Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
For the January 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine, I was part of a team of five Nat Geo photographers including Ivan Kashinsky, Karla Gachet, David Liittschwager and Steve Winter. We went to Ecuador for one month to document the biologically richest place on the planet, Yasuni National Park, and the important conservation issues and human cultural issues surrounding it. Here is the feature story at Nat Geo.
You can see how all our efforts came together to tell the story in this interactive.
Also, Spencer Milsap of Nat Geo produced this video piece, which my assistant Anand Varma and I also helped to shoot. It captures what it was like to work on this story in the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador.
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.
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.
Manakins
In the May issue of National Geographic Tim's story on Manakins was published. This project was shot for Dr. Kimberly Bostwick's research on the impressive little birds. She is studying how the club-winged manakin (above) attracts females by rubbing his wings together instead of using his voice.
Hormone Hunters
On the cover of the Fall 2011 edition of Boston University's Arts & Sciences magazine is Tim's picture of an orangutans. The story is about his wife, Cheryl Knott, and her research on the great apes of Borneo Island. Since 1992, Cheryl has studied orangutan reproduction and nutrition. She found a correlation between food availability and fertility and compairs it to humans. To see more images of orangutans, and other wildlife in Borneo, please visit our online archive. View Tim Laman's Orangutans in the Wild and Borneo Rain Forest galleries to see more wildlife images.
Canon Advertisments
In August, Tim received a NG Assignment from Canon Japan. He was featured in a television commercial, print ads, and interviews which are all posted on CANON JAPAN'S WEBSITE. The add was for Canon's new 400mm f/2.8 lens which Tim was using to shoot scarlet ibises in Venezuela.
Resource Magazine
In the summer issue of Resource magazine Tim was featured in the Tricks of the Trade. Tim gives 7 tips about shooting wildlife.
Conservation Biology
Tim's picture was used on the August 2011 issue of Conservation Biology. Our Lord's candle (Yucca whipplei) was photographed in San Diego, California. The image relates to the article on endemic plants and the identification of stresses on biological diversity due to climate change.
Ziegler at Work
Tim photographed good friend and fellow Nat Geo photographer Christian Ziegler working on a story about Panama's balsa tree. National Geographic magazine published Christian's story "Open All Night" in May 2011. The story was also published in National Geographic Germany's July 2011 issue. They used two of Tim's pictures of Christian working from his tower in the canopy.
Tim and Christian also were on a team of 4 photographers that shot a RAVE on Bioko Island in 2008 for a Nat Geo story. You can see Tim's Bioko Island pictures in his online archive.
The Bund
A couple of months ago when Tim was in China he was featured in "The Bund" magazine. In the May 26th, 2011 issue the above picture was the opening spread of the Bund Forum. Four of Tim's pictures were featured in the article and it ended with another picture of Tim by the local photographer.
Natural History
Tim's picture was used on the cover of the October 2010 issue of Natural History magazine. The story entitled "Married to the Mob" looks at the social behavior's of one of the smallest primates in the world, the tarsier. Originally, Tim took this picture for the National Geographic story "Night Shift in the Rain Forest" published October 2001. If you would like to see more of Tim's pictures on tarsiers go to his online archive.
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.
National Geographic China
The February issue of NG China featured Tim in their Portfolio section. Above is the opening spread to the feature. It includes 10 photographs and a question and answer interview with Tim. To see other work Tim has published in National Geographic go to Tim Laman.com
BBC Knowledge
The January/February 2011 issue of BBC Knowledge features Tim's images in the story "Protecting the Killers". This is the first time that Tim's work has been published in the UK magazine. The photographs used were from Tim's mangroves coverage which you can see at Tim Laman.com
YUS Conservation Area
In January of 2009, The YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea became the first of its kind. More than 35 villages agreed to protect this area, named after the three rivers: the Yopno, Uruwa, and Som, to prohibit logging, hunting and mining. You can find out more in the article Tim wrote and photographed in the August/September 2010 issue of National Wildlife. If you missed the issue you can see the whole thing at the NWF website.
The Wealth of Nature
The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Human Well-Being is a gold winner in the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category. Tim is very happy to be a contributing photographer of this book by Cristina G. Mittermeier, Jeffrey A. McNeely, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas M. Brooks, Frederick Boltz, and Neville Ash.
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.
Bowerbirds Article is Out
Tim started shooting Bowerbirds back in 2005. After many trips to the other side of the world Tim's article on Bowerbirds has been published.
There are 13 of Tim's images featured in the article. To read the article and see more Bowerbird pictures go to NGM's website.