George Steinmetz is a photographer whose current long-term project, “Feed the Planet,” documents the global food supply, primarily with professional drones. Steinmetz’s works appear in publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, GEO, Le Figaro and Stern. His expeditions to the Sahara and Gobi deserts have been featured in National Geographic Explorer programs and he was a National Geographic explorer and wildlife photographer on the National Geographic/Disney series “Welcome to Earth.” Steinmetz has won numerous awards for photography during his career, including three prizes from World Press Photo and National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year. His recent book, “Feed the Planet: A Photographic Journey to the World’s Food,” was published in October 2024. Steinmetz’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally.