Press ReleaseJungles Cover The Wildlife ExperienceContacts: Amber DeBerry - (720) 488-3303Keith Carlson - (720) 488-3331 DENVER - February 20, 2006 - On March 25, the rainforest will spread to The Wildlife Experience when Jungles canopies the museum with stunning photography of rainforest life. Assembled from a body of work that spans 20 years of photographer Frans Lanting's journeys as master photographer, storyteller and naturalist, Jungles is a remarkable photographic record of the diversity of life in the world's jungles. From the lowlands of the Congo to the cloud forests of the Andes, Lanting's photographs simultaneously evoke a sense of splendor and a great sense of mystery and complexity. "While the essence of photography is to show, jungles hide, or at best, suggest," Lanting writes. "So I opted to show impressions of jungles to evoke a sense of their kaleidoscopic nature - the glimpses of faces that melt into shadows, the burst of color and shimmering light." Frans Lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our time. His influential work appears in books, magazines, and exhibitions around the world. Lanting's work has been commissioned frequently by National Geographic, and in 2001 he was named a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He portrays wild creatures as ambassadors for the preservation of complete ecosystems, and his acclaimed publications have increased worldwide awareness of endangered ecological treasures in far corners of the earth. Jungles will be on display at The Wildlife Experience from March 25 through August 13. For more information about The Wildlife Experience, call (720) 488-3300 or visit thewildlifeexperience.org. # # #
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