New Book on Hornbills
Tim started shooting hornbills many years ago and did a story for National Geographic Magazine in July 1999. Hornbills Of The World is a photographic guide that gives descriptions of all the species and other general information like their unique breeding behavior. Tim's photographs are used for most of the Asian species of hornbills. Soon this book will be available to purchase on our website, Tim Laman's Wildlife Photo Archive. You can see Tim's spectacular hornbill photos here - Tim Laman Wildlife Photojournalist.
Jakarta Presentation
This week Tim will be presenting his Birds of Paradise talk at @america. This cutting edge cultural center is in Jakarta, Indonesia. From 7 - 9 pm, Tim will be at Pacific Place and it is open to all. If you are in the area, check it out!
Watch Tim's LOOK3 Birds-of-Paradise talk on LIVESTREAM
If you didn't happen to be at the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph last month and would like to watch Tim Laman's multimedia presentation on his Birds of Paradise Project, you can do so here on LIVESTREAM...
Bird-of-Paradise Intro video hits 3 million views!
Our Bird-of-Paradise Project Intro video hit another milestone on YouTube today, passing 3,000,000 views! This video featuring the work of Ed Scholes and myself to document all the Birds-of-Paradise was put together by our talented colleagues at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology multimedia department. Thanks for the great work guys in making this so appealing to so many people!http://youtu.be/YTR21os8gTA
Birds-of-Paradise in the TREES Exhibit at LOOK3
It was a real thrill to see my Birds-of-Paradise images showcased on huge banners in the TREES exhibit at the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph this past week.
Forty of my images were printed double sided on twenty large banners that now hang all along the beautiful outdoor pedestrian mall of historic downtown Charlottesville. The exhibit will be up until mid-July, so check it out if you are in the neighborhood.
I could not be more pleased with how well the printing was done and the exhibit hung. Thanks to the organizers of this fabulous event!
1st Place in the World's Rarest Birds
Tim won first place in the World's Rarest Birds competition. His photo of the Marquesan Imperial-pigeon won 1st place in the Endangered category.
This image, along with other of Tim's images, have been published in the book The World's Rarest Birds by Erik Hirschfeld, Andy Swash, and Robert Still. You can see the story, along with the other winners, by the Huffington Post.
Nat Geo Creative agency launched
National Geographic has consolidated and rebranded their photography and talent agency as "National Geographic Creative", and I'm proud to be represented by them. They represent me for my stock photography and video, and also for commercial assignments. Check out their fully revamped website where you can see the portfolios of all their photographers, including a new page feature some of my work. NatGeoCreative Website
Featured in New York Times Lens Blog
My work on the Birds of Paradise is featured today in an interview and gallery on the New York Times Lens Blog.
This is one of the leading photojournalism blogs in the world, so it is an honor to be featured. Check it out.
Birds-of-Paradise Project Website Launch
It has been in the works for months, and has finally been launched - the Birds-of-Paradise Project Website.Check it out and you will find a huge amount of material on many aspects of the birds and the project itself.
Highly Honored in Nature's Best
In the 2012 Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice International Awards, this picture of two striped triplefins resting on the surface of a sponge was highly honored in the category, Small World. An exhibition of the winning images will be on display in the National Museum of Natural History starting June 2013.
One Million Views on YouTube!
People around the world seem to be captivated by Birds-of-Paradise! The five minute video introduction to Ed Scholes and my Birds-of-Paradise Project posted on YouTube on 10 October 2012 has reached 1,000,000 views today, 23 Jan 2013.
This video was produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Multimedia department's Eric Liner and John Bowman using video material shot by me, Ed Scholes, and Eric Liner. Eric and sound recordist Ian Fein, who also contributed to the video, accompanied us on one of our expeditions to New Guinea in 2009 to gather material for this video.
Why has this video captured the interest of so many? The birds are spectacular, and their behaviors otherworldly, but I think a big part of it is the story of exploration. I think it surprises people that in this day, there are still places on the planet that harbor such spectacular creatures as the birds-of-paradise that remain relatively unexplored. Ed Scholes and I were able to be the first to document all 39 species of this famous family of birds in the wild. If we are just documenting such a extraordinary group of birds for the first time, just imagine all the other little-know life forms out there in the wilds of New Guinea and elsewhere that remain to be documented and studied!
