Jeremy Snyder
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         Jeremy Snyder

       Photography and Science Communication
Me, smiling with my camera on a canoe in the Amazon

About Me



I’m a photographer and science lover, particularly engaged with the intersection of the two in education, interdisciplinary research, and journalism. I’m interested in finding approaches to sharing science in ways that excite people and allow them to see and understand the world in new ways. My current focus is on river systems, and how the interdisciplinary scientific processes they mediate shape human lives and landscapes around the world.
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I've worked as a farmer during my gap year before college, and as an invertebrate physiology researcher and photographer at Pomona. I've spent my summers as raft guide in Montana, doing field camp in New Zealand, and interning at the Smithsonian. I never pass up a good adventure, am a NOLS graduate, WFR certified, and an experienced whitewater and sea kayaker.

 I'm currently on a pause from my Watson Fellowship because of COVID-19, and working at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab until I can resume my travels. If you're interested in collaborating on projects related to photography, writing, or StoryMaps, please reach out!
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​My latest StoryMap

My recent project with the Watershed Function group at Berkeley National Lab tells the stories of Natural, Impacted, and Managed water in the Rockies and the American West

Click here to check it out!

My latest article

My first publication explores how rivers in the Andes Mountains are vital to the Amazon Rainforest downstream, and what might happen if Andean rivers are dammed.

Click here to check it out!

I'm excited about
Science as X-ray vision 

I've long been fascinated by the idea that science can transform how people see. In revealing the marvelous mechanisms that underlie everyday life, I hope to help people see the hidden inner workings of their world.
Seeing in this way adds wonder and intrigue to even the most familiar subjects, and I aim to harness that feeling to make science communication
truly engaging and relevant.

My Interests

A young elephant slurps water from a river

Conservation Photography

I want my work to lend power and voice to the things I care about.  I've long admired artists and conservationists who use stunning images to highlight the beauty, importance, and vulnerability of the world's natural places and indigenous communities. I'm excited about following in the footsteps of these role models and I hope to bring photography and journalism to bear to help others see the same beauty and value in these things that I see.
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Two fishermen rest their feet on a large fish netted in the Amazon

The Human Side of Science

Scientific concepts aren't confined to a laboratory, they underlie our everyday lives. I think science education and communication should show people this, and give them a new lens through which to see their world.  In a time where public distrust of science has become an existential threat, I want to tackle the perception that science is something "other." That's why I'm excited about telling the stories of how science impacts real people everyday
Explore Visual Storytelling
My brother and I working on our podcast

Multimedia SciComm

I'm interested in communicating the full beauty, significance, and entertaining weirdness of scientific stories by any means available to me. I was drawn to
​photography and videography as ways to captivate audiences and impart the full beauty and relevance of these stories.
​My brother and I also created a podcast, Microcosm, to share those stories with our peers, using all of the casual humor and personality of a brotherly chat.
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My ongoing project:

The Watson

I spent much of the past year on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, traveling the length of the Amazon and using photography to showcase the science of river systems.
​(Currently on hold for COVID-19)
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