Connie Bransilver
Conservation Photographer,
Artist, Speaker
60 Seagate Drive #406, Naples, Florida 34103
239.649.6235 Bransilver@aol.com
www.ConnieBransilver.com facebook.com/conniebransilver
Selected Exhibitions, Awards and Special Recognition:
2012
Keynote Speaker and Leader, Florida Council of Camera Clubs, Lecture “Assignment- World
Heritage Asia” and workshop at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Mar 23 – 25, 2012.
2012
Featured artist, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Baker Museum of Art, Artists’ Studio Tour,
Mar 4 – 5, 2012.
2012
Everglades National Park, Coe Visitors’ Center, Homestead, FL. Guardians of the
Everglades, - six 8’x4’ sheer banners printed with photographs of various endangered or
threatened species. Mar, 2012.
2012
Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City, FL. Guardians of the Everglades, six 8’x4’ sheer
banners printed with photographs of various endangered or threatened species. Feb, 2012.
2011-2 Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park, FL. Guardians of the Everglades, six 8’x4’
sheer banners printed with photographs of various endangered or threatened species.
Dec 2011 – Jan, 2012.
2011
Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Meeting, Panelist “ Environmental Photography: A
Call to Action.” Covered in the NY Times.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/a-photographic-call-to-action/
2011
Naples Backyard History Museum, Feb - Mar, 2011. “One Captured Moment” from Naples
Portfolio, the Magazine for History, Art and Nature. 15 images in exhibition.
2011
Mind, Body and Soul Exhibition, “Pink Tutu” from the Von Liebig Museum of Art collection,
City Mattress Image Gallery, Tamiami Trail, Naples, Nov-Dec, 2010.
2010
Artist of the Month, One person show at the Museum of the Everglades, Oct 2010.
2010
National Art Encounter 2010 at the Von Liebig Art Center, Sep 10 - Oct 30. Juror: Denise
Gerson, Director Lowe Art Museum, Univ. of Miami. “Madagascar Burning.”
2010
Reinvention: Artists from the Von Liebig Museum of Art Collection, July 16 - Aug 7, and
Physicians Regional Healthcare System, Aug 19 - Dec 15. “Winter Fog in Cypress.”
2010
Honorable Mention, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Photography Annual,
Feb 2 - Apr 2, 2010, “Great Egrets’ Mating Dance - Infrared.”
2009
Art Naples International Contemporary Art Fair, Juried show, Booth & Panel discussion leader,
“Photography as Art.”
2009
United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec 7 - 18, 2009.
“Wildfire,” full page photograph in the launching exhibition for The Wealth of Nature:
Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Human Well-Being. CEMEX Conservation Book Series.
2009
Florida Museum for Women Artists, Inaugural Exhibition. ‘World View – Madagascar,’ 20 x 24
Giclee’ on Canvas. Collection.
2009
Florida Women’s Museum, First Prize winner in photojournalism category for “Madagascar
Burning.”
2009
First Place International Photography Competition, Artists Haven Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Sep 01 – 30, 2009 “Madagascar Burning” for Photojournalist/Documentary.
2009
Capitol Complex Exhibition Program, Cabinet Meeting Room. One-person show, Wild Florida.
May 11 – August 14, 2009. State Capitol, Tallahassee, FL
2009
Naples Museum of Art at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples. Florida Contemporary:
Paintings and Photographs. May 14 – Jun 28, 2009. “Flight – Snowy Egrets.”
2009
Von Liebig Art Museum, Naples, Florida. “Blue Moon Rising” displayed in the Collection
Exhibition, Oct 2009.
2009
San Francisco Museum of Natural History, A Climate for Life: Meeting the Global Challenge.
Book and exhibition sponsored by Conservation International ILCP, and the US Fish and
Wildlife Service Exhibition entry way, 55” x 80” print of “Fire in the Palmettos.” Launch in
Barcelona at IUCN Congress Oct, 2008. Traveling exhibition: New York, Los Angeles, Rotunda
of the Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, Tokyo, Copenhagen and San Francisco.
2008
Aboard “The World” Condominium Cruise Ship, One Person Show, Wild Florida, Cape
Canaveral via Bahamas to Miami, Nov 11 – 22, 2008.
2008
First Place, International Conservation Photography Awards, Seattle Museum of History and
Industry, - “Documenting a Conservation Project” with 6 images from the Sadabe project in
Madagascar, and “Environment at Risk” image “Wildfire.” Sep 1 – Oct 12, 2008.
2008
IUCN/ILCP Exhibit, Species Pavilion, IUCN World Conservation Congress, Barcelona, Spain. Oct
5 - 14, 2008. “Ghost Essence,” 80” x 55” - one of 10 major images.
