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The ARK

A documentary following animal hoarding investigations in southern Arizona. 0:00 /1:58 1× Animal hoarding cases sit at a difficult intersection: animal welfare, mental health, poverty, housing instability and trauma. They're often portrayed publicly through crisis images or removal scenes but most of the work happens elsewhere:

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documentary ⸱ Molly Condit

"Now Playing: Recalibration" (riding my own ride, volume turned down)

Riding metaphors continue, let's do this.

1 Feb 2026

motorcycling ⸱ Molly Condit

"Look Where You Want to Go" (mapping new routes)

"No, no, no, no, nonononono! Shit." It's today, but let's rewind the tape a bit. Four days after returning from Nepal and California, I was feeling sort of, very out of sorts, which can happen after longer trips abroad. And given the blaze of

31 Dec 2025

motorcycling ⸱ Molly Condit

"Re-Entry: Part II" (we contain multitudes)

“See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” - Ray Bradbury

5 Nov 2025

animal photojournalism ⸱ Molly Condit

"Re-Entry" Part I

If July was a blur, August was .. whatever is less than a blur... and September, well, even less than that. After assignments, travel and some particularly difficult editing for We Animals, some quietude felt necessary. But, re-entry is happening.. As my friend Polina reminded me "you never leave, you&

12 Oct 2025

animal photojournalism ⸱ Molly Condit

"Proof of Life"

"Don't panic and paralyze, panic and strategize."

1 Aug 2025

gimme shelter ⸱ Molly Condit

"A Case for Empathy" (we're only human, after all)

"It's good to care, even if it hurts. Keeps you human." - Liam Neeson, "In the Land of Sinner and Saints"

29 Jun 2025

“The whole of life is coming to terms with yourself and the natural world. Why are you here? How do you fit in? What’s it all about?” - Sir David Attenborough

"Triage" (or, how a project began...)

- The origin of "Gimme Shelter", a condensed life & career history plus a shout out for Dad's Day, all rolled into one post..

"Meet Duchess"

Published on Mother's Day 2025.

"Stray"

The image below is the first photo I ever had professionally printed. "Stray", June 1, 2001. It's not award-winning, but I cherish it. I took it a little over a year after my dad's passing, on a photo walk in downtown Little Rock, AR.

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This is molly & the great bear...a place for photos, videos, musings and more from my various adventures. I'm Molly (that's me ☝🏼), commercial photographer, photojournalist and storyteller for animals. I also film and edit stuff, too. Mostly about animals. After a few years of trekking