Bearing Witness

Frans Lanting has spent decades bringing awareness of faraway places in desperate need of preservation. His photographs have a way of living far beyond their initial creation and go on to have reverberating effects.

By Kim Castleberry, Photography By Frans Lanting

Updated October 14, 2016

With steadfast focus on the natural world since the early days of his career, Frans Lanting photographs the environment in a way that few others can.

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Originally Published November 9, 2010

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