Frans Lanting
Frans Lanting
Frans Lantingis a Dutch photographer specializing in wildlife photography...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth13 July 1951
appear islands provide time
The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.
belief driven extinction interpret links midst natural scientists time
I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It's driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we're in the midst of an extinction crisis... This time it's us that's doing it.
becoming behind creatures fall intuitive involves letting mood movements says start wild work
My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it's more like a dance than anything else.
local tourism tourists
Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. I'd much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners.
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I became interested in photography during my first visit to the United States. I was a student at a university in Holland. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the American West. That was when I learned about the tradition of nature in American photography.
passion muse my-passion
Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.
skins elements earth
Life is a force in its own right. It is a new element. And it has altered the Earth. It covers Earth like a skin.
past biodiversity
Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.
important gold tourists
Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. Id much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners.
needs membranes replicate
Life needs a membrane to contain itself so it can replicate and mutate.
photography voice giving
It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.
keys water mars
Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.
lions different individual
A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.
mean thinking knowing
I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not just snapping at whats in front of you.