(gentle music) frans lanting is one of the great nature photographers in the world. think of some of the most exciting pictures you've ever seen in "national geographic", and you can see how frans is able to evoke that sense of wonder and majesty that comes out of life itself. - he's able to focus, not only on one particular creature, but also specific interactions with their own species or other species, and you get those moments of drama. - frans is a premiere figure in photography and in conservation. his work on madagascar really catalyzed action on behalf of that incredibly important country. he's also done the same for botswana or namibia, for south africa, for many other parts of the world. - i picked up a camera for the first time when i came to the united states as a student in the early 70s. i was intrigued by the american west, and i was astonished by it. wilderness is an american notion. it really opened my eyes to a different connection with nature than what i'd grown up with in the netherlands. at the same time, the great conservationists, like john muir

(gentle music) frans lanting is one of the great nature photographers in the world. think of some of the most exciting pictures you've ever seen in "national geographic", and you can see how frans is able to evoke that sense of wonder and majesty that comes out of life itself. - he's able to focus, not only on one particular creature, but also specific interactions with their own species or other species, and you get those moments of drama. - frans is a premiere figure in photography and in conservation. his work on madagascar really catalyzed action on behalf of that incredibly important country. he's also done the same for botswana or namibia, for south africa, for many other parts of the world. - i picked up a camera for the first time when i came to the united states as a student in the early 70s. i was intrigued by the american west, and i was astonished by it. wilderness is an american notion. it really opened my eyes to a different connection with nature than what i'd grown up with in the netherlands. at the same time, the great conservationists, like john muir