He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelRead
It's up to us as photographers to give voice to the natural world.
Interpretation
Photographers have a responsibility to capture and express the beauty of the natural world.
In this quote, Frans Lanting emphasizes the role of photographers as storytellers of the environment. By capturing images of nature, photographers can raise awareness and appreciation for the world's beauty and fragility, urging viewers to acknowledge their connection to the natural world and take action to protect it.
In practice
During an art exhibit on environmental conservation, this quote can inspire viewers to reflect on how they interact with nature.
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping...I hear it in the deep heart's core.
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.
If we could begin to look at water pollution as a human rights violation, and we could begin to look at criminal aspects of this, I think that could be a game changer for many companies who want to not be forthwith and think that they can just hold off in a lawsuit for 10 years, and in the meantime, people are still being poisoned.
You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.
Every live thing is a survivor on a kind of extended emergency bivouac.
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