Författare: Staffan

On December 10-13, 2014, Staffan was invited to a Top-level photo competition shoot at the famous Poyang Ho lake in Jiangxi province, China. Poyang Ho is an extremely important wintering ground for hundreds of thousands of wetland birds, including cranes of 4 species and among them the critically endangered Siberian snow crane. Among the six photographers taking part, three were World Press Photo award winners, and two, among them Staffan, had been World Press Photo jury members. This event was organised by the Chinese Photographers Magazine and its Chief Editor Wang Baoguo, and sponsored also by the Poyang Ho County. The photographers’ task was to describe the natural and human life around the lake, through max 30 images. After three days of very cold and partly wet weather, and intensive travel in, on and around this huge lake, one of the world’s biggest, the images were presented for a big audience and a number of very qualified critics, who then in detail went through their opinions and thoughts when they saw the images. Staffan was the only nature photographer in the team and his images were widely praised by the audience and the critics. Apart from Staffan, the participants were: Frank Rothe, Germany, together with Chen Kunrong, Wei Zheng, Andrew Wong and Zhao Qing from China, all producing top quality images, some of it really exciting stuff. Please find Staffan’s 30 Poyang Ho images here:

 

Watch European bison being released into the wild. Swedish TV program Mitt i naturen followed the long journey of the bisons, from Avesta Visentpark in Sweden to the rewilding area in the Tarcu mountains, Romania, where they were released in the wild. Staffan and others from Rewilding Europe involved in the bison release explain why the bison is such an important species in Europe. The release is a big event and many Romanians gather to celebrate the return of the bison. Watch Episode 7 here https://www.svtplay.se/video/2531430/mitt-i-naturen/avsnitt-7

Staffan is invited to the Lowland Photo Festival in CC Ter Dilft in Bornem, Belgium on November 22-23 where he will give a presentation about Wild Wonders of Europe and Rewilding Europe. The festival program is packed with nature and wildlife photography lectures, workshops and exhibitions for more information and tickets go to https://www.landschapvzw.be/lowland-photo-festival-2014-0

 

 

Staffan talks at ”Living off nature –Perspectives on nature tourism and entrepreneurship”, a nature tourism seminar in Finland organized by Kainuu Nature Tourism. A two day event on the topic ”Nature, wildlife, tourism and business – sustainability, ethicality, responsibility, well-being of the entrepreneur. Can we find the way?” Staffan will present Wild Wonders of Europe and Rewilding Europe with a focus on wildlife watching on November 18 in Vuokatti. More information here https://www.invitations.fi/kainuunetu/livingoffnature/

 

The National Geographic International Council of Advisors were in Stockholm September 18-22 for meetings, presentations and seeing some of the major sights during their stay – from the Millesgården and Gamla staden to the Wasa museum and Fotografiska. Staffan was invited to give a keynote presentation to them at Fotografiska, showing images on four different screens on three walls, some images from the Arctic but most from Wild Wonders of Europe and Rewilding Europe, including two short films. Staffan also presented the possible new Wild Wonders of China. It was a lovely and very competent and experienced audience.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo: Johan Lygrell

On Friday September 26 you can listen to Staffan talk about Rewilding Europe and Wild Wonders of Europe, also showing some of his latest images from Svalbard and British Columbia. The lecture is at EXPO, a two day event at Scandinavian Photo in Malmö, Sweden. There will be other photography lectures too and Nikon is there to show their latest products. More information and tickets here

 

Staffan joined Polar Quest as a lecturer and expedition photographer on a Svalbard expedition cruise with m/s Quest, 2-12/9. The group spent 10 nights on the ship and made several landings with Zodiacs to explore the Arctic landscapes and wildlife. Fantastic encounters with walrus, Svalbard reindeer, arctic fox, polar bear, beluga whale and bearded seal provided great photo opportunities and some memories for life. So did the ”Polar plunge” in the Arctic Ocean at the 80th parallel.

 

Staffan was invited to the Folgefonna-conference in the Hardanger area, Hordaland, Norway, August 27-28, where he gave an illustrated presentation about the natural heritage of the Hardanger area and what international tourism potential it might have, with a focus on wildlife watching. More information about the event (in Norwegian) here

 

During February 13-24, Staffan joined Ola Skinnarmo and Expeditionsresor as the official expedition photographer during their trip to Galapagos and Peru. Visiting the Inka sites in Cuzco and Machu Picchu in Peru, as well as an expedition cruise on board the m/s Coral II around some of the best areas of the fascinating Galapagos archipelago in Ecuador.

 

Staffan is interviewed in Swedish national TV news program Aktuellt about rewilding and the initiative Rewilding Europe

 

Staffan Widstrand is invited to Xishuangbanna Photo Festival in Yunnan, China, talks about Wild Wonders of Europe and presents the ideas behind a possible Wild Wonders of China. An event on the topic Nature Photography as a tool for nature conservation followed at the ”Zhengzhou High-end Foreign Photography Forum.” Art photography exhibitions by the three Nordic nature photographers Jari Peltomäki, Staffan Widstrand and Olli Lamminsalo were on display and visited by over 1000 people already the first day. Two days of slide presentations and workshop lectures followed at the He Nan Art Gallery, after the exhibition launch. Thereafter a full day nature photography workshop, called ”Photography Talk time”, was held at the Ministry of Culture Old University in Beijing. Speakers in front of this hand-picked audience of Chinese professional photographers were: Jari Peltomäki, Staffan Widstrand, and Olli Lamminsalo. A ceremony also took place, where photo books were donated to China’s National Library Reference Collection by the speakers, and the Old University also issued “visiting professor” certificates to the three foreign speakers. Good discussions followed about subjects like photojournalism, digital manipulation and the balance between commercial and non-profit clients and assignments and the speakers also met with the China Folklore Photographic Association, CFPA, to talk about several ways to cooperate along the way forward. https://wildwondersofchina.com/en/

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Staffan Widstrand talks to Nick Chipperfield at Radio Sweden about the Wild Wonders of Europe outdoor exhibition in Stockholm, nature conservation and the wildlife comeback. Listen to the interview in English https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5638894

 

Ekologigruppen has organized an evening of Wild Wonders in Stockholm Tuesday September 17, where Staffan Widstrand will give an inspirational talk and show images, followed by a guided tour of the Wild Wonders of Europe outdoor exhibition on Raoul Wallenbergs Torg. More information of place, time and registration to the event on Ekologigruppens website https://www.ekologigruppen.se/omoss/wildwonders.html

 

”Nordic Light”
– an art photography exhibition at the heart of beautiful Österlen in Skåne, Sweden
at the Bränneriet Art gallery, Södra Björstorps säteri
Opening/Vernissage Saturday May 11 at 13.00

 

Staffan Widstrand will be opening his exhibition ”Nordic Light” at Kuskahusen in Österlen, Sweden 11-12 May. There will be a weekend of events including a dinner at the private view where Staffan will give a lecture and a photo safari which Staffan will lead.
More information and tickets here https://www.kuskahusen.se/sv/