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New Book: The Last of the Borneo Rainforest

Quintin Lake — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:21:24 +0000

Book cover: The Last of the Borneo Rainforest by Quintin Lake

Deforestation in Sabah for Palm Oil plantations

Virgin rainforest in Ulu Temburong, Brunei

Rainforest canopy in Sabah, Borneo

A photostory of deforestation and Palm Oil plantations contrasted with the wildlife of Sabah and Brunei. Featuring Sepilok, Kinabalu National Park, Danum Valley, Kinabatangan River, Peradayan and Ulu Temburong.

Binding: Hardback, 146 pages
Format: 20 × 25 cm, Full page photographs in colour throughout

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Filed under: Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Fine Art Photography, Photography, Publications / Tearsheets Tagged: Book, Brunei, Danum Valley, Deforestation, ecology, environment, Kinabalu National Park, Kinabatangan river, Palm Oil, Peradayan, Photography, photostory, Quintin Lake, Sabah, Sepilok, Ulu Temburong

Travel Photographer of the Year Award – Global Press Coverage

Quintin Lake — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:36:18 +0000

Travel Photographer of the Year Feature in Italy's newspaper , La Repubblica. Photo: Quintin Lake

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Metro Newspaper Cover 12th Dec 2010

"Britons shine in Travel Photographer Of The Year competition" Metro Centrefold

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Lux Gallery Italy. Photo: Quintin Lake

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BBC Brazil. Photo: Quintin Lake

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Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 on MSN Travel

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New View # 28 Photo: Quintin Lake

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Estado De Minas

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UOL Brazil

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Filed under: Expedition Photography, Photography, Publications / Tearsheets Tagged: Award, BBC Brazil, Estado De Minas, La Repubblica, Lux Gallery, Metro Newspaper, MSN Travel, Photography, Press, Quintin Lake, tpoty, Travel Photographer of the Year, Travel Photographer of the Year 2010, UOL Brazil, View pictures

Arctic images win Portfolio category of Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2010

Quintin Lake — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:10:30 +0000

Arctic Horizon. Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 - Portfolio Winner. Photo: © Quintin Lake

Midnight Mountains. Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 - Portfolio Winner. Photo: © Quintin Lake

Light & Ice. Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 - Portfolio Winner. Photo: © Quintin Lake

Silent Light. Light & Ice.Travel Photographer of the Year 2010 - Portfolio Winner. Photo: © Quintin Lake

I’m delighted to announce that I have won the Amazing Places Portfolio Category of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2010. This prestigious international competition, which attracts thousands of applicants, involves submitting images online then if shortlisted sending fine art prints for final judging. The Portfolio category is based on a series of four images.

STORY BEHIND THE PORTFOLIO

These images were taken during Anglo-Scottish East Greenland expedition in 2006 which was a month long ski journey involving pulling sleds, undertaken with three friends with the aim of climbing new peaks in an unexplored area of East Greenland. The expedition succeeded in 16 first ascents but the real discovery for me was the otherworldly light of the Arctic cased by the midnight sun and the interplay of the palette of pastel colours with the almost-not-there landscape.

Much of the month was either bright blue skies or white clouds – of little photographic interest – but the images in the portfolio were of the sudden moments of drama that punctuated these conditions. For example, the primarily grey photograph, depicting the horizon of light was taken when we were tent bound for three days on the icecap and the light appeared momentarily just before the storm closed in again.

ANGLO-SCOTTISH EAST GREENLAND EXPEDITION INFO

A technical account of the Expedition in the 2009 American Alpine Journal
The Expedition Report. Which is also available to view at: The Royal Geographical Society, The British Mountaineering council, Tangent Expeditions, The Mountaineering Council of Scotland, The Alpine Club, The Mount Everest Foundation, Arctic Club, Scottish Arctic Club, and the Danish Polar Centre

BUY FINE ART PRINTS

Prints are available in two sizes:

Signed A2 giclee print on cotton fine art paper £295.00 (edition of 25)
Signed 90x60cm Lightjet on Aluminium float frame £795.00 (edition of 7) see example

To order prints either contact me direct of order online here

Filed under: Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Fine Art Photography, Photography Tagged: arctic, Expedition, Expedition photography, Fine Art Photography, greenland, landscape photography, Photography, Photography award, tpoty, Travel Photographer, Travel Photographer of the Year, Travel Photographer of the Year 2010, travel photography

