Joel Sartore 's work appears in ' Rare : Portraits of Nature 's Favorite . ' The moment he fills up , he 's done . The Nebraska native traveled the country to photograph 69 ##0 animals and plants . Sartore says many people are surprised that so many species are on the verge of extinction . Sartore : ` ` My job is to ... get people to see what 's going on . It 's not hopeless ''
Joel Sartore 's work appears in ' Rare : Portraits of Nature 's Favorite . ' The Nebraska native traveled the country to photograph 69 ##0 animals and plants . Sartore says many people are surprised that so many species are on the verge of extinction . Sartore : ` ` My job is to ... get people to see what 's going on . It 's not hopeless ''