| Wildlife Photojournalist
To celebrate Earth Day and the addition of my Birds-of-Paradise to our print store, we are offering a special selection of square 12 x 12 inch prints for only $100 each.
Each print will be hand-signed by Tim Laman in the one-inch white border. Normally priced at $150, this special $100 sale lasts for just four days, from April 19-22.
Tim Laman Fine Art is pleased to announce our new updated gallery including some of Tim’s most iconic images of Birds-of-Paradise. Now, all prints will be personally signed by Tim in the white border below the image.
We know many of you have been waiting for this, so thanks for your patience. Now is your chance to own and brighten up your home or office with a signed, Tim Laman original print of the world’s most incredible birds. If you don’t see your favorite Bird-of-Paradise image in the gallery, just email us at studio@timlaman.com. We will be adding more soon and are taking requests!
Tim sends out personal emails to keep you up to date on his current projects, like the new website for selling his prints. Now all of Tim’s prints will be autographed. Please check back often to see additional galleries of Tim Laman’s work.
I have an exciting announcement. One of the major filming projects I worked on recently will be released Friday April 5, 2019 on Netflix! Called “Our Planet” it is an epic eight-part natural history series, including a “Jungles” episode featuring a sequence I worked on with Bird-of-Paradise Project colleague Ed Scholes. We were approached by Silverback Films, the company producing the series for Netflix, about ideas for Bird-of-Paradise behaviors that had not been filmed before. We pitched the idea of trying to capture the display of the Western Parotia from the point of view of the female. I’m happy to say we were able to deliver, and in fact, our filming produced a reveal that was even more dramatic than we had imagined…. see below. We are especially excited to be a part of this film because it carries a very strong conservation message, and we believe that the Birds-of-Paradise can be great ambassadors for the protection of New Guinea’s rain forests.
2019 is off to a roaring start with an amazing voyage to Antarctica. I’ve been sharing images on my @TimLaman Instagram feed, so I hope you have been enjoying those. A real highlight of the trip was spending New Year’s Eve cruising down the Lemaire Channel in perfect calm conditions as the sun set, and then watching it rise a few hours later. I’ve shared one of my favorite images from the trip below.
Helmeted Hornbills have been a major focus of my wildlife photojournalism efforts these past couple years, and in addition to the National Geographic story published last September, I’m pleased to report they are featured as a cover story in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s magazine LIVING BIRD. This remarkable species is critically endangered, is still hunted for its casque, and we really need to increase awareness among consumers to not purchase hornbill products. If you’re not a Lab member who gets the magazine already, you can read the story here: Helmeted Hornbill Story.
As I write this, I’m headed South to finish off 2018 and start 2019 with a voyage to Antarctica as the National Geographic photographer aboard the Lindblad/NatGeo ship “National Geographic Explorer”. It will be my fifth trip to Antarctica, and as always, I travel to the white continent with a great sense of excitement for the photographic potential, and for the chance to spend time in such a spectacular part of our planet. Since wintery scenes always seem so appropriate for a holiday greeting, I’ve chosen one of my favorite images from a past Antarctica trip and will share its story with you here.
I’ve decided to use this format to share my work with you, where I can go beyond the brevity of social media and give you a little more. I’ll share a favorite photo and the story behind it, and keep you up to date on my major projects. So welcome and thanks for following along on my journey.
Over the past two years, I’ve worked on a unique project that has recently come to fruition: “The Birds of Sunnylands”. In 2016, I received a unique commission from the Annenberg Foundation. The mission was to document the birdlife of the Sunnylands Center and Gardens, their sanctuary in the Coachella Valley, California, to create a gallery exhibit for their visitor center. So in 2017 and 2018, I made eight trips in different seasons photograph birds there. I really enjoyed this project. While very different from my remote editorial work on subjects like Birds-of-Paradise or Orangutans, it allowed me to focus on the artistic aspects of my photography, and as always, to try to create images that share the beauty of the natural world and inspire people to care about leaving space on this planet for wildlife.
The above image, along with fifty other images from this project, are now on exhibit at the Sunnylands Center through next spring. They are printed in large format on recycled aluminum that I have to say looks pretty stunning. So I hope if you are in the Palm Springs area at all this winter, you will take the opportunity to check out the exhibit.
I’d also like to take this chance to announce that in order to allow people to purchase the same beautiful metal prints that are on exhibit at the Sunnylands Center this winter, we have set up a new online store called “Tim Laman Fine Art”. Please have a look, if for no other reason than to see a broader selection of this work.
Finally, I’ve taken the liberty of adding you to my email list because we have met or corresponded in the past, but of course, you are free to unsubscribe below if you wish.
Thanks for reading and all the best, Tim
This morning USA Today published a story on National Geographic’s Travel Flash Sale featuring Tim’s image. Josh Hefner says, “National Geographic is synonymous with great photography, and few craft its jaw-dropping images like Tim Laman.”
The article describes Tim’s photo of two Japanese macaques in a hot spring. His picture (above) is part of National Geographic’s flash sale that ends tomorrow. You can purchase Tim’s signed image by going to National Geographic Creative’s webpage.