Robert Blakers, the photographer members of the IEPA, International Environment Photographers Association.

Born in 1957, he grew up in Canberra, Australia. He studied zoology at the Australian National University. After graduating from the university in 1980, he traveled to Tasmania and began to work with the Wilderness Society in the campaign to prevent the damming of the Franklin River. The campaign had a great sucess and contribution on protecting Tasmania's southwest wilderness as a World Heritage Area. He has been actively working on enlightening the preservation of the ancient forest through wide variety of publications including books, posters, cards, calendars and diaries, and in magazines.