Författare: Staffan

Widstrand has been nominated to appear on the list of ”Swedens 100 most Environmentally influential people”. News from the brand new web page of the ”Naturfotograferna” – The Swedish Nature Photographers’ Association. Staffan Widstrand, Mattias Klum and two other nature photographers are on the list of nominees. Read the article at Naturfotograferna: https://www.naturfotograferna.se/151-2011-12-13-n-fotografer-kan-bli-miljomaktigaste

Dont miss Wild Wonders of Europe´s ”Wild Friends” our 1st free App for iOS devices!! Perfect for families, nature lovers, photographers or explorers. Wild Friends is an exciting blend of cool stories and info about species, habitats and conservation, spiced up with great photography and behind-the-lens views from our photographers. Enjoy the journey! 🙂 Read more on Wild Wonders of Europe´s page: https://www.wild-wonders.com/products_app.asp

Staffan Widstrand leads ambitious photography workshops together with Better Moments in 2012. Visiting the Sea Eagles in Norway 9-16 June, the Bears and Wolves in Finland 4-11 August, and the Jaguars, Giant otters and Harpy eagles in Pantanal, Brazil in cooperation with the agency ”Better Moments”, which specialises in top-level photo workshops all over the world. www.better-moments.com The arrangements are made in cooperation also with Wild Wonders of Europe.

Jesper Tønning Photography blogs about Staffan Widstrand after the workshop Staffan held in Denmark. Read the blog here

Staffan will hold a lecture at Fotomässan this coming Saturday.

Widstrand in Danish Nordjyske about a workshop he held for nature photographers in Denmark.

Photography by Wild Wonders of Europe. Available in English, German & French. Available on www.amazon.com for example.

 

The interview, in Spanish:

https://blog.fotoruta.com/2011/09/12/staffan-widstrand/

The fifth Wild Wonders of Europe indoor exhibition in China, opens Saturday 27/8 2011 in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province. Staffan Widstrand will be there, also holding a couple of photographic workshops and meeting with Wild wonders of Europe’s Chinese partners to discuss further cooperation.

A 12-page story, shot on assignment in the Rewilding Europe areas in Spain and Portugal for NGM Netherlands, is published in the magazine’s September issue. The opening spread can be seen here. NGM Staff writer Pancras Dijk visited the rewilding areas Campanarios de Azaba and Faia Brava in Western Iberia, both included in the Rewilding Europe initiative. He tells a story about the changes in the countryside here, about land abandonment, an ageing population and half-open landscapes that are quickly turning into bushland. He also describes the opportunities: the rewilding of a huge area where wild nature can stand on its own feet and where wild nature is the new engine of the local economy. A fantastic story, with all images by Wild Wonders of Europe photographer Staffan Widstrand.

 
 

This groundbreaking and very ambitious initiative, with the tag line ”A new beginning. For wildlife. For us”, has launched its new web site today. A very colourful one indeed! Quoting from their Mission statement: Rewilding Europe wants to make Europe a wilder place, with much more space for wildlife, wilderness and natural processes. Bringing back the variety of life for us all to enjoy and exploring new ways for people to earn a fair living from the wild. Rewilding Europe aims to rewild one million hectares of land by 2020, creating 10 magnificent wildlife and wilderness areas of international quality. We will especially focus on Europe’s huge areas of abandoned land, and on providing a viable business case for wild nature. Rewilding Europe is an initiative by WWF Netherlands, ARK Nature, Wild Wonders of Europe and Conservation Capital. All the images are from the Wild Wonders of Europe collection. Check it out https://www.rewildingeurope.com/

 

Wild Wonders Exhibition in Copenhagen extended to August 31, 2011, and moved to the Kongens Nytorv square. The exhibition, which has reached wide attention from Danish media and received a lot of enthusiastic appreciation from the very wide Copenhagen audience, has now been extended and moved to the Kongens Nytorv square, near the famous Nyhavn bar and restaurant district, at least until August 31. If you haven’t seen it yet, you still have the chance for another two weeks. Enjoy!

An image by Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe is the cover of the German GEO magazine September issue.

”The Wildlife comeback in Europe” is this month’s cover story of the respected magazine, whose German language edition has a print run of some 350 000 copies and well over a million readers. The work done by Wild Wonders of Europe and Rewilding Europe is centre stage in the story. And all the pictures are by the Wild Wonders Dream Team of photographers. In the last months Anke Sparmann, staff writer at the German GEO Magazine travelled across European rewilding reserves. The cover story of GEO’s September issue – published on August 19th – features her journey into a continent getting wilder day by day. Anke experiences the astonishing comeback of some mammals and bird species in Europe and learns about the idea of Rewilding. She takes her readers into some Rewilding Europe project areas: Western Iberia in Spain and Portugal and the Eastern Carpathians in Poland and Slovakia. She wonders how rich our nature used to be – and what it takes to bring back the variety of life to the sparsely populated corners of our continent. Discovering Dutch Oostvaardersplassen, a place famous for its dense wildlife, Anke feels reminded of National Parks in Africa.  She realizes that our wildlife has the potential for an almost unbelievable recovery. Will we ever see it happen on a broader level? It is on us to decide, Anke writes: ”What kind of nature do we want?” She finally visits an area in Germany where the grey wolf has moved in again. Here as in other wild places the GEO author experiences the magic of being in the company of wild animals: ”It felt like reaching a clearing after a long walk through a dark forest. It felt like coming home.” The article is illustrated with pictures from Wild Wonders of Europe.

