Frans Lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. His influential work appears in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. For more than three decades he has documented the natural world from the Amazon to Antarctica to promote understanding about the Earth through images and stories that convey a sense of wonder and concern about our living planet.

Lanting’s work has been commissioned frequently by National Geographic where he served as a Photographer-in-Residence. In 2006, Lanting launched the LIFE Project, a lyrical interpretation of the history of life on Earth, which included a multimedia symphony with music by Philip Glass. In 2022, Lanting launched the Bay of Life Project with this wife and creative partner, Christine Eckstrom. Bay of Life is a celebration of Monterey Bay as a unique ecoregion that connects land and sea and people with nature.

Lanting’s books have received awards and acclaim: “No one turns animals into art more completely than Frans Lanting,” writes The New Yorker. His books include Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales (2022), Into Africa (2017), LIFE: A Journey Through Time (2006), Jungles (2000), Living Planet (1999), Eye to Eye (1997), Bonobo (1997).

Lanting has received many honors for his work. H.R.H. Prince Bernhard inducted him as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the Netherlands’ highest conservation honor. He has received top honors from World Press Photo, the title of BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in London and is a recipient of Sweden’s Lennart Nilsson Award. In 2018, the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition honored him with their first ever Lifetime Achievement Award at the Natural History Museum in London.

Lanting’s mission is to use photography to help create leverage for conservation efforts ranging from local initiatives to global campaigns. He is an Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund, serves on the Leadership Council of Conservation International, and on the International Board of WildAid. He is a co-founder of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP).