hope goes live on Thursday 21 August 2025 at printsforwildlife.org. Follow along on Instagram @printsforwildlife for the latest updates

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