Read more on the GEO website

A great opportunity to join photographer Staffan Widstrand to meet the spring on a one day photo-trip through the Stockholm archipelago. An arrangement by Henrik Waldenström and Strömma AB, together with Nikon Sweden, Gunnar Olsson Foto, and Max Ström publishers. Lots of eider ducks, long-tailed ducks and probably the odd sea eagles and seals, and on land birch trees that are just about to open their leaves.
An unpretentious on-board photo-competition with great prices from the sponsors will be held and you will also find coffee, food and drinks in the restaurant on board the ship, M/S Cinderella I
Departure May 2, 2011  from Strandvägen, Stockholm at 09:00 with estimated return around 16:30.
All lectures held in Swedish.
Price: 510 SEK
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Fotoresa i Stockholms skärgård med båt den 2 maj, 2011.
En fin möjlighet att följa med fotografen Staffan Widstrand för att möta våren med en endagars båtresa i Stockholms skärgård. Resan arrangeras tillsammans med Henrik Waldenström och Strömma AB, Nikon Sverige, Gunnar Olsson Foto och bokförlaget Max Ström. Goda chanser att se ejder och alfågel samt möjligen havsörn och säl, och på land har björkarna precis öppnat sina små musöron till blad.
En lättsam foto tävling ombord på båten med fina priser från våra sponsorer utlovas. I restaurangen och cafeterian ombord finns möjlighet att köpa både kaffe, mat och dryck.
Båten M/S Cinderella I, avgår den 2:a maj från Strandvägen i Stockholm klockan 09:00 och vi beräknas vara tillbaka omkring 16:30. Samtliga föreläsningar kommer att hållas på svenska.
Pris: 510 kr

Staffan will be doing  several presentations at Kuusamo Nature photo festival, September 10-13 in Kuusamo, Finland;

– ”Ecotourism odyssey around the world”.
– ”My way of working”
– ”Think bigger – Wild Wonders of Europe”

The magnificent Wild Wonders of Europe outdoor street exhibition will next be shown in Copenhagen, Denmark. On Nytorvet square, near the famous shopping- and pedestrian street Strøget. Launch event on June 1. Enjoy beautiful Copenhagen this summer – and drop by our exhibition!

One of Swedens most read photo blogs writing about Staffan Widstrand holding a lecture. Read the review on fotosidan.se

Staffan Widstrand has been selected as one of the 40 most influential nature photographers. Outdoor Photography magazine has selected the top 40 nature photographers from around the globe who go the extra mile to use their images and time to help highlight (and even fix) some of the most pressing environmental and conservation issues. Staffan Widstrand is one of the selected photographers.

One of Staffan Widstrand’s images from 2009 has been awarded 3rd prize in ”Årets Bild/Image of the Year” in Sweden, in the ”Nature” category. This is the third time out of three that a Widstrand image wins an award in this competition (2008, 2009, 2010)

 

Staffan Widstrand will hold a keynote presentation about Wild Wonders of Europe at 08.30-09.30 on February 19  2010, at the yearly NANPA Summit (The North American Nature Photographers Association).

One of Staffan Widstrand’s images from 2009 has been awarded as one of the top three winners that year in ”Årets Bild/Image of the Year” in Sweden, in the ”Nature” category. Which award will be announced at the ”Årets Bild Gala” on March 5 (Widstrand’s birthday…), in Örebro, Sweden. This is the third time out of three that a Widstrand image wins an award in this competition (2008, 2009, 2010).

 

