Check out these images that Myfanwy Rowlands, Our World Underwater
Scholarship Society's 2009 North American Rolex Scholar, shot in the early
stages of her journey. "I am an aspiring Conservation Photographer, in that I
hope to use my images to empower conservation," Myfawny says. "These images
are a sample of my young portfolio, but because I have yet to 'put them to
work' for conservation goals, they do not satisfy the mission of true
conservation photography. I hope to use this year to begin my first real
foray into conservation photography of the underwater world. There are a
growing number of photographers employing their talents to create a genre of
the highest-quality photography designed to work alongside the most ambitious
goals of conservation."