Tim Flach
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Tim Flach is a British photographer who specialises in studio photography of animals. He has published several books of photographs.
Life
Flach was born in London, where he works and lives with his wife and son.{{cite web |title=Tim Flach |url=https://www.heist-online.com/tim-flach/ |website=Heist |accessdate=19 August 2018 |date=5 January 2018}}{{cite web |author1=milan |title=Tim Flach - Photographer Magazine |url=http://www.photographermagazine.net/tim-flach/ |website=Photographer Magazine |accessdate=19 August 2018 |date=29 January 2016}}
Work
Flach works in a studio in Shoreditch, in the East End of London. Many of his photographs are of captive animals and are taken under highly controlled conditions with the help of a large support team;{{r|cher|page=155|lam}} he sometimes employs techniques more usual in human portraiture.{{cite web |last1=Sim |first1=David |title=Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tim-flach-expressive-animal-portraits-go-show-retina-photography-festival-edinburgh-1512090 |website=International Business Times UK |accessdate=20 August 2018 |language=en |date=30 December 2015}} For his book Endangered, published in 2017, he also photographed some wild animals in their natural habitat.{{r|guard}}
His work has appeared in National Geographic,{{cite web |last1=Berlin |first1=Jeremy |title=Horses Make Facial Expressions Just Like Humans |website=National Geographic Society |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/10/explore-animals-horse-facial-expressions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013094420/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/10/explore-animals-horse-facial-expressions/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2017 |accessdate=17 August 2018 |date=10 October 2017}} Creative Review,{{cite web |last1=Lucas |first1=Gavin |title=Tim Flach's Dogs - Creative Review |url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/tim-flachs-dogs/ |website=Creative Review |accessdate=17 August 2018 |date=20 October 2010}} The New York Times,{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Whitney |title=An Evolving View of Animals |url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/an-evolving-view-of-animals/ |website=Lens Blog |accessdate=17 August 2018| date=1 April 2014 |language=en}} The Guardian{{cite web |last1=Kropshofer |first1=Katharina |title=Tim Flach's endangered species – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/23/tim-flachs-endangered-species-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |accessdate=17 August 2018 |date=23 October 2017}} and The New Scientist.{{cite web |last1=Hamzelou |first1=Jessica |title=Pied tamarin doesn't look too happy about its extreme close-up |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631490-100-pied-tamarin-doesnt-look-too-happy-about-its-extreme-closeup/ |website=New Scientist |accessdate=17 August 2018| date=25 October 2017}} He has lectured at various universities,{{cite web |title=BIPP Blog - Tim Flach FBIPP - UK Tour for BIPP! |url=http://www.bipp.com/BIPPBlog/tabid/1103/EntryId/28/Tim-Flach-FBIPP-UK-Tour-for-BIPP.aspx |website=Bipp.com |accessdate=17 August 2018}} and at institutions such as the Zoological Society of London{{cite web |title=Endangered: Species behind the lens |url=https://www.zsl.org/conservation/news/endangered-species-behind-the-lens |website=Zoological Society of London (ZSL) |accessdate=17 August 2018| date=26 October 2017 |language=en}} and the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.{{cite web |last1=D'Allesandro |first1=Maria Michela |title=Four cultural events you should attend at this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum |url=http://www.prospektmag.com/2017/06/beyond-business-4-cultural-events-attend-years-st-petersburg-international-economic-forum/ |website=Prospekt Magazine |accessdate=17 August 2018 |date=1 June 2017}}
Publications
- Equus (2008). New York; London: Abrams. {{ISBN|9780810971424}}
- Dogs (2010). New York; London: Abrams. {{ISBN|9780810997646}}
- More Than Human (2012). New York; London: Abrams. {{ISBN|9781419706677}} (text by Lewis Blackwell)
- Evolution (2013). Hamburg: Stern Gruner + Jahr. {{ISBN|9783652001588}}
- Endangered (2017). New York: Abrams. {{ISBN|9781419726514}} (with Jonathan E.M. Baillie and Sam Wells)
Positions held and awards
- 2013: Honorary Fellowship | British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP).{{cite web |title=Professional Photography Awards - Judges |url=https://www.bipp.com/Awards/Judges |website=British Institute of Professional Photography |access-date=20 September 2021}}
- 2013: Honorary Doctorate | Norwich University of the Arts, "for services to Photography".{{cite web |title=Honorary Awards |url=https://www.nua.ac.uk/about-nua/honorary-awards/ |website=Norwich University of the Arts |access-date=13 September 2021}}
- 2013: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (HonFRPS){{Cite web|last=Adams|first=Rose|date=10 Jul 2018|title=Animal instincts: Tim Flach invites us to adopt a fresh perspective on wildlife conservation|url=https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/news/animal-instincts-tim-flach-invites-us-to-adopt-a-fresh-perspective-on-wildlife-conservation|access-date=2021-10-13|website=tempusmagazine.co.uk|language=en}}
- 2019 to present: President of the Association of Photographers (AOP){{cite web |title=Tim Flach is new AOP President |url=https://www.the-aop.org/what-s-on/news/post/2019/03/25/announcement-tim-flach-is-new-aop-president |website=The Association of Photographers |access-date=20 September 2021}}
References
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Further reading
- [https://www.ycn.org/events/194-tim-flach-at-ycn Tim Flach at YCN]. YouCanNow.
- Joe Shute (14 October 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/14/extraordinary-photographs-show-human-side-endangered-animals/ Extraordinary photographs that show the human side of endangered animals]. The Telegraph.
- Rose Adams (10 July 2018). [https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/news/animal-instincts-tim-flach-invites-us-to-adopt-a-fresh-perspective-on-wildlife-conservation Tim Flach invites us to adopt a fresh perspective on wildlife conservation]. Tempus.
- Martin Evening (2015). Photographers at Work: Essential Production Skills for Photographers in Editorial, Design and Advertising. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education. {{isbn|9780321994141}}, page 254.
- Orlando Crowcroft (17 May 2018). [https://www.newsweek.com/2018/05/25/endangered-animals-gorillas-rhinos-hunting-pollution-urbanization-and-930148.html The Reasons Why Animals Are Endangered: A Look at Tim Flach's Remarkable Photo Anthology]. Newsweek.
- Rachel Segal Hamilton ([n.d.]). [https://www.canon-europe.com/pro/stories/tim-flach-endangered/ Tim Flach's Intimate Portraits Of Endangered Animals]. Canon Europe.
- Angus Chen (16 December 2017). [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/16/570816522/photos-animals-that-could-disappear-because-of-us?t=1530483029394 Photos: Animals That Could Disappear Because Of Us]. National Public Radio.
- Wendyrosie Scott (31 January 2018). [https://theecologist.org/2018/jan/31/tim-flachs-photographic-collection-asks-us-focus-endangered-species Tim Flach's photographic collection asks us to focus on endangered species]. The Ecologist.
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