Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. I’d much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners. Frans Lanting Read Quote
I became interested in photography during my first visit to the United States. I was a student at a university in Holland. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the American West. That was when I learned about the tradition of nature in American photography. Frans Lanting Read Quote
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 what’s in front of you. Frans Lanting Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It’s driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we’re in the midst of an extinction crisis… This time it’s us that’s doing it. Frans Lanting Read Quote
My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it’s more like a dance than anything else. Frans Lanting Read Quote
Water is the key to life, but in frozen form, it is a latent force. And when it vanishes, Earth becomes Mars. Frans Lanting Read Quote
