Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom
Frans Lanting: Des photos qui donnent la voix au règne animal
Frans Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon andTime, as well as numerous award-winning books. Lanting's recent exhibition, The LIFE Project, offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth. Full bio
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le devant de la scène,
a voice for the animals,
donner une voix aux animaux
and spirits shaped us.
et les esprits nous ont formés.
le Kwikwasut'inuxw
« Il était une fois,
étaient une seule entité.
très différent à l'extérieur,
à l'intérieur.
l'ours sa fourrure
est arrivé à la caverne
et se sont enfuis.
nous rapprocher aux animaux.
si je photographie des gens.
sont toujours sur mes photos,
Des tortues,
to look past their disguise.
les différences de gènes
les similarités entre nous
qui ils sont.
qui ont la chance
des complexités de la vie.
d'une planète en difficulté
spectaculaire de la biodiversité.
de l'unité de la vie
dans la caverne sacrée.
de rejoindre la danse.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frans Lanting - Nature photographerFrans Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time. His work has been featured in National Geographic, Audubon andTime, as well as numerous award-winning books. Lanting's recent exhibition, The LIFE Project, offers a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth.
Why you should listen
In the pursuit of his work, Frans Lanting has lived in the trees with wild macaws, camped with giant tortoises inside a volcanic crater, and documented never-before-photographed wildlife and tribal traditions in Madagascar. The Dutch-born, California-based photographer has traveled to Botswana's Okavango Delta, the rain forests of Borneo and the home of emperor penguins in Antarctica.
The resulting photographs -- staggering in their beauty, startling in their originality -- have brought much-needed attention to endangered species and ecological crises throughout the world. In 2001, HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands inducted Lanting as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the country's highest conservation honor -- just one of many honors he has received throughout his illustrious career.
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