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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Laman is an award-winning photographer who has spent his life documenting birds, and in this book shares his favourite shots. Divided into eight regions from around the world, the text is interesting and concise but it is understandably the photos that make this large book special. He portrays the birds as integral parts of their environments - the tiny jewels of hummingbirds in vast jungles, the majestic albatrosses of polar seas, an African vulture who blends with the gnarled trees of the savannah, and much more. The Australian section contains glowing images of common birds such as galahs and endangered ones like palm cockatoos, capturing character and place beautifully. A book for any naturalist or birder! Lindy
Birds inhabit every continent and major island, and are among the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet. For ornithologist and National Geographic photographer Tim Laman, documenting these magnificent creatures has been a lifelong passion that has taken him from the Antarctic Peninsula to the uninhabited Foja Mountains of New Guinea, and more than one hundred other locations around the world.
Tim Laman is a field biologist, wildlife photographer and filmmaker. He received his PhD from Harvard University for his pioneering research on the rainforest canopy of Borneo and has participated in more than one hundred scientific and photographic expeditions to many remote regions around the world. He is best known for his long-term work with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology documenting all the species of birds of paradise in the wild, and for his collaboration with his wife, Boston University scientist Cheryl Knott, on orangutan research and conservation in Indonesia. Laman is a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine with twenty-three feature articles to his credit, and his photography and film footage have featured in many acclaimed documentaries for National Geographic Channel, BBC and Netflix. His film credits include the BBC's Planet Earth II and Seven Worlds - One Planet, and the Emmy-nominated episode 'Jungles' in the Netflix documentary series Our Planet. He is a former associate of Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology, a fellow of the Explorer's Club and a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers, and has garnered numerous international awards, including Wildlife Photographer of the Year, World Press Photo, and Prix de la Photographie, Paris. When not travelling the world with his cameras, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Laman is an award-winning photographer who has spent his life documenting birds, and in this book shares his favourite shots. Divided into eight regions from around the world, the text is interesting and concise but it is understandably the photos that make this large book special. He portrays the birds as integral parts of their environments - the tiny jewels of hummingbirds in vast jungles, the majestic albatrosses of polar seas, an African vulture who blends with the gnarled trees of the savannah, and much more. The Australian section contains glowing images of common birds such as galahs and endangered ones like palm cockatoos, capturing character and place beautifully. A book for any naturalist or birder! Lindy
