Some of the most iconic images from Greenpeace campaigns have been captured by women. Here are just a few of those incredible images from around the world.

Marizilda Cruppe, Brazil

Marizilda Cruppe is a Brazilian documentary photographer. Since 2011 she has worked with a focus on social inequality, social justice, human rights, the environment, healthcare and gender. In 2005 she co-founded EVE Photographers collective along with five other female photographers from different countries. 

Children in the Cerrado Region, Brazil. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
Leite Lopes family children play at the family’s house in Cachoeira community, a traditional land of people known as “Geraizeiros”, in the west of Bahia state, Brazil. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
Submersible Dive in Antarctica. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
Dr Susanne Lockhart from the California Academy of Sciences and John Hocevar (not seen in the photo), Oceans Campaign Director for Greenpeace USA and submersible pilot, during a dive launch off Half Moon Island, Antarctica. The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has returned to the Antarctic Peninsula with scientists Susanne Lockhart and Rachel Downey for a series of dives with a submersible to explore the sea floor. Greenpeace is conducting scientific research and documenting the Antarctic’s unique wildlife, to strengthen the proposal to create the largest protected area on the planet, an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.
© Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
'Clipper Hope' Occupation in Brazil. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace
Greenpeace activists occupy the anchor chain of the ship Clipper Hope. The activists are preventing the departure of the ship from the Amazon to the USA, where its cargo of pig iron will be used to make steel for the US car industry. Greenpeace is taking action to expose serious crimes in the production of Brazilian pig iron (an intermediate product in the steelmaking process) including slave labour, deforestation and the invasion of indigenous lands. © Marizilda Cruppe / Greenpeace

Abbie Trayler-Smith, U.K.

Abbie Trayler-Smith is an acclaimed portrait and documentary photographer, specialising in both portraiture and documenting social issues. Abbie has been a recipient of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London twice, and has received a World Press Photo Award.

Elephant Seal on Elephant Island, Antarctica. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
Elephant seal on Elephant Island.
Greenpeace is back in the Antarctic on the last stage of the Pole to Pole Expedition. We have teamed up with a group of scientists to investigate and document the impacts the climate crisis is already having in this area. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
Chinese Squid Boat in Northern Indian Ocean. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
A Chinese flagged squid boat in the Northern Indian Ocean. Greenpeace is in the Northern Indian Ocean to bear witness to the destructive fishing practices of under documented fishing fleets which it is estimated cause the bycatch of 80-100,000 cetaceans per year.
© Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
Bycatch in Northern Indian Ocean. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace
Crew onboard an Iranian flagged fishing vessel in the Northern Indian Ocean show a shark caught in their nets as bycatch while fishing for tuna.

These vessels often fish for tuna with 7 mile long gill nets, fishing with a gill net over 1.5 miles is illegal. Greenpeace is in the Northern Indian Ocean to bear witness to the destructive fishing practices of under documented fishing fleets which it is estimated cause the bycatch of 80-100,000 cetaceans per year. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Greenpeace

Marete Selvin, Kenya

Marete Selvin is a photographer and film producer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Marete’s work is mainly focusing on gender issues, climate change, environmental issues and conservation. She is the co-founder of Meraki Africa Films, a Nairobi-based production company.

Banner at Dondora Dumpsite in Kenya. © Greenpeace / Selvin Marete
Greenpeace Africa volunteer with a sign reading “Strong Global Plastics Treaty Now!” at the heart of the Dandora dumpsite. As vast stretches of land are swallowed by discarded plastics, it underscores the urgency of our call: a reduction in plastic production by 75%. © Greenpeace / Selvin Marete
Seble Samuel at the 6th Session - United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi. © Selvin Marete / Greenpeace
Seble Samuel during the press conference.
Greenpeace Africa took part in the UNEA 6 conference held at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi under the theme: effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. © Selvin Marete / Greenpeace
Seed is Sovereign Campaign for World Food Day in Nairobi. © Selvin Marete / Greenpeace
Greenpeace Africa and Seed Savers Network Kenya brought the Seed is Sovereign Campaign to the heart of the 2023 Kenya World Food Day celebrations. Advocating for the protection of seed diversity and opposing restrictive seed laws, the event featured a vibrant exhibition booth and an interactive demonstration farm. Highlights from the celebration included our ‘Farmer in a Cell’ display, a moving representation of the struggle against the oppressive seed laws that threaten the freedom of small-scale farmers. © Selvin Marete / Greenpeace

Michaela Skovranova, Australia

Based in Australia, Michaela Skovranova is a world-renowned Slovakian born artist working in the field of photography and film. Her work focuses on capturing intimate environmental and human stories with a speciality in underwater photography.

Sea Lion in the Great Australian Bight. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Australian Sea Lion investigates a fellow diver and filmmaker Stefan Andrews. Pearsons Island, Great Southern Reef. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Dolphin near Baird Bay in Australia. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Captured on a trip with Baird Bay Ocean Eco. World-renowned underwater photographer Michaela Skovranova (@mishku) travelled to Port Lincoln, Baird Bay and Rapid Bay in South Australia to explore the wild landscapes and unique flora and fauna of the Great Australian Bight. The Great Australian Bight is a pristine wilderness, home to a critical whale sanctuary, tight-knit coastal communities, hundreds of kilometres of towering cliffs and more unique species than the famous Great Barrier Reef. But the beautiful Bight is at risk. Big oil, led by Norwegian company Statoil, has eyes on the Bight. If their plans go ahead, the threats from an oil spill, deafening seismic blasting and pollution are all too real.
© Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace
Pelicans Waiting for Fishermen to Come Back from Sea in Australia. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace

The Great Australian Bight is a pristine wilderness, home to a critical whale sanctuary, tight-knit coastal communities, hundreds of kilometres of towering cliffs and more unique species than the famous Great Barrier Reef. But the beautiful Bight is at risk. Big oil, led by Norwegian company Statoil, has eyes on the Bight. If their plans go ahead, the threats from an oil spill, deafening seismic blasting and pollution are all too real. © Michaela Skovranova / Greenpeace

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