Global journalist and photographer Mark Jenkins will talk March 1 in Powell about his latest award-winning work in Africa.
His free 90-minute PowerPoint presentation, “Guns, Gorillas and Laptops,” begins at 3 p.m. in the Rendezvous Lounge of the DeWitt Student Center at Northwest College.
Jenkins’ program takes the audience deep into the world of one of the most endangered species on earth, Africa’s mountain gorilla.
Through award-winning photography, Jenkins unveils a dangerous journey into Virunga National Park, in the eastern Congo, to determine who has been killing the mountain gorillas.
His story about the gorillas, which first appeared in National Geographic magazine under the title “Who Murdered the Mountain Gorillas,” won the 2009 National Magazine Award for photojournalism and will soon be made into a BBC documentary starring Natalie Portman.
Jenkins has Powell connections; he is married to Powell native Sue Ibarra.
A field staff writer for National Geographic, Jenkins is also a writer-in-residence at the University of Wyoming and critically acclaimed author.
His four books, “A Man’s Life,” “The Hard Way,” “To Timbuktu” and “Off The Map,” have all been widely praised and translated.
Jenkins’ presentation in Powell is sponsored by the Northwest College International Studies Program, which will also provide refreshments.
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