Becomes Quote by Frans Lanting

My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves…

— Frans Lanting

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

— Frans Lanting

I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not…

— Frans Lanting

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

— Frans Lanting

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

— Frans Lanting

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

— Frans Lanting

The Galapagos Islands provide a window on time. In a geologic sense, the islands are young, yet they appear ancient.

— Frans Lanting

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…

— Frans Lanting

I think a photograph, of whatever it might be - a landscape, a person - requires personal involvement. That means knowing your subject, not…

— Frans Lanting

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

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

I became interested in photography during my first visit to the United States. I was a student at a university in Holland. I was…

— Frans Lanting