Frans Lanting
Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.Collection: Future
Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.Collection: Nature
A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.Collection: Society
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.
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 what's in front of you.
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.
Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.
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.
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.
Life needs a membrane to contain itself so it can replicate and mutate.
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.
The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.
It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.Collection: Photography
What my eyes seek in these encounters is not just the beauty traditionally revered by wildlife photographers. The perfection I seek in my photographic composition is a means to show the strength and dignity of animals in nature.Collection: Mean
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.Collection: Mean
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.Collection: Important