Festival and to honor the distinguished biologist Dr. E. O. Wilson, and in London, Marin
Alsop conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a special performance of LIFE at the
Barbican.
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 Life: A Journey
Through Time (2006), Jungles (2000), Penguin (1999), Living Planet (1999), Eye to Eye
(1997), Bonobo (1997), Okavango: Africa›s Last Eden (1993), Forgotten Edens (1993),
and Madagascar, A World Out of Time (1990). In 2000, his book Eye to Eye was named by
National Public Radio-KQED as one of the 50 most influential nonfiction books of the 20th
century.
Lanting has received many awards for his work, including top honors from World Press
Photo, the title of BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and the Sierra Club’s Ansel
Adams Award. Lanting has also been honored as a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society
in London and is a recipient of Sweden’s Lennart Nilsson Award. In 2001, H.R.H. Prince
Bernhard inducted him as a Knight in the Royal Order of the Golden Ark, the Netherlands’
highest conservation honor.
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