Frans Lanting, The deep past in the remote present

April 30th, 02007 by Stewart Brand

Frans Lanting

The deep past in the remote present

It began on a New Jersey beach. Frans Lanting was photographing horseshoe crabs for a story about how they are being ground up for eel bait and at the same time their blood is used for drug testing—a $100 million industry. The crabs have primordial eyesight, which they employ mainly for finding sex partners. Photographing the horseshoes having a spawning orgy one spooky twilight, Lanting felt like he was suddenly back in the Silurian, 430 million years ago…

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 30th, 02007 at 12:34 pm and is filed under Seminars, The Big Here.

  • http://www.longnow.org Alexander Rose

    There will be a segment featuring Frans Lanting that will be airing on the TV show Bay Area Back Roads June 9th and 10th.

    Here are the details:

    Channel: 4

    Date: Saturday and Sunday June 9 & 10, 2007

    Time: 6:00 pm both nights

    Segment Teaser: Bay Area Back Roads will take a tour of Santa Cruz with
    one of the world’s leading wildlife photographers who’ll share
    photographic tips and some of his favorite spots for taking pictures!

    We hope that you are able to tune in!

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