Into The Wild Imagery by Cynthia Ariosta

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Into The Wild Imagery by Cynthia Ariosta

Wildlife photographer finding magic in patience, wild places, and the creatures we share the planet with. 📸🦈🦁🐘🦅

08/17/2026

CUTENESS ALERT! Two years ago we had the privilege of visiting the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK . This amazing organization rescues orphaned elephants from the wild, shelters them and cares for them until they can be released into the wild. Some babies are at the orphanage for over 10 years before joining a wild family. Since the trust’s inception, 327 orphans have been raised, 15,000 veterinary cases have been attended and 30 anti-poaching units established.

Elephants are orphaned for a number of reasons including , human/wildlife conflict, entrapment in hand dug wells, habitat destruction and climate change. The costs of raising a baby elephant to reproductive age, at which time they can be introduced, is staggering.

Several photos of baby elephants are available for sale on my website in multiple sizes, from 8x12 to 60x40. All photos are of museum quality, professionally printed and face mounted to acrylic. A portion of the proceeds of the sales of any of my is donated to the Sheldrick Trust. Help raise an orphan! Purchased your limited edition print from me today.! Link in bio!
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08/14/2026

Honored to have some of my on display at the Environmental Resource Center at Green Turtle Hammock State Park in Islamorada, Village of Islands - Official , Florida. I spent an afternoon with Capt. Jon-Paul Haydocy “Outback” in the photographing roseate spoonbills, white pelicans and other notable birds that live among us in the . Please check out this new amazing resource if you live in or Visit Islamorada !
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08/06/2026

I’m thrilled to be a Guest Artist Edgewater Gallery this month. I’ve mixed up my exhibit a bit, combining some of my favorite images with some and some shots from my collection. Join me at the gallery on Friday, August 7th, 5-7 pm or come check it out through the end of August. Bring a business card for a chance to win a matted print of your choice.

Thanks to my friend Tim at Tim Bottom for his meticulous eye in hanging the show and to my mentor Adam Jacobs for always cheering me forward on this path.

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08/01/2026

Looking forward to returning to Edgewater Gallery this month as a "Guest Artist" and sharing some of my for sale. In addition to prints already on exhibit, I will be adding some additional photos from my time spent earlier this year with Winning Shots Photo Tours and the incredible Onaqui wild horses in Skull Valley, Utah.

My exhibit will be displayed on the front wall of the gallery and there will be a multitude of Limited Edition acrylic prints as well as “grab and go” matted prints for sale.

Come see my on Friday night at the gallery from 5-8 pm, and remember to bring a business card for a chance to win a matted print of your choice!

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07/30/2026

This is what it looks like in ❤️ . Pepe Murrieta
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07/22/2026

Excited to share with you my new Wild Horses Collection on my website. Two galleries, one with color and one with black and white photographs, journaling the incredible Onaqui Catalogue wild horses in Utah. I spent five days with the herd and it was life-altering.

These wild horses should be symbol of America and revered and protected like we do the Bald Eagle. Instead, they are subject to cruel and inhumane round-ups at the hands of the cattle industry and other special interests that regard them as feral and a nuisance.

In the coming days, I will be starting a blog, and my first blog post will cover some of the details of these "gathers", the costs to both the horses and the taxpayers, and the scientifically proven alternative methods that can be utilized for herd control in growing populations. Please sign up via my website to receive my newsletter - I won't bombard you, I promise!

I hope you take some time to really see and feel these horses as you look at the photos, and that you are inspired to take action to protect them as I have been. A portion of the proceeds of all sales of my Wild Horses Collection will be donated to organizations that are committed to keeping these animals in the wild.

https://www.intothewildimagery.com/wildhorse-bw

https://www.intothewildimagery.com/wildhorse-color

07/18/2026

Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Well the barn owl is lucky enough to wear it on its face!

While in Utah last month with Winning Shots Photo Tours We took an outing to Antelope Island State Park to photograph some resident wildlife. A little birdie told us where to find some barn owl nesting boxes. Quite shy, these owls can be very elusive.

As soon as we arrived, this beauty flew off before we could photograph it, even though we had taken the necessary steps to keep from disturbing it.

We waited for some time behind a bush to see if it would return, but it was stealthily watching somewhere nearby, and did not return until we left for the car.

We attempted one more time to “sneak up” in silence, but it quickly took flight again and we had but one chance to capture a shot. Luckily I got a few before it disappeared again into the hills nearby.

I didn’t start doing photography with the intention of photographing birds, but the more I do the more interested I get.

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07/14/2026

Is there an elephant in the room? Well, at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi there usually is!

Two years ago I had the privilege of visiting this unbelievable place where orphaned African elephants are taken in and cared for, for up to ten years, before being introduced to the wild. Bottle fed by frothed caregivers, shepherded safely daily into the surrounding national park, bedded down in cozy enclosures every evening until they are eventually introduced to a wild elephant family in hopes of acceptance. This level of commitment to rescue, conservation, and reintroduction is like none I have experienced.

Not every photo I shoot makes it to my website, but there are a few that are for sale and others that were just fun to take! Not sure who was having more fun here…me or the baby elephants!

Any time you purchase a photo of an elephant from my site, a portion of the sale goes directly to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust .

Please don’t ignore the
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07/07/2026

The keep on coming this year! Thank you to The Image Flow for recognizing my photo, En L’Air, and their spring contest “Worth a Thousand Words”. For all those who are following my journey, you know that mobula rays are one of my favorite subjects to photograph due to their spontaneous, acrobatic leaps from the water! Impossible to track, and very challenging to capture in the split second they leap from the Sea of Cortez, it is gratifying to get a shot like this and have it recognized.

You can see more photos of on my website, or better yet, in person for viewing and purchase at Edgewater Gallery this month!

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07/02/2026

I’m so excited about my first exhibit starting tomorrow at Edgewater Gallery . This moment feels like coming home in a way, showing my work in Fort Bragg, CA, the place that drew me in 25 years ago and was home for 12 years. It still feels like home here. A place where I feel a real sense of belonging.

If you are on the Mendocino Coast tomorrow, join me at the gallery for artwalk from 5-8 pm. If you can’t, the exhibit will be up all month, so please stop by in July!

Thanks to my dear friend Tim Bottom for helping hang the show like a pro (I’d still be there trying to mount the first one) and to my mentor Adam Jacobs who has spent countless hours with me since 2022 getting me to this point. When I met him, I didn’t even know how to turn the camera on, let alone capture award-winning images.

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