about frans lanting...

> FRANS LANTING has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. His influential work appears in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. For more than two decades he has documented wildlife and our relationship with nature in environments from the Amazon to Antarctica. He portrays wild creatures as ambassadors for the preservation of complete ecosystems, and his many publications have increased worldwide awareness of endangered ecological treasures in far corners of the earth.

> Lanting’s work has been commissioned frequently by National Geographic, where he is a Photographer-in-Residence. His assignments have ranged from a search for the fabled bonobos of central Africa to a unique circumnavigation by sailboat of South Georgia Island in the subantarctic. Images from his year-long odyssey to assess global biodiversity at the turn of the millennium filled the February 1999 issue of National Geographic. Lanting’s recent work includes profiles of global ecological hot spots and a series on American landscapes. His cover story on Hawaii’s volcanoes appears in the October 2004 issue of the magazine.

 

> Lanting’s books have received awards and acclaim: “No one turns animals into art more completely than Frans Lanting,” writes The New Yorker. His books include Life: A Journey Through Time (2006), Jungles (2000), Penguin (1999), Living Planet (1999), Eye to Eye (1997), Bonobo, The Forgotten Ape (1997), Okavango: Africa's Last Eden (1993), Forgotten Edens (1993), and Madagascar, A World Out of Time (1990). For the past several years Lanting has been working on locations around the world, with scientists ranging from paleobiologists to astrophysicists, to produce work for a new book about the evolution of life on earth, a personal photographic interpretation of life and its origins.

 

> Lanting has received numerous prestigious awards. 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. He has received top honors from World Press Photo, the title of BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award. In 1999 he was honored as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in London.

 

> Lanting is a Trustee of the University of California Santa Cruz, and serves on the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund. He is also a columnist for Outdoor Photographer.

about natural reflections photography...

 

> The Natural Reflections Photography studio in London, Ontario, is the home base for photographer Frans Lanting and his wife and partner Chris Eckstrom, a writer, editor, and producer.

 

> At the Studio we do research for fieldwork and prepare for assignments around the world. We return here to produce books, exhibits, and events for publishers, corporations, and other clients worldwide.

 

> From the Studio we coordinate photo licensing activities for the Frans Lanting Image Collection, which is derived from 25 years of fieldwork around the world and is known for its classic images of wildlife, wild places, natural history, and science and conservation.