Editorial

Staff · Issue 57, Nov/Dec 2010 · pp. 4

Editorial No cover limitations here This issue’s front cover by Jordi Chias Pujol continues the long line of consistently great cover images and I am very greatful to him for allowing us to use it. It won the One Earth category in the recent Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 but it is not really front cover material in the traditional sense. Printed magazines on shelves need their front cover to say “Buy me”. A colourfully clad, well lit diver watching a cuddly clownfish usually does the trick or sadly any image of a shark, for some reason. But put a struggling turtle, terminally entangled in a discarded fishing net, and the reader will feel uncomfortable and move on to pastures prettier. I went along to the press launch of the Veolia Competition and had the opportunity to meet and chat with Jordi about this image and his recent work. He spends a great deal of t…