Frans Lanting

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Frans Lanting, (born July 13, 1951) is a Dutch photographer specializing in wildlife photography.

Frans Lanting
Born (1951-07-13) July 13, 1951
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Residence Santa Cruz, California, USA
Nationality Dutch
Occupation
  • Photographer
  • Author

Life

Lanting was born in Rotterdam and later emigrated to the United States after being educated in the Netherlands. He now lives in Santa Cruz, California and operates a studio and gallery, as well as a stock photography services. Lanting's wife Christine Eckstrom is a writer, editor, producer, and works on joint books of nature photography.

Lanting works in many different parts of the world including Amazonia, Africa and Antarctica. His photographs are regularly published in National Geographic, where he served as photographer-in-residence.[1] He is also featured in Outdoor Photographer, Audubon, and Life. A 2005 exhibit in the Field Museum of Natural History entitled Jungles focused on the plants and animals of the rainforest.

Lanting's 2006 exhibit, Life: A Journey Through Time, part of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California, combined his photography with the music of Philip Glass. A traveling exhibition, Frans Lanting: LIFE began in fall 2006 at the Dutch natural history museum in Leiden, Netherlands. The show then traveled through Europe and the United States.

Lanting is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP).[2]

From May through July 2012 there was an exhibition with 75 photos from Life: A Journey Through Time on the SS Rotterdam in the harbour of Rotterdam.[3]

In August 2012 Lanting became an ambassador of the World Wide Fund for Nature in the Netherlands.[4] On August 25, 2012 a special concert version of LIFE was held in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam celebrating 50 years of the World Wide Fund for Nature.[5]

Prizes

In 2001 H.R.H. Prince Bernhard inducted him as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the Netherlands' highest conservation honor.

Works

  • 1982 – Feathers
  • 1985 – Islands of the West
  • 1990 – The Albatrosses of Midway Island
  • 1990 – Madagascar, A World Out of Time
  • 1993 – Forgotten Edens, Exploring the World's Wild Places (with Christine Eckstrom)
  • 1993 – Okavango, Africa's Last Eden (with Christine Eckstrom)
  • 1996 – Animal Athletes
  • 1997 – Bonobo, The Forgotten Ape (with Frans de Waal)
  • 1997 – Eye to Eye, Intimate Encounters With the Animal World (with Christine Eckstrom)
  • 1999 – Living Planet, Preserving Edens of the Earth (with David Doubilet and Galen Rowell)
  • 2000 – Jungles (with Christine Eckstrom)
  • 2003 – Penguin (with Christine Eckstrom)
  • 2006 – LIFE, A Journey Through Time

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Frans Lanting". Photographer Biography. National Geographic Society. Retrieved May 20, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Frans Lanting". ILCP Fellow web site. Retrieved May 20, 2013. 
  3. ↑ Exhibition Life on the SS Rotterdam
  4. ↑ Frans Lanting ambassador WNF
  5. ↑ "LIFE Concert - WNF 50 Jaar - Campagnes Wereld Natuur Fonds". Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2013.  (In Dutch)
  6. ↑ "Phil Askey of DPReview.com Selected as PMDA Person of the Year" (Press release). Digital Photography Review. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  7. ↑ "Medals and Awards". Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 28 September 2013. 

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