Frans Lanting Quotes

• It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.

  Frans Lanting

  Photography, Voice, Giving

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• 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.

  Frans Lanting

  Mean, Eye, Animal

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• 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.

  Frans Lanting

  Mean, Thinking, Knowing

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• 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.

  Frans Lanting

  Skins, Elements, Earth

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• Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.

  Frans Lanting

  Passion, Muse, My Passion

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• Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars.

  Frans Lanting

  Keys, Water, Mars

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• Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.

  Frans Lanting

  Past, Biodiversity

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• A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.

  Frans Lanting

  Different, Lions, Individual

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• Life needs a membrane to contain itself so it can replicate and mutate.

  Frans Lanting

  Needs, Membranes, Replicate

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• 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.

  Frans Lanting

  Important, Gold, Tourism

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