29/12/1999
Okavango: Africa's Last Eden Coming To The Las Vegas Natural History Museum
December 29, 1999
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum is proud to bring a photographic exhibition of wildlife from Botswana's Kalahari Desert by award winning photographer, Frans Lanting. "OKAVANGO: AFRICA'S LAST EDEN" will be on display at the museum February 1 through March 31.
Lanting originally ventured to the Okavango Delta on assignment for National Geographic magazine. What started as a six-week project stretched over two years, and became a book which gives a whole new perspective on African wildlife, and earned Lanting the BBC title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Mr. Lanting makes his home in Santa Cruz, California, when he is not in some remote corner of the world in search of nature's ambassadors. Fifteen books of Lanting's work have been published, including Penguin, the Living Planet, Animal Athletes, Forgotten Edens, and Bonobo, the Forgotten Ape. His award-winning photographs have appeared in every major magazine around the world including National Geographic, Life, Audubon, Stern, Figaro, and GEO, and collections of his work have been exhibited at major museums in Paris, Milan, Tokyo, New York, and Amsterdam.
Museum Director Marilyn Gillespie said, "The museum is very fortunate to display the works of one of the world's foremost wildlife photographers. His works compliment the museum's new permanent "Explore Africa" exhibit, which recreates a savanna and rainforest."
The Las Vegas Natural History Museum, located at 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is a private, non-profit, community-supported institution whose goal is to develop an appreciation and understanding of wildlife past and present, and to promote the conservation and protection of wildlife and its natural environment. Other museum exhibits consist of animated dinosaurs, southern Nevada's plant and animal life, international wildlife room, a live shark exhibit, and children's hands-on exploration room. |