2008
Irreplaceable – Wildlife in a Warming World, Image: “Florida Panther On the Prowl”
Tour: Toured throughout the US for two years.
2008
The Collective Gallery, Ft. Collins, CO – Fine Print Imaging and ILCP. “Spirit of the Forest –
Madagascar.” Oct 2008
2008
Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft, Collins, CO – Fine Print Imaging and ILCP – Nov 2008.
2008
Big Arts Photography Invitational, Sanibel Island, FL “Madagascar Burning” and “Spirit of the
Forest – Madagascar” Nov 12 – Dec 5, 2008.
2008
Florida Naturally, Physicians Regional Medical Center, May 29 – Aug 20, 2008. Naples, FL
2008
Sweet Art Gallery, Jan 15 – Feb 14, 2008, and on-going. Naples, FL
2008
Full issue, 1000 Friends of Florida
2008
National Geographic Expeditions’ Photo Contest, Honorable Mention.
http://photocontest.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/winners.html
2008
Winter issue of 1000 Friends of Florida to feature the photographs of natural Florida. One
person feature. Nov, 2008.
2007
Best in Category, Environment at Risk, 2007 Environmental Photography Invitational Gallery
Show. Image: “Madagascar Burning”
2007
Special Recognition, Florida Showcase, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa.
Invitational exhibition on Florida Conservation Photography including Clyde Butcher, John
Moran, Carlton Ward, Jr. and others. Images: Preening, Ghost Classic, Pink Tutu
2007
Finalist, BBC /Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Image: Bolt on Fakahatchee Strand.
Semi-finalist 8 images.
2008
Semi-finalist, BBC/Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 10 images.
2007
Florida Showcase, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Aug 10 - Sep 27, Tampa, FL.
2006
Field Producer, National Geographic’s ‘Wild Chronicles’ Episode 205, aired on PBS stations
nationwide in November featured Connie Bransilver’s still and video images, bringing to light
the discovery of a new species of lemur in Madagascar and a thrilling exploration of
conservation, education and the human relationship with wild Madagascar.
2006
Premier event speaker, Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour at Watercolor, Florida, and Artist’s
Conservation Exhibition at Cerulean’s. Audience: approximately 1,000.
2005 Charter Fellow, Executive Committee, International League of Conservation Photographers.
Inception to present.
2005
‘Woman of Achievement,’ American Association of University Women, Naples, FL, for
photographic art in Florida.
2005
First Photographic Artist on the Artist’s Studio Tour, Friends of Art at the Naples Art Museum
at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts.
1999
African Wildlife Foundation Photographer of the Year.
1997
Grand Prize Photograph, Explorers Club Magazine for Chinstrap Penguins on Ice, Antarctica.
1996
Fellow (FN’96) of the internationally recognized Explorers Club, headquartered in NYC.
Fellows are people who have actively participated in exploration and have substantially
enlarged the scope of human knowledge through scientific achievements with published
reports, books and articles. I was recognized for my work with lemurs in Madagascar.
1995
UN Conference on Women, Beijing. Grand Prize Winner, Photograph selected for use as
Symbol of Conference. Followed by Exhibit and World Tour. Image: Lily Lady of Madagascar.
Guardians of the Everglades: Multimedia exhibition/installation of portraits, photographs, video,
and banners highlighting Everglades conservation. Dec 2011 - Jan 2012 Museum of Florida,
Avon Park; Feb 2012 Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City; Mar 2012 Coe Visitors’ Center,
Everglades National Park; Nov 2012 - Jan 2013, Deering Estate, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL.
Full length documentary film, Guardians of the Everglades, produced, co-directed, and filmed by
Ms. Bransilver will premier Fall 2013, then air at the Washington, DC, Environmental Film Festival, the
Miami Environmental Film Festival, Telluride, Wildscreen in England and other film festivals, and will
then be aired on national television networks.
UNESCO Asia, 12 World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve sites in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and
India, August, Sep - Oct, 2009, and continuing.
Asian Geographic, Asia Without Borders, No. 74, Issue 5/2010, Birth of a Conservation
Photographer, pages 30 - 33.
Proposed - Book: HUMAN - NATURE: A Glimpse into Biospheres in Asia & the Pacific, Text by
Dr. Robert Lee, Deputy Director, UNESCO-Asia, Photographs, Connie Bransilver, Fellow, International
League of Conservation Photographers. Publisher - Earth in Focus Editions, an affiliate of ILCP and
Conservation International
‘Loss and Hope and Climate Change in Indonesia,’ Exhibition and Lecture organized by The Climate
Change Project (TCP) and UNESCO, Jakarta and Bogor, Indonesia, 2009.
