PhotoWILD Magazine was created out of a simple but urgent belief: that wildlife photography, when done with purpose and depth, can be a powerful force for conservation and connection. This isn’t just a magazine, it’s a movement. A call to slow down, look closer, and tell stories that matter.

We are a community of naturalists, storytellers, field biologists, and image-makers. We are the people who wake up before dawn to sit in a blind, who follow the sound of distant wingbeats through the marsh, who chase light through tangled rainforest in hopes of capturing something that transcends documentation. We believe photography is a form of fieldwork. That the camera, in the right hands, becomes both microscope and megaphone; capable of revealing the intimate, invisible, and imperiled.

Our mission is to elevate wildlife photography as a tool for science communication and ecological storytelling. We publish in-depth features that explore natural history, species behavior, ecosystem complexity, and the foundations of wildlife photography from both an artistic and technical perspective. We spotlight the work of photographers who operate at the intersection of art and biology. We ground every image in its ecological context, because we believe the most powerful photos are the ones that teach us about the world.

At its core, PhotoWILD is about wildness; not just as a backdrop for beautiful images, but as something essential, endangered, and worth defending. We are drawn to the overlooked and the under-told: the prairie pothole wetlands teeming with life each spring; the courtship dance of cranes in forgotten marshes; the hummingbird species that hover on the edge of extinction in Panama’s cloud forests. These are not just photographic subjects. They are stories with stakes.

Whether you’re an aspiring photographer, a seasoned field biologist, or someone who simply finds meaning in the natural world, PhotoWILD is a space for you. A place to learn, to share, to be inspired.

A Note from the Founder

I started PhotoWILD because I wanted to build something that didn’t exist: a place where image-makers and naturalists could meet. Where the science mattered as much as the composition. Where the photograph wasn’t the end goal, but the beginning of a conversation about conservation, coexistence, and wonder.

This magazine is for the people who still believe in early mornings, muddy boots, and learning the names of the things we photograph is just as important as how we do it. It’s for those who want to be better photographers by being better naturalists.

— Jared Lloyd