Jane Goodall. Self Portrait. Permanent Collection.
Jane Goodall. Self Portrait. Permanent Collection.

Jane Goodall. Self Portrait. Permanent Collection.

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Vital Impacts is honored to have this photograph as part of our permanent, year-round collection.

In her early days at Gombe, Dr. Jane Goodall spent many hours sitting on a high peak with binoculars or a telescope, searching the forest below for chimpanzees. She took this photo of herself with a camera fastened to a tree branch.

Says Dr. Goodall, "I was really excited to see that that photo of me looking out at the valley at Gombe with my trusty lightweight telescope was chosen. It was taken in, I think, 1962. I was on my own, very high up in the hills and I thought what a great photo this would make."

"I had to find a place where there was a tree that was just right for balancing the camera. I had to set up the tripod and fiddle about until I had the tripod and the imagined image of me framed just right. That was in the days before digital so I had to wait a long time before I got the results back from National Geographic. I was pretty proud of myself. I love that picture." 

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and UN Messenger of Peace, is a world-renowned ethologist and activist inspiring greater understanding and action on behalf of the natural world.

Learn more about Dr. Jane Goodall

100% of net-proceeds from this print will go to supporting the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots program.

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