A Peruvian Orchid Hunting Journey published in the Orchid Digest

Quintin Lake — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:19:19 +0000

An Orchid Hunting Journey over the Peruvian Andes, 2008

An account of the Oxford University expedition along the InterOceanic Highway in Peru in which I participated has been published in the Orchid Digest VOLUME 74, NO. 3—July, August, September 2010. The photos in the article are a mixture of mine and the other expedition members. A summary of the project is available to read here. In 2008 a photographic exhibition from the journey was held at Canning House entitled Orquídeas Interoceánicas

Orchis Digest Volume 74 Cover

Epidendrum Secundum Orchid was found during the InterOcenaic scientific expedition to Peru from 1700 to 2300 meters near Limocpuco in Transect II. Orchid Digest Volume 74 Back Cover. Photo: Quintin Lake

An Orchid Hunting Journey over the Peruvian Andes, 2008. Orchid Digest

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Filed under: Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Andes, David Rueger, Expedition, InterOceanic, InterOceanic Highway, Norma Salinas Revilla, Orchid Digest, Peru, Peruvian Orchids, Quintin Lake, Rosa María Román-Cuesta, South America, Theresa Meacham, William Nauray

Photographs of Peradayan Forest Reserve, Brunei

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:41:56 +0000

View up into rainforest canopy of Dipterocarp Treea in Peradayan Forest Reserve, Brunei

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Filed under: Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Brunei, Peradayan Forest Reserve, rainforest

Photographs of Iban Longboat or Temuai, Temburong River, Brunei

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:28:36 +0000

Iban longboat or Temuai on the Temburong river in Ulu Temburong

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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010

Filed under: Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Brunei, Longboat, Temburong River, Temuai

Photographs of Bagang or Anchovy Fishing Platform, Sabah, Borneo

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:28:19 +0000

Bagang is a traditional fishing structure for catching anchovy made of bamboo in Sabah, Borneo. A large fishing net is placed on the sea bottom and light is used to attract the fishes gathering above the net. When this looks promising the net is lifted to collect all the fishes trapped inside. The structure is very beautiful, floating on the sea like a sketch of a house, which I imagine holds the dreams of those who build them.

Bagang or fishing platform for catching Anchovy or (Ikan Bilis)

Side view of house like profile with hut of Bagang or fishing platform off Sandakan, Sabah

Many Bagang or fishing platform for catching Anchovy, Sabah

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Filed under: Architectural Photography, Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography Tagged: Anchovy, Anchovy Fishing Platform, Bagang, bamboo, Borneo, Fishing, Ikan Bilis, malaysia, Sabah, Sandakan, structure

Photographs of Sandakan & Water Village, Sabah, Malaysia

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:18:08 +0000

Men working in the fish market in Sandakan, Sabah, Borneo

Water Village in Kampung Buli Sim Sim in front of apartment blocks, Sandakan, Sabah

Wooden stilt house in the Water Village, Kampung Buli Sim Sim, Sandakan, Sabah

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Filed under: Architectural Photography, Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Kampung Buli Sim Sim, malaysia, Photography, Sabah, Sandakan, Water Village

Turtle Island Park photographs, Sabah, Borneo

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:03:09 +0000

Pulau Selingan (is one of three island located 40 kilometers north of Sandakan in Sabah, east Malaysia. During the peak season (October) up to 50 turtles come ashore to lay eggs. Marine turtles have been around for 230 million years at least, but due to human activities they have been brought, over the past hundred years, to the brink of extinction.

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings emerge from the sand at

Holding two Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings at Pulau Selingan

Turtle tracks head back to sea from the pit the mother turtle dug to lay her eggs at Pulau Selingaan (Island) Turtle Islands National Park, Sabah.

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Filed under: Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Borneo, Conservation, endangered, malaysia, Photography, Pulau Selingan, Sabah, Turtle, Turtle Island

Photographs of Kinabatangan River Wildlife, Sabah, Borneo

Quintin Lake — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:53:10 +0000

Family of Proboscis Monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) by Kinabatangan River, Sabah

Long-tailed or crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) by Kinabatangan River, Sabah

Dawn at Kinabatangan River, Sabah

Birds fly over a lone rainforest tree by Kinabatangan River, Sabah

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Filed under: Assignments, Documentary Photography, Expedition Photography, Photography Tagged: Borneo, Kinabatangan river, Macaque, Photography, Proboscis Monkeys, Sabah, Wildlife