Miriam Stein Battles

With a degree in environmental and marine conservation policy from Brandeis University, Miriam Stein Battles specializes as a conservation photo editor. Her work on magazines, books and websites for nonprofits such as National Geographic Society, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and Ocean Geographic Society has won multiple awards.

Miriam was a photo researcher on the Smithsonian Sant Ocean Hall and she photo edited the companion book, Smithsonian Ocean. Currently the photo editor for Ocean Geographic Magazine, Miriam also freelances for renowned photographers David Doubilet, Jennifer Hayes, Michael Aw, Suzi Eszterhas, Frans Lanting and Daniel J. Cox. Miriam is a founding affiliate to the International League of Conservation Photographers and a board advisor to Sea Save Foundation.

She’s a member of numerous professional associations and an accomplished photographer in her own right. Her photography has been used by National Geographic Children’s Publishing, The Nature Conservancy and is held on collection at the Museum of the City of New York. She started adopting whales at eight years-old and volunteered for Ocean Alliance in college, studying humpback whale behavior. Miriam became PADI certified at the age of fifteen and rescues orphan kittens as a hobby, only because it’s logistically difficult to raise orphan dolphins.

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