Bio

Roger Archibald is a freelance photographer and writer based in Boston who also serves as an editor for the Society of Environmental Journalists where he oversees Environmental Journalism InSight, an online quarterly column that explores the whole range 
of photojournalism, videography, information graphics and data visualization. He is also founder and director of the Documerica 2020 Project, an effort to replicate and update imagery produced fifty years ago for the original Project Documerica, an initiative launched by the Environmental Protection Agency during its first years to create a photographic baseline portrait of the American environment as it them appeared. Earlier, Archibald was one of the thirteen original co-founders of the North American Nature Photography Association, serving on its charter Board of Directors, and as first editor of the organization’s publication, Currents. His occupations outside of journalism have included eight years as a seasonal smokejumper with the U.S. Forest Service in California and Montana, as well as serving as a U.S. Merchant Marine officer and able seaman aboard traditional sailing vessels from the Caribbean to Japan. A U. S. Navy Vietnam veteran, Roger Archibald holds a bachelors degree in anthropology from Cornell University and a masters degree in communications from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. His thesis for the latter degree examined what motivates otherwise seemingly normal people to seek a career in photography.