This Photographer Captured Beautiful Photos of Animals That May Soon Be Extinct

Animals

| January 4, 2018 | By Margo Gothelf

This photographer is paying special attention to endangered animals to make sure they will not be forgotten.

Tim Flach is known for his eye-catching photographs of animals around the globe. The London-based photographer recently spent some time focusing on animals that are under threat. Flach was able to capture many of the animals in their natural habitats.

Flach’s latest book, Endangered, focuses on animals who are near extinction. According to BuzzFeed, the idea for the book “came from discussions he had with conservationists.”

The Crowned Sifaka This shot is intended to eco the anthropomorphism of a child sat at a school assembly, which emphasises a sense of vulnerability. The Sifaka have exuberantly sideways pogo with arms flung high for balance Unfortunately their homes in the tall Madagascan trees are being destroyed and they only survive in micro pockets. ICUN Red list: Endangered It is also the cover of my new book, Endangered. #endangered #conservation #wildlife #sifaka #lema #primate #photography #timflach #portrait #vulnerable #cute #fluffy

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The two-year project highlights animals that live around the globe. The animals that Flach captured on film “face some form of threat, including pollution, poaching, lack of food, habitat destruction, and climate change.”

The local people describe this animal as their ancestor, and call them ‘wild men of the mountains’ This Yunnan snub-nose monkey, who lives at a higher altitude than any primate in the dense bamboo thickets of the Henduan mountains in south-western China. Scientists first describe the species in 1890, but faded into obscurity and thought extinct until rediscovered in 1962. #yunnanmonkey #endangered #iucnredlist #wildlife #photography #timflach #monkey #sassy #monkeylips #portrait

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Flach hopes his striking photos will help change the conversation about endangered animals. When people read his book, Flach hopes they ask, “To whom does the term ‘endangered’ really apply?”

“We as humans are connected to animals through our origins,” Flach told BuzzFeed. “If we don’t value them, we might lose them, and lose part of ourselves in the process.”

I spend days travelling through the Mountains on the Philippine islands looking for this eagle, and in the end I photographed it at a rescue sanctuary. The Philippine Eagle has the largest wing span of any eagle, at 2 metres, and is only found on the Philippine islands, where it is the national bird. IUCN: Critically Endangered #eagle #philippineeagle #endangered #iucn #timflach #photography #wildlife #bird #canonuk

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