It is our sincere hope that the Birds-of-Paradise project will inspire others to keep exploring our planet. There is much to discover, document, and protect.
Konica Minolta Gallery in Japan
Tim's work is on display at the Konica Minolta building in Japan. Entitled "Biodiversity II", it includes a wide variety of Tim's best work. This is Tim's second Biodiversity gallery in this space. Also included is a short movie of his video work in the rainforest.
Recent Media Coverage of the Birds-of-Paradise Project
Over the past three months, a lot has been going on with my Birds-of-Paradise Project. Here is a collection of some of the main websites that have picked up the Birds-of-Paradise Story:
WIRED magazine: “Rare Glimpses of Amazing Birds-of-Paradise Courtship Rituals”
DISCOVER magazine: “Capturing the Courtship Rituals of Bizarre Birds-of-Paradise”
THE WASHINGTON POST: “Top 10 Museums of 2012”
THE BOSTON GLOBE: “A bird’s-eye view of nature’s flashiest showmen”
PETAPIXEL: “Gotta Catch ‘em all: Photog Spends Eight Years Capturing the 39 Birds of Paradise”
NPR - SCIENCE FRIDAY: “Birds Gone Wild”
HARVARD GAZETTE: “Glimpses of Paradise”
New Articles in National Geographic
Check out the two latest issues of National Geographic magazine for Tim's articles:
December 2012 features the Birds of Paradise story. See the story at National Geographic.
January 2013 is a Special Issue of National Geographic kicking off the 125th Anniversary of the Society and celebrating Exploration. Tim was part of a team of five photographers sent on assignment to Yasuni National Park in Ecuador to document the most species-rich place on the planet.
This issue of Nat Geo has a series of five covers on the front of the magazine. Tim's image above is featured as the "second" cover. See the story at National Geographic.
World Premier at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Last weekend the Banff Mountain Film Festival premiered "Winged Seduction - The Birds Of Paradise". This National Geographic television film is a part of the Birds of Paradise project that goes along with the Birds of Paradise book, National Geographic Exhibit and article. Birds of Paradise Revealing The World's Most Extraordinary Birds is now available for purchase. You can purchase a signed copy of the Birds of Paradise book from Tim Laman's online store.
Blue Bird-of-Paradise
Tim has had his images published in Canon's Wildlife As Canon See It series many times over the years. His latest one was in July issue of National Geographic and it features the beautiful Blue Bird-of-Paradise. This image is also used in Tim's new book Birds of Paradise: Revealing The World's Most Extraordinary Birds. Contact the office to preorder your signed copy!
Singing Wings
Back in May 2012, National Geographic published Tim's story on Manakins. Tim went to Ecuador to photograph the Club-winged Manakin, along with other species of Manakins, for Kimberly Bostwick, an evolutionary biologist at Cornell University. Visit Kim's Beta website at www.SingingWings.org to see Tim's videos and learn more about these interesting passerines. To see Tim's photographs of Manakins, including the Red-capped and Wire-tailed Manakins, visit Tim's Online Archive. You can also see the moonwalk in the Red-capped Manakin video.
Birds-of-Paradise Book
It has been eight years in the making, but Tim’s book, with collaborator Edwin Scholes, BIRDS OF PARADISE: REVEALING THE WORLD’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY BIRDS is finally complete and currently being shipped from the printers. Tim just received his advanced copy, and we are happy to report that the printing quality fully meets his expectations. It will be on sale from Oct 23, so please contact the office to reserve a copy now. If you buy it directly from us, Tim will sign and even personalize your copy if you like. This is a book like none other that you are not going to want to miss.
Look3 Festival of the Photograph
Tim was not able to make it to the festival this year but did participate by showing a multimedia piece. Entilted "How to Impress Females (In The Bird World)" was very well recieved at this years festival in Charlottesville, VA. It is about the unique mating rituals of the birds of paradise and bowerbirds. In each species, the males compete for females in very different ways. You can watch the video through Tim's website.
It is now featured on PDNPluse Video pick of the week. Click here to watch Tim's work on the Photo District News' Blog.
China Radio International
Tim recently did a lecture in Beijing about photographing in the rainforest. As a result there have been many local articles on Tim and his work. China Radio International posted a story about Tim's Bird of Paradise project with lots of Tim's pictures. They have an english version on their website.