About HerpArts

HerpArts is the creation of Allen and Anita Salzberg. That's us, to the right. We are partners in life and in our love of turtles.

We've launched HerpArts as an outlet for our reptile art, and to raise funds to help herps, via Allen's work with HerpDigest (www.herpdigest.org). Proceeds from HerpArts' sales go to benefit HerpDigest, the first free electronic newsletter dedicated solely to reptile and amphibian conservation and science.

Early in our marriage, we discovered a shared love of photography. With so many turtles residing in our apartment, it was only logical that we turn to them as photographic subjects. This resulted in some hilarious situations. For instance, how do you get a softshell turtle to "sit" for its portrait? (Answer: you don't!)

We've since branched out to photographing lizards, snakes, frogs and salamanders.

The result has been a dynamic photographic partnership. We often use Photoshop to enhance and transform our work. Our photos and photo-manipulated prints range from sharp I.D. shots to impressionistic images.

Our photos have been published in The New York Times, World Conservation Magazine, Animaland (the ASPCA children's publication), New York Newsday and Outside magazine.

About the founders

Allen is known within the herpetological community for his chelonian conservation work and for his role as Publisher/Editor of HerpDigest.

Anita's book, Confessions of a Turtle Wife, the story of her turtle-challenged marriage, is a hit with turtle and reptile lovers alike. She has also written articles for Reptiles magazine.

Separately and together, we've published articles in Ranger Rick, Health, OMNI, and the Sunday section of The New York Times Magazine.

We've also authored three books for the children’s library market for Franklin Watts: Turtles, Flightless Birds, and Predators!

Turtles is today's best-selling book on turtles for kids, with more than 10,000 copies in print. Library Book Review says it's "…a definite 'must have' for any child's science/natural history library."

Confessions of a Turtle Wife and Turtles are both available on HerpArts.com.

HerpArts.com is a subsidiary of Herpdigest.org, the only free, non-profit, weekly electronic e-zine to report on the most current and relevant reptile and amphibian, conservation and science news. (To sign up go to www.herpdigest.org ) Any profits from the sale of products on HerpArts goes to Herpdigest to help it continue its mission of getting the latest news as fast as possible to those who care for herps and are involved in insuring their future. Sometimes there will be special sales where the proceeds of certain products goes to a specific project or cause. If so, it will be clearly marked.


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