‘Cahaya Dan Konservasi, Connie Bransilver Barrow,’ Feature article in Kompas, Indonesia’s leading
newspaper, in association with the New York Times, by Birgitta Isworo Laksmi, 2 Jan, 2010.
“The Art of Seeing: Contemporary Photography and Developing Trends in Collecting”
Moderator, Connie Bransilver - Panelists, Stefan Andreev and Jim Lustenader, at Art Naples
Contemporary Art Fair, Mar 21, 2011.
CONNECT! We ARE the Everglades. Marjory Stoneman Douglas Festival at the Museum of the
Everglades, Everglades City, FL, Feb 23, 2011.
CONNECT! Rice Roots Economics and Politics, International Men’s Club of Naples Lecture, Jan.
10, 2011.
CONNECT! The World Is Big and I Am Glad - Communities, Connections in Asia. Bala Vinyasa
Yoga Community Presentation, Oct, 2010.
Major private, corporate, museum collections:
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Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City, FL
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Florida Museum for Women Artists, DeLand, Florida.
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Museum of Florida Art and Culture at South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL.
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Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL.
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The Von Liebig Museum of Art, Naples, FL.
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Cleveland Clinics and Hospitals, Weston and Naples, FL.; Cleveland, OH.
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Swire Properties, the Courts at Brickell Key, Miami, FL.
One person shows at museums:
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Dec 2006 – Jan, 2007 - Museum of Florida Art and Culture at South Florida Community
College, Avon Park, FL
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Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City, FL, Artist of the Month, Oct, 2010
Selected Awards and Special Recognition:
2010
Honorable Mention for ‘Mating Dance-Great Egrets - Infrared” in the Rookery Bay
Photography Annual, Feb, 2010.
2009
Florida Women’s Museum, First Prize winner in photojournalism category for
“Madagascar Burning.”
2008
International Conservation Photography Awards, Seattle Museum of History and
Industry, First Place Winner - “Documenting a Conservation Project” with 6 images
from the Sadabe project in Madagascar, and “Environment at Risk” image “Wildfire.”
Sep 1 – Oct 12, 2008
2008
National Geographic Expeditions’ Photo Contest, Honorable Mention.
http://photocontest.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com/winners.html
2008
Winter issue of 1000 Friends of Florida to feature the photographs of natural Florida.
Nov, 2008
2007
Best in Category, Environment at Risk, 2007 Environmental
Photography Invitational Gallery Show. Image: “Madagascar Burning”
2007
Special Recognition, Florida Showcase, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa.
Invitational exhibition on Florida Conservation Photography including Clyde Butcher,
John Moran, Carlton Ward, Jr. and others. Images: Preening, Ghost Classic, Pink Tutu
2007
Finalist, BBC /Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Image: Bolt on Fakahatchee
Strand. Semi-finalist 8 images.
2008
Semi-finalist, BBC/Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 10 images.
2006
Field Producer, National Geographic’s ‘Wild Chronicles’ Episode 205, aired on PBS
stations nationwide in November featured Connie Bransilver’s still and video images,
bringing to light the discovery of a new species of lemur in Madagascar and a thrilling
exploration of conservation, education and the human relationship with wild
Madagascar
2006
Premier event speaker, Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour at Watercolor, Florida, and
Artist’s Conservation Exhibition at Cerulean’s. Audience: approximately 1,000
2005
Charter Member, Executive Committee, International League of Conservation
Photographers
2005
‘Woman of Achievement,’ American Association of University Women, Naples, FL
2005
First Photographic Artist on the Artist’s Studio Tour, Friends of Art at the Naples Art
Museum at the Philharmonic
1999
African Wildlife Foundation Photographer of the Year
1997
Grand Prize Photograph, Explorers Club Magazine for Chinstrap Penguins on Ice,
Antarctica
1996
Fellow (FN’96) of the internationally recognized Explorers Club, headquartered in NYC.
Fellows are people who have actively participated in exploration or have substantially
enlarged the scope of human knowledge through scientific achievements with
published reports, books and articles.
1995
UN Conference on Women, Grand Prize Winner, Photograph selected for use as
Symbol of Conference. Followed by Exhibit and World Tour. Image: Lily Lady of
Madagascar.
Grants:
National Geographic Conservation Grant to study and photograph the newly discovered Propithecus
lemur in Madagascar and environmental and cultural effects – on-going
Margot Marsh Foundation – search for Propithecus diadema in Madagascar and study of the newly
discovered species – on-going
Memberships:
International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), Fellow, Charter member & Executive
Committee. www.ILCP.com
North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), President 2001-2, Board 7 years, Board,
NANPA Foundation 5 years. www.nanpa.org
Images for Conservation (ICF) Pro-Tour of Nature Photography, Vice President.
www.ImagesforConservation.org
Explorers Club Fellow (FN ’96). www.ExplorersClub.org
Publications:
Wild Love Affair: Essence of Florida’s Native Orchids, by Connie Bransilver. Foreword by Eric
Hansen, Preface by Prof. Stuart Pimm, Ph. D., Westcliffe Publishers, Englewood, CO. 2004.
