- Frans Lanting
Frans Lanting, (born July 13,1951) was born in
Rotterdam and is a Dutch naturephotographer specializing inwildlife photography .Lanting 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 wifeChris Eckstrom is awriter , editor, producer, and works on joint books of nature photography.Lanting works in many different parts of the world including
Amazonia ,Africa andAntarctica . His photographs are regularly published inNational Geographic , for which he is a photographer-in-residence. He is also featured inOutdoor Photographer ,Audubon , and Life. A 2005 exhibit in theField Museum of Natural History entitled "Jungles" focused on the plants and animals of therainforest .Lanting's 2006 exhibit, "Life: A Journey Through Time", part of the Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, California, combined his photography with the music of
Philip Glass . A traveling exhibit, "Frans Lanting: LIFE" begins in Fall 2006 at the Dutchnatural history museum inLeiden ,Netherlands . The show then travels throughEurope and theUS .Prizes
*1988 -
World Press Photo
*1989 - World Press Photo
*1991 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year,BBC
*1997 -Ansel Adams Award,Sierra Club
*1997 - 2nd prize Nature and Environment Stories, World Press Photo
*2005 -Lennart Nilsson Award
*2008 - Photographer of the Year, Photoimaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association cite press release
title = Phil Askey of DPReview.com Selected as PMDA Person of the Year
publisher = Digital Photography Review
date =2007-10-29
url = http://www.dpreview.com/news/0710/07103004pmdapersonofyear.asp
accessdate = 2007-10-30 ]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.Bibliography
*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 (withFrans de Waal )
*1997 - Eye to Eye, Intimate Encounters With the Animal World (with Christine Eckstrom)
*1999 - Living Planet, Preserving Edens of the Earth. (withDavid Doubilet enGalen Rowell )
*2000 - Jungles (with Christine Eckstrom)
*2003 - Penguin (with Christine Eckstrom)
*2006 - Life, A journey Through Timeee also
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Nature photography External links
* [http://www.lanting.com Frans Lanting's main website]
* [http://www.lifethroughtime.com/ Life Through Time website]
* [http://www.franslanting.com/gallery/index.php Frans Lanting stock photography]References
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