Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival — Director’s Award — Into the Canyon

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2019

Seasons and time can be remarkable parents of perspective. #humility #nature #grandcanyon #water #sonyalpha 📷 by #petemcbride

To a colorful Cinco de Mayo - wherever it finds you. The holiday celebrates the Mexican army's victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War - not Mexico’s Independence which is September 16th. Baile y canta safely my cincodedrinko amigos. #travel #mexico #archive

Speaking in trunk: Using receptors in their trunks and padded feet, elephants can hear frequencies 20 times lower than humans and can communicate via the vibrations up to six miles away. From my upcoming book about the power of natural sound and silence. To learn more or pre-order, check the link in bio. #SeeingSilence #nature #elephants #wildlife #aerial #Africa 📸 by #petemcbride

The difference of a year. New York April 2020. An outtake from my new book #SeeingSilence. More info in my bio link. #quiet #newyork #perspective #sonyalpha 📷 #petemcbride

Happy Trails this weekend. Colorado 2011 - while documenting food and water in the West, I spent a dusty day with these ranchers. Agriculture is one of the largest straws on the Colorado River sipping over 70% of its flow but it also provides much of North America’s salad bowl and more. What we eat (and wear) and how much of it, has huge impacts on water, land and more. Ranch and farmlands also create and support vast open space. Food for thought. #unpublished #photography #water #food #cowboys #agriculture 📸 #petemcbride

Missing this place. Here's a glimpse of a film I did a few years ago featuring a famous canyon with a famous river and the legacy of a famous conservationist. For more, check out my short film "Martin's Boat."⁣
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#ColoradoRiver #GrandCanyon #whitewater #nature #adventure 🎥 by #petemcbride

Always good to get up into the open-aired cathedrals that instill humility. I ski this mountain every year to visit the hill, friends (father / son team @abergerjohann in photo 1) and remember those who have skied on in the wind. #lathe #nature #mountains #wind #tradition 📷 #petemcbride

Holy Cow - I’m saddened by the tragic news from India. Wishing all my friends (hooved included) light and health wherever they find it as they struggle with their latest COVID surge. If I could bring oxygen to this amazingly rich realm full of messy vitality, heartfelt humanity and many, many challenges, I would. A stark reminder that the darn pandemic is stubbornly lingering - despite all our fatigue from it. #india #holycow #ganges #fineart 📷 by #petemcbride

I’ve spent years trying to protect my backyard and beyond — with photography, film, words and more. We all face a vast array of challenges on our shared planet — especially with climate change — so we need more institutions stepping up on this critical front. One thing I’ve learned is that where we keep our money can have significant impacts on the environment based on what banks finance and what they don’t. I’m excited to team up with @bankofthewest because of their strong environmental stance and sustainable financing practices. They even have a 1% For The Planet @1percentftp account which will donate 1% of the account’s net revenues to support environmental nonprofits. The account will also allow you to monitor the carbon impact of your debit card purchases through the mobile banking app (excited and scared to see my own). We have a lot more to do, but this is one easy step to make a difference in our lives— every day.

#petemcbride 📷 of wildfire smoke filling the valleys of the Rockies —a rare sight when I was young, now a common occurrence.
#bankofthewest #sustainablefinance #nature #conservation

51 years ago Earth Day started as environmental teach-ins to remind people and students the importance of clean air, and water before the EPA existed. Today, it is as important as ever. People often ask me what can they do to help. My response is to stand up for something you believe in and practice reductionism across the board -- how much you consume from energy to meat to plastic and use your voice. Stand up to your leaders and become one in the process. I am not an expert—just a concerned citizen with a camera who believes in using my lens to document and inform and stand up for the places I know and love so the next generations — and my nieces (@ruby.mcb) and nephew can see some of the wonders and wild critters I have. The little things do add up. #HappyEarthDay #nature #water
🎥 by #petemcbride

Water. Drought. Food. Climate. Innovate—I’m excited to share my work on these subjects tomorrow with one of the oldest energy and water providers. in the southwest. I’ve documented my backyard River and it’s challenges for almost two decades, so I’m always honored to share my journey with managers that keep our taps running while keeping an eye on the natural systems that sustain us. #water #earthday 📷 by #petemcbride Of the #coloradoriver, CAP diversion, and tendrils of the dry delta.

🔈on: Finding flow in nature, without conquering it, is a goal I chase all the time. It brings me joy, balance, humility and so much more. I’ve enjoyed teaming up @withflume who share the same interests. This video I directed (and shared a few cameos) tries to show the magic and stoke of their botanical blends from #Nature. Happy #earthweek #poweredwithflume #nature #conservation 🎥 by #PeteMcBride edit @michellescreative

Dear Ocean, thanks for always making me feel small. I wish we gave you as much as you give us. #seaside #water #nature #conservation #happysunday 📷 #petemcbride

Therapy sessions — for an intense world. #ocean #nature #water #paddle #surf #wipeout #repeat

Melting beauty: Years ago I had the chance to hike across Chile’s Aysen glacier for @outsidemagazine. It didn’t occur to me then, but this route is now vastly changed and impossible to replicate because the Patagonian ice fields no longer connect. I’ll be thinking of this during #earthweek #earthday and most days. What major changes have you witnessed in our natural world? #nature #freshwater #film 📷 #petemcbride

Home of the great wanderers and the symphony of squawks.

Once these chatty, black-browed albatross chicks grow their adult plumage, they will spend up to 5-10 years at sea. These remarkable flyers can travel up to 10,000 miles, have wingspans up to 7.5 feet and are known to die of old age (up to 70 years) in this southern ocean region. In the Pacific Ocean many albatross sadly perish from eating micro plastic, which they confuse for squid, so it was wonderful to witness such a healthy population in this remote reach in the Falkland Islands. #nature #cute #seabirds #albatross #seeingsilence #sonyalpha 📷 #petemcbride

The trees are waking up where I live. Color and light are coming back. I hope spontaneous dance parties will follow...safely. #optimism #patience #hope #bw #aerial #aspentrees by #petemcbride

Looking for air and a vista of Everest — or Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World’ — and her neighboring queens Lotse and Nuptse above the Khumbu Valley during a mission below Pomori years ago. #everest #himalaya #light #nature #SeeingSilence #Chomolungma

Dear Winter — Thanks for all the snow-sliding giggles and whoops and wipeouts over the years. See you next year. I am amazed by how much you have changed over the years, bringing less snow and often arriving late. But You still bring out the little kid in me, though. Always. #pow #powder #hound @protectourwinters @nealbeidleman @jimwmorrison #steu @jamie_mcjunkin #sonyaction 🎥 by #petemcbride

Spring weather to the Rockies. This is one of my favorite #fineart pieces and one that didn’t make the cut in my new book “Seeing Silence” because we chose to stay with color only. To learn more about my new book with @rizzolibooks, check the link in my bio. #SeeingSilence #nature #mountains #bw 📸 #PeteMcBride

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