Florida’s Unsung Wilderness: The Swamps, by Connie Bransilver and Larry Richardson. Foreword
by Dr. Jane Goodall, OBE, Westcliffe Publishers, 2000.
The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Human Well-Being, Publisher:
Earth in Focus Editions, a CEMEX Conservation Book Series. Dec. 2009. Participating photographer.
Freshwater - CEMEX Conservation Book Series, published through ILCP, Earth in Focus
editions, October 2010. Participating photographer.
Numerous national, international and local books, magazines and television productions including
National Geographic, Asian Geographic, NY Times, Time Magazine, BBC Wildlife Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation Society NYC and
Singapore, African Wildlife, Australian Wildlife, Canadian Wildlife, Gulf Shore Life, etc, etc.
Television:
National Geographic Wild Chronicles, Episode 205, originally aired on PBS the first week of November,
2006, and re-runs on the National Geographic Channel. Field producer for both video and stills as well
as voice-over text.
WildWomen WildAnimals, Pilot for series featuring women who have dedicated their lives to research
and rescue of wild animals around the world. Central character.
Connie Bransilver’s view of Florida, interview and lecture, will be shown on the condominium ship The
World as she sails between Cape Canaveral via the Bahamas to Miami, FL, Nov, 2008.
IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS opening ceremonies slide show/film, Oct 5, 2008,
Barcelona, Spain. Oct, 2008.
Irreplaceable – Wildlife in a Warming World. ILCP traveling exhibit in partnership with EARTH JUSTICE.
HD Video accompanies the exhibit and includes more than a dozen of Connie’s images of the
endangered Florida Panther. On Tour 2008 – 2009.
Numerous interviews over the past 15 years on national and international news and features programs
in the US and Great Britain.
Lectures: Numerous lectures on Florida and conservation worldwide.
Workshops on nature photography at home and at remote locations; photo tour leader.
Connect! – Lecture Series based on nature and travel to empower employees, volunteers, and
associates and develop communication strategies for corporations, non-profits, and community
organizations.
Biography:
Connie Bransilver’s dedication to conservation photography spans all seven continents with special
emphasis on Madagascar, where, under a National Geographic Grant, she was part of a team
discovering a new species or sub-species of lemur, Indonesia, and her own southwest Florida. Her
two published books focus on the conservation of Florida’s swamp wetlands: Florida’s Unsung
Wilderness: The Swamps, with a foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall, and Wild Love Affair: Essence of
Florida’s Native Orchids. Her articles have appeared in many dozens of publications in Europe, Asia,
Australia and North America, and she is widely known for her multi-media slide and music, poetry
lecture presentations on the value of the natural world. Her artwork hangs in museums and major
corporate and private collections. She premiered her National Geographic Wild Chronicles segment on
Madagascar at the Telluride Film Festival. Her photograph of a Ghost Orchid was selected as a main
image at the IUCN Congress in Barcelona, Spain. She is a charter Fellow in the prestigious
International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) dedicated to ethical
conservation photography. She is past President of the North American Nature Photography Assn.
(NANPA) and has served on numerous boards serving conservation and photography.
Guardians of the Everglades: Multimedia exhibition/installation of portraits, photographs, video,
and banners highlighting Everglades conservation. Schedule: Dec 2011-Jan 2012 Museum of Florida,
Avon Park; Feb 2012 Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City; Mar 2012 Coe Visitors’ Center,
Everglades National Park; Fall 2012, Deering Estate, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL.
UNESCO Asia, 14 World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve sites in Indonesia,
Vietnam, Cambodia, and India, August, September and October, 2009.
International traveling exhibition, Jakarta, 2010. Numerous lectures based on exposing the value of
UNESCO World Heritage sites and their unique contribution to conservation of habitat and cultures.
Personal:
Connie is married to award-winning portrait painter Nicholas Petrucci. www.NicholasPetrucci.com.
Together they have been featured in numerous local and national publications. Their full length
documentary film, Guardians of the Everglades, is scheduled to premier in March 2013.
Born:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Education:
Duke University, B.A.
University of New Mexico School of Law, J. D.
Corcoran School of Art
Smithsonian Institution Photography Program
Work:
U.S. Congress, Legislative Assistant, Washington, DC
International Banker, Merrill Lynch, London, England