If you were not able to attend Tim’s presentation, Birds of Paradise: Crown Jewels of Indonesia’s Biodiversity, you can watch it online. The @America website posted the entire talk. You can also see some pictures they took here.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.