HIH in the media: Dazed and Atmos celebrate HIH collaboration with acclaimed photographer Stefan Dotter

“Seeing deforestation is heartbreaking,” explains photographer Stefan Dotter. “But standing inside a 15-meter-high forest that was completely reforested, where nothing existed just 13 years ago, is profoundly hopeful.”

Health In Harmony’s collaboration with Dotter began in the Brazilian Amazon in 2021. Since then, alongside HIH, Dotter has documented his time among rainforest communities in the Amazon, Borneo, and Madagascar, through portraiture, action shots of local wildlife and remarkable landscapes, in his words: “to show the beauty that exists, and the beauty we risk losing.”

These stunning photos of rainforest life comprise Dotter’s book RECORD and were presented at Climate Week NYC in 2025 as part of HIH’s programming. 

The images have also recently been featured in the magazine Dazed with the headline: "These photos show a 'profoundly hopeful' side to rainforest life." As an organization built on an unwavering value of hope, we couldn't wish for a better headline. 

Dotter explained to Dazed about his experience making the series: “Climate action, environmental protection, and especially reforestation are very abstract concepts if you haven’t seen them firsthand,” the photographer tells Dazed. “We are highly engaged with countless global issues, and we hold opinions about everything, yet we mostly experience the world through screens. Being there, in the lungs of the planet, is humbling.”

Dotter's photo project "Keeping Record: An Intimate Portrait of Earth's Most Endangered Rainforest" was also recently covered by the publication Atmos.

Future Being Fund supported Dotter's trips to Indonesia, Madagascar, and Brazil, with 100% of book sales gifted back to HIH.

View more images below, and consider purchasing a copy of RECORD here.