Orangutans in the Mist
Tim's recent DSLR video was used in a science video on U.S. News' website. Produced by the National Science Foundation, the video features Tim's wife, Cheryl Knott, as she talks about her orangutan research. She has been working in Borneo for 18 years and speaks about her conservation efforts to help protect the endangered orangutan. You can watch the movie on U.S. News Science page. If you would like to see pictures on orangutans visit Tim Laman's orangutan photo gallery.
Traveling to China
Tim will be in China in May as an instructor for Wild China's photo camp. They have a nice website with field portraits of Tim and a slideshow of his images ranging from Antarctica to the rainforest. You can visit Wild China's webpage and if you would like to see the pictures larger, please visit Tim Laman's portfolio website. While Tim is in China, he also is giving two presentations in Beijing and Shanghai for National Geographic China.
Vanity Fair, Time, W, Sports Illustrated, InStyle
What do the above magazines have in common? They all have Tim's picture in their recent issues. The Magazine Publishers Association is using Tim's image of a file-eared tree frog from Borneo Island, Indonesia as part of their ad campaign. The ad below was published in the March 14th issue of Time Magazine.
If you would like to purchase this image as a print or card, please visit Tim Laman's Archive.
Prints and Cards Available
For the holiday season, Tim Laman's images are available as prints and cards. Visit Tim's Archive to view an ever increasing number of photos to choose from. Prints range from 8x10 to 16x20 inches. The folded greeting cards come in two sizes, 3.5x5 and 5x7 inches.
NG Masters of Photography Lecture
National Geographic Live is presenting two lectures by Tim this weekend. The first is entitled Bizarre and Breathtaking in New Guinea which will be held on Friday November 5th at 7:30 p.m. at National Geographic in Washington D.C.. To find out more information and to purchase tickets visit the National Geographic Events webpage. NG Member price is $16 and it is open to the public for $18.
Tim's second talk, Up High, Up Close in the Treetops: Amazing Apes to Unbelievable Birds, is on Saturday November 6th at noon. This lecture is also open to the public and costs $16 for adults and $8 for children. To buy tickets and to learn more visit NG Live.
Simply Beautiful
The Steven Kasher Gallery is hosting the exhibit Simply Beautiful from October 21 to November 23. Tim's image Cranes in Morning Mist, Hokkaido Island, Japan is on display along with other National Geographic photographers pictures. All of the NG Image Collection images are available as limited edition prints.
The Steven Kasher Gallery is located at 521 West 23 Street in New York. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 11am to 6pm. If you can't make it to New York and would like to purchase a print please contact the gallery.
Gallery a Success
Tim's images were on display at the Konica-Minolta Building in Toyko during September and it was a great success. The theme was on Biodiversity and showcased Tim's work from the rain forest treetops to Fiji's reefs. Tim was featured in an article in The Yomiuri Shimbun which has the largest newspaper circulation in the world. Below is a copy of the article that was published on September 23rd.
Travel to Antarctica with Tim
National Geographic Expeditions in association with Lindblad Expeditions host a trip to Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands. Tim will be the National Geographic photographer on the February 15th to March 10, 2011 expedition. On this 24 day trip, Tim will have many opportunities to photograph different species of wildlife including the penguins, petrels, albatrosses, whales, and seals. Check out the expedition details and a map of the locations the National Geographic Explorer will land.
New York Times
Today's article entitled "Precursor to H.I.V. Was in Monkeys for Millennia" used Tim's image of a black colobus from Bioko. It illustrated one of the species of monkeys that researchers studied to determine the mutation rate of S.I.V. You can read the article in the Health section of the NYT.
Gallery Opening in Japan
The Konica-Minolta Plaza gallery in Tokyo will be showing Tim's prints from September 8th to October 7th. It is entitled Biodiversity because the selection of the 100 cm prints is a collection of his best work. The work covers the depths of the ocean to the tree tops of Borneo and from the antarctic landscape to rain forests of Indonesia.
WildPhotos
This year WildPhotos 2010 will be held in October at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Tim will be speaking along with some of the world's best nature photographers. Tim will be speaking about his quest for the birds of paradise and the challenges of rainforest photography. The WildPhotos webpage features Tim's blue bird of paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) image.
Mangroves Gallery in France
This spring, Tim's collection of mangrove images were on display in a gallery in France.
The gallery ran from the 9th of April to the 2nd of May, 2010. If you read French you can check out the website here.
The Wildlife Photojournalist in OP
Tim was featured in the August issue of Outdoor Photographer. The interview is about what it is like to be a wildlife photojournalist and how he gets the perfect shot. The opening spread (below) features an adult male Bornean orangutan eating ginger stems while keeping an eye on the female he has been following.
To read the article and see the images used visit The Wildlife Photojournalist.
New articles coming out in 2010
Keep a look out for Tim's work being published this year. He has two stories coming out in National Geographic's June and July issues. Later in the year National Wildlife and GEO will be publishing his work as well.