Frans Lanting Quotes
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Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future.
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Life needs a membrane to contain itself so it can replicate and mutate.
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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.
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Nature's my muse and it's been my passion.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.
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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.
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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.
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