Please come and meet him when you can – here are some of the opportunities: – Barcelona, Spain, 5-10/10 at the World Conservation Congress. Together with ILCP, IUCN and Conservation International. Widstrand has 12 of the images in the World Conservation Union (IUCN) entry hall, including the main entry picture of the whole hall, most of them from the Dubai Desert Conservation Area.
Widstrand is also one of the keynote speakers on October 7, at the book launch of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) book on climate change.
– Copenhagen, Denmark 10/10  book launch of ”I den Arktiske Vind”, a new book by Widstrand and Magnus Elander about the Arctic, at the Copenhagen ”Kulturnatten”
– Stockholm, Sweden 17/10 book launch of the Swedish edition of ”Vindar från Arktis”, awarded the title: ”WWF Panda book of the Year 2009”, at a lunch with King Carl XVI Gustaf at the WWF Sweden office at Ulriksdals Slott, and then also at a press launch at 15.00, in the Absolute Ice bar at Nordic Blue Hotel.
– Stockholm, Sweden, 19/10, at Teaterskeppet, Skeppsbron, during the ”PolarQuest day”, a slide presentation about ”Pantanal and the Amazonas”.
– Lieira, Portugal, 24-26/10, at the FotoNaturis Festival, exhibition images and slide presentations about ”Wild Wonders of Europe” and ”The Big Five of Scandinavia”.
– London, UK, 31/10-1/11, at WildPhotos seminar, a presentation of some of the latest images from ”Wild Wonders of Europe”
– Kallhäll, Sweden, 19/11, at Folkets Hus, slide presentation about ”Wild Sweden”.
– Montier-en-Der, France, 21-23/11, at the huge Festival de la photo de la Nature, ”Wild Wonders of Europe” – exhibition and slide presentation.
– Alicante, Spain, 5-7/12, at the yearly Nature photo festival of the Spanish Nature Photographers Association (AEFONA), slide presentations about ”Wild Wonders of Europe” and ”Pantanal – The Serengeti of South America”.
– Courchevel, France, 11-14/12, a sneak preview of some ”Wild Wonders of Europe” images – some exhibition images and a slide presentation.
 New book:
Vindar från Arktis (”In the Arctic Wind”) authored by Widstrand and long-time project partner and fellow Swede Magnus Elander, with science research fact check by science reporters Henning Thing and Poul-Erik Philbert from Denmark. first edition published in Sweden and Denmark, selected the ”Panda Book of the Year” by WWF Sweden and already sold in 33 000 copies.
 Missions for Wild Wonders of Europe has taken Widstrand several times to Finland, Sardinia and Norway this summer and fall. Check it all out in his Wild Blogs and Galleries at www.wild-wonders.com
 Now also Mimmi Widstrand, 8, is an award-winning photographer, bagging a nice youth award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition at the Natural History Museum in London, with an image from Flatanger in Norway, of a herring gull. Mother Tuula says she tries to live with the fact that she is now the only family member who has not been awarded in this prestigious competition…
 Widstrand at IKEA
A recent campaign in all the IKEA stores in Sweden, by IKEA together with state-owned forestry company Sveaskog, to inspire the Swedes to spend more time in, and better enjoy the Great Outdoors, started this fall. It will consist of 4 different seasonal campaigns, all illustrated exclusively with Widstrands images. For sale in the IKEA print galleries, but also all over the world, are also a few other of Widstrands images of Swedish wildlife.
 Widstrand images decorating airport lounge bars
In Landvetter, Gothenburg and Arlanda, Stockholm the trendy Andersson Akvavit bars has been decorated with exclusively Widstrand images.

Staffan Widstrand was today announced Winner of the ARKive United Arab Emirates Wildlife Photography Competition. Staffan Widstrand was today announced Winner of the ARKive United Arab Emirates Wildlife Photography Competition.

The winning image shows two endangered Arabian Oryx antelope males in the desert sands,  with their long sabre-like horns engaged in a breeding season battle.
The Award will be forwarded by Sir David Attenborough.
The Arabian Oryx, also called the Al Maha,  is a very symbolic animal species in Arabia, and was at one stage totally extinct in the wild, but thanks to huge efforts over several decades, captive breeding- and re-introduction programmes, combined with strict conservation measures, this heraldic antelope species is now coming back on stage again in the wild in the Arab world. A huge conservation success story.
Widstrand also had three more images awarded in the same competition – of a Saker falcon, a Sand Fish skink lizard and a scene with Arabian mountain gazelles in the dunes.
This means 4 Widstrand shots out of a total of 9 awarded images in the competition.
The competition was arranged by Wildscreen/ARKive in the UK.
 

Widstrand just bagged two new photo awards and an Aquavit Bar: The Winning image in the ”Nature Image of the Year 2009” in the ”International PGB Awards” (Photographers Giving Back). The Runner-up in the Nature cathegory of ”Image of the Year 2009” in Sweden, Both awards were given to the same picture – a white snowy owl against a white snowy background, closing in on a little mouse sitting on the snow. On top of that, two more of Widstrand’s images were given honourable mentions and published in the book from each of the two competitions respectively. The newly started franchising chain ”Andersson Aquavit” just opened their first bar at Arlanda Airport. Full of Widstrand images from Northern regions on giant wall papers and in slide shows on 6 giant TV-screens.

 

Staffan Widstrand is one of the three first-ever winners of the ”Nature Image of the Year” cathegory of the Arets Bild (Image of the Year) competition in Sweden. Arets Bild is Sweden’s oldest and biggest photo competition, celebrating 65 years in business 2008. This year 469 photographers took part, with 4 251 entries, The winning images are presented in a book (where four of Widstrands images are shown) and two touring exhibitions. The awards ceremony was broadcast direct in Swedish television TV2. Staffan Widstrand was given the title ”Nature Photographer of the Year” in Sweden 2002, and has won eleven prizes in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. He is also a Director of the Wild Wonders of Europe initiative, which recently launched its first web site on February 14, 2008
www.wild-wonders.com

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Staffan Widstrand, +46-70-657 33 24,
photo@staffanwidstrand.se,
www.staffanwidstrand.se
Jonas Lemberg, +46-70-7334600,
jonas.lemberg@aretsbild.se
Competition Manager, Arets Bild

Årets Bild