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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've had the great privilege
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of traveling to some incredible places,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photographing these distant landscapes\Nand remote cultures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love my job.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People think it's this \Nstring of epiphanies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sunrises and rainbows.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When in reality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks more something like this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my office.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't afford the fanciest places\Nto stay at night,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we tend to sleep a lot outdoors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as we can stay dry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a bonus.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also can't afford \Nthe fanciest restaurants.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we tend to eat whatever's on\Nthe local menu.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're in the Ecuadorian Paramo,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to eat a large rodent\Ncalled a Cuy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes our experiences, perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit different \Nand a little more unique
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than that of the average person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we have this gnawing thing\Nin the back of our mind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even in our darkest moments,\Nin those times of despair,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think, "Hey, there might be\Nan image to be made here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be a story to be told."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is storytelling important?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It helps us connect with our cultural\Nand our natural heritage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Southeast,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's an alarming disconnect\Nbetween the public
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the natural areas that allow\Nus to be her win the first place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're visual creatures,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we use what we see\Nto teach us what we know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the majority of us\Naren't going to go
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way down into a swamp.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we expect those same people\Nto advocate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of their protection?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job, then, is to use photography\Nas a communication tool
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help bridge the gap\Nbetween the science and the aesthetics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To get people talking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them thinking,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to hopefully, ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them caring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started doing this 15 years ago\Nright here in Gainesville,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right here in my backyard,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fell in love with \Nadventure and discovery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to explore \Nall these different places
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were just minutes from\Nmy front door step.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of \Nbeautiful places to find.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all these years that have passed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still see the world through the eyes\Nof a child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I try to incorporate \Nthat sense of wonderment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that sense of curiosity\Ninto my photography
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as often as I can.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're pretty lucky\Nbecause here in the South,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're still blessed with a relatively\Nblank canvas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can fill with \Nthe most fanciful adventures
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incredible experiences.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a matter of how far\Nour imagination will take us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, a lot of people look at this\Nand think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh wow, that's a pretty tree."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't just see a tree,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at this and I see opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see an entire weekend.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these were the types of images\Nthat got me off the sofa
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dared me to explore,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dared me to go find the woods
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put my head underwater\Nand see what we have.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And folks, I've been photographing\Nall over the world
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I promise you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we we have here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have in the Sunshine State
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rivals anything else that I've seen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet out tourism industry is busy\Npromoting all the wrong things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before most kids are 12,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll have been to Disney World\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more times than they've been\Nin a canoe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or camping under a starry sky.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have nothing against Disney\Nor Mickey,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to go there, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're missing out on those\Nfundamental connections
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that create a real sense of pride\Nand ownership
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the place that they call home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is compounded by the issue\Nthat the landscapes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that define our natural heritage\Nand fuel our aquifer for our drinking water
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been deemed as scary and dangerous\Nand spooky.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, when our ancestors first came here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they warned, "Stay out of these areas,\Nthey're haunted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're full of evil spirits and ghosts."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where they came up\Nwith that idea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's actually led to \Na very real disconnect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very real negative mentality \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has kept the public disinterested,\Nsilent,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately, our environment at risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a state that's surrounded \Nand defined by water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for centuries,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swamps and wetlands have been regarded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as these obstacles to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we've treated them as\Nsecond-class ecosystems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have\Nvery little monetary value
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course, they're known\Nto harbor alligators and snakes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'll admit, these aren't \Nthe most cuddly of ambassadors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it became assumed, then, that \Nthe only good swamp
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a drained swamp.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, draining a swamp\Nto make way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for agriculture and development
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was considered the very essence \Nof conservation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not too long ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we're backpedaling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the more we come to learn\Nabout these silent landscapes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more secrets we're starting \Nto unlock
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about interspecies relationships
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the connectivity of habitats,\Nwatersheds and flyways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take this bird, for example:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the prothonotary warbler.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this bird because \Nit's a swamp bird,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through and through,\Na swamp bird.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They nest and they mate and they breed\Nin these old grown (?) swamps
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these flooded forests.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so after the spring,\Nafter they raise their young,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they then fly thousand of miles\Nover the Gulf of Mexico
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Central and South America.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after the winter, \Nspring rolls around
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they come back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fly thousands of miles\Nover the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where do they go,\Nwhere do they land?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right back in the same tree.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's nuts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a bird the size \Nof a tennis ball.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used a GPS to get here today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is my hometown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happens, then, when this bird\Nflies over the Gulf of Mexico
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into Central America for the winter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the spring rolls around\Nand it flies back,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it comes back to this:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A freshly salted golf course.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a narrative that's \Nall too commonly unraveling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in this state.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a natural process\Nthat's occurred for thousands of years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're just now learning about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can imagine all else we have\Nto learn about these landscapes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just preserve them first.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite all this rich life \Nthat abounds in these swamps,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they still have a bad name.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people feel uncomfortable \Nwith the idea of wadding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Florida's black water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can understand that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I loved about growing up \Nin the Sunshine State
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that for so many of us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we leave with this latent, \Nbut very palpable fear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we put our toes into the water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be something much more ancient
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much more adapted than we are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that you're not top dog\Nis a welcomed discomfort, I think.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often in this modern and urban\Nand digital age
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you actually have the chance\Nto feel vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or consider that the world may not\Nhave been made for just us?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the last decade,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began seeking out these areas\Nwhere the concrete yields to forest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pines turn to cyprus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I viewed all these mosquitos\Nand reptiles,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these discomforts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as affirmations that I'd found \Ntrue wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I embraced them wholly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as a conservation photographer\Nobsessed with black water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's only fitting that I'd end up