Bruce Farnsworth is an editorial photographer, zoologist and educational researcher working conservation with an emphasis on western Amazonian wildlife and community-based issues. As the founder of Raw Rainforest Immersion Photography Tours, his tours focus more on the interpretive and aesthetic outcomes of photography than technical idiosyncracy. His feature and assignment credits include Smithsonian, Outdoor Photographer, Harvard ReVista and Nature Conservancy magazines. He was a major contributor to the recent Discovery guide to the Rainforests of the World, and will be included in the upcoming series "Wildlife of the Amazon" by veteran Amazon biologist Michael Goulding.

Raw Rainforest Photography Tours collaborates with 100% indigenous community-owned and managed tourism projects in the western Amazon basin.

During graduate studies in Amazonian Ecuador and while working with fellow Ecuadorian biologists and lowland Quichua colleagues, he coordinated the Center for the Interpretation of Amazonian Ecuador, developing locally-appropriate interpretive infrastructure for both Ecuadorians and international tourists. During five years continous residence in Ecuador, he established formal working relationships with universities, indigenous federations and leaders in sustainable development. He continues his involvement in the region - which is like his second home - with several ongoing editorial projects.

As a PhD candidate in Educational Research, he advocates for more culturally-responsive practices in ecotourism and for the value of the photographic narrative in public conservation education. He is moving into HD multimedia journalism to promote the projects in rainforest research by local, indigenous and place-based communities.