| Wildlife Photojournalist
If you missed Tim’s article in Australian Geographic you can now read it online. In the Cape York Peninsula of Australia, the boulder fields are a spectacular sight. Tim and biologist Conrad Hoskin traveled by helicopter to discover new species during their expedition. You can read the article on Australian Geographic’s webpage – Cape Melville’s Lost World.
Tim shot for the BBC’s Planet Earth 2: Jungles episode which premiered in the UK last night. It included two species Tim is very familiar with, the Wilson’s Bird of Paradise and the Red Bird of Paradise.
Not only did they capture the beautiful behavior they also discovered something new. For the first time they recorded the Wilson’s Bird of Paradise from the top down which is the point of view of the female. They were able to see the beautiful display the male preforms in the way it was intended. To view behind-the-scenes footage of their discovery, visit the BBC Planet Earth II website.
Stay tuned for the premier of the Jungles episode in the US at the end of January.
It’s been several years in the works, and I’m happy to share that my latest National Geographic magazine story “Orangutans – Out on a Limb” has just appeared in the December 2016 issue. Check out the Dec print magazine, or one of the digital editions online or on your iPad to see the extra videos.
LINK TO ARTICLE ON NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM
The article, by Mel White, features new discoveries about orangutans by researchers such as my wife Cheryl Knott and her team (learn more about their work at www.saveGPorangutans.com), and many other researchers. Also, the realities of orangutan conservation are also dealt with. I’m really proud to have this come out, and hope you will all take a look and get engaged in this important issue.
On Friday October 14 Tim will speak at Wildscreen’s photography day. He will give an innovative presentation about his long term project photographing wild Orangutans and the conservation issues surrounding them. Here is Wildscreen’s webpage for the photography day where you can purchase tickets to Tim’s talk. wildscreen.org/photography
Recently at the World Press Photo awards in Amsterdam, Tim talked about the difficulties of photographing Orangutans in the wild and the conservation issues that face them. See his interview below.
Tim’s story ‘Tough Times for Orangutans’ won 1st place in the nature stories category of the World Press Photo awards this year.
Tim’s pictures were featured in the April/May issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine. The story was written by his wife and 2 kids about their summer adventures to Borneo as a family.
