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Update #17: Well, that happened! Hint: just the beginning...
Greetings Supporters!
Without your generous help this trip would not have been possible! I'm back in California and going through over 700 gigs of images and footage. Yes... SEVEN HUNDRED GIGS. Actually I think its closer to 800...
Some of you should have received postcards by now. Written in Botswana, mailed from Namibia (except for one LV couple - somehow it came home w/ me so postage will be from US, but written in the field!). Please leave a comment if you got your postcard. I'm sorting through the print rewards which will be mailed in the coming weeks.
So about Africa... where do I begin? That is the challenge I have in front of me. The issues of saving the cheetah seem simple at first, until you get on the ground and start talking to the people in the region. Every solution is different for specific locations and cultures, mind you these are all variations on functional solutions but you can't drop a guard dog into a farm and think 'happily ever after'. Nor can you collar a cheetah and check up on it every six months. The work is hard, ongoing, physically painful at times... what I learned from everyone in Africa is the key: Perseverance.
With that word in mind, I will be returning, this is just the start. But in the meantime there is a lot of work do here with post production; writing, editing, etc...
Stay tuned for more blog posts on National Geographic:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/tag/marcy-mendelson/
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Bigup Purrs on this Fat Tuesday!
~Marcy
Update #16: Countdown to Liftoff!
Howdy Friends...
I've been up to my ears in logistics and nearly on the plane. October 1 is the departure date and just a few short days from there I'll be in Botswana with the great people working in Ghanzi, Cheetah Conservation Botswana. I'm so thrilled to be able, with your help, to embark on this project.
You'll receive updates from the field regularly and the prints some of you have chosen will be printed upon return.
In the meantime, enjoy this video I shot a few months back of Cat Haven's lovely ambassador jaguar cub, Morato. Jaguars love the water and this little guy is no exception!
Marcy
Update #15: Travel Plans & Rewards
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Posted on September 1, 2011
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Update #14: Thank you!
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Update #13: 1 Day Left for the Cheetah Kickstarter!
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to share the trailer for this beautiful film (great for kids as well as adults) and thank you all for being a part of what is just the beginning of amazing documentary project to save the world's fastest animal on land.
Contacts and locations are coming together and if I could bring you all with me I would! But join me virtually and share this project far and wide...
Every penny goes toward more equipment that is vital to producing this project.
All my best,
Marcy
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Maria Valdés on August 24, 2011
Marcy, what a coincidence!!! I just saw this movie today with my son ;o))
Join your work !
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Marcy Mendelson on August 24, 2011
Hi Maria,
That is so cool! I loved this movie... I think I'll watch it again before I leave.
~M
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Marcy is a photographer & National Geographic News Watch contributor based in San Francisco, California. She has exhibited her work in London, San Francisco and Philadelphia, and recently at Scream Gallery as the recipient of the London Calling prize.
As a photojournalist she has shot for The Times of London, documented the classic punk rockers, The Damned, and freelances for SIPA Press as an ongoing contributor with assignments as varied as NYC Fashion Week and the First Lady Michelle Obama.
Her fondness for the cheetah began as a young child reading her parents' National Geographic magazines and fascinated by PBS nature specials. She was compelled to act when she recently learned about the continued decline in cheetah populations outpacing conservation programs.
And if you ask nicely, she'll teach you how to samba..
It was such a nice surprise when my postcard arrived a week or so ago and it now has pride of placement on my fridge. Thanks, Marcy!
So great, Marcy. Congrats on following this through. Great stuff.
Thanks! I'm so happy people got their postcards and it thrills me to know they actually arrived :)
Latest post - part one of a three parter:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/28/the-cheetah-mothers-72-hours-part-i/