Maria Stenzel

Wildlife Photographer; Photojournalism Professor at Amherst College

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Amherst, MA, USA
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Maria Stenzel Biography

As a contributor to National Geographic for more than 16 years, Maria Stenzel has covered a wide variety of assignments, documenting indigenous groups from the rain forest to the Arctic, dinosaur digs in Madagascar, and Inca mummies high in the Andes.

But like most National Geographic photographers, there's one region of the world that keeps calling her back. For Stenzel, that place is Antarctica and its frozen underworld of big seas, icebergs, sea ice, and the largest concentration of wildlife on Earth—not to mention the world's largest icecap.

Her Antarctic work began in 1995 with a voyage by icebreaker to study the winter sea ice of the Southern Ocean with a team of scientists from the National Science Foundation. More projects have followed—the ice-free Dry Valleys, Sir Earnest Shackleton's heroic journey across South Georgia, a survey of scientific research in Antarctica, and the South Sandwich Islands.

Stenzel grew up in Ghana, the Netherlands, and New York. She has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1980, when as a young college graduate she came to the capital city looking for work. Armed with a bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of Virginia, she personified a typical liberal arts student—interested in everything and qualified in nothing. An entry-level job at National Geographic introduced her to the world of photojournalism, and she has been on that journey ever since.

Maria Stenzel Speaking Topics

  • Colony Collapse Disorder: The Perilous Decline of the Honey Bee

    Honey bees are one of the cornerstones of agriculture. Stenzel explores the possible causes of their rapid disappearance, introducing us to the bees’ complex and harmonious world.

  • Antarctica: A Hot Spot for Climate Change

    Antarctica has become a vast laboratory in which the world’s rising temperatures are having observable effects. Stenzel shows us the complex web of life that depends upon its stability.

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    Maria Stenzel is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Animals & Wildlife, Art, Climate Change, Conservation, Earth Day, Environment, Environmental Science, Photography, Sustainability.
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Maria Stenzel is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Colony Collapse Disorder: The Perilous Decline of the Honey Bee and Antarctica: A Hot Spot for Climate Change. The estimated speaking fee range to book Maria Stenzel for your event is available upon request. Maria Stenzel generally travels from Amherst, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mattias Klum, Annie Griffiths, David Doubilet, Michael Nichols and Joel Sartore. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Maria Stenzel for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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