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Flach’s work is concerned with how the anthropocentric view of animals informs debates around science, philosophy and ethics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lam |first1=May-Ying |title=Photographer Tim Flach’s latest work aims to offer a guide to the animal kingdom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpost/photographer-tim-flachs-latest-work-aims-to-offer-a-guide-to-the-animal-kingdom/2014/09/03/e12028e0-2eef-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d4c8a284bd57 |website=Washington Post |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en| date=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Flach |first1=Tim |title=More Than Human |date=2012 |publisher=PQ Blackwell |isbn=9780733629730 |page=6}}</ref> Flach is known for his use of the principles of human portraiture to engage with debates on anthropocentrism.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He believes that focusing on the animal’s personality allows him to connect the viewer with the subject of the photograph.<ref>{{cite web |title=YCN {{!}} Events {{!}} Tim Flach at YCN |url=https://www.ycn.org/events/194-tim-flach-at-ycn |website=YCN |accessdate=20 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
Flach’s work is concerned with how the anthropocentric view of animals informs debates around science, philosophy and ethics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lam |first1=May-Ying |title=Photographer Tim Flach’s latest work aims to offer a guide to the animal kingdom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpost/photographer-tim-flachs-latest-work-aims-to-offer-a-guide-to-the-animal-kingdom/2014/09/03/e12028e0-2eef-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d4c8a284bd57 |website=Washington Post |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en| date=4 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Flach |first1=Tim |title=More Than Human |date=2012 |publisher=PQ Blackwell |isbn=9780733629730 |page=6}}</ref> Flach is known for his use of the principles of human portraiture to engage with debates on anthropocentrism.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


Flach aims to enhance popular familiarity with animals and the natural world.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shute |first1=Joe |title=Extraordinary photographs that show the human side of endangered animals |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/14/extraordinary-photographs-show-human-side-endangered-animals/ |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=14 October 2017}}</ref> His work explores the role of art in conservation and science communication.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Rose |title=Tempus News - 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 |website=https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/ |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en| date=10 July 2018}}</ref> His compositional approach is continually influenced by fine art and by scientific investigations into image-perception.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evening |first1=Martin |title=Photographers at Work: Essential Production Skills for Photographers in Editorial, Design and Advertising |date=2015 |publisher=New Riders |isbn=978-0321994141 |page=254}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Joy |title=Through the lens of Tim Flach · The Role of Art in Connecting with Nature |url=https://www.sustainablejungle.com/conservation/tim-flach-connecting-with-nature/ |website=Sustainable Jungle |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=14 March 2018}}</ref>
Flach focuses on the animal's personality to aims to invigorate debates on conservation and ecology,<ref>{{cite web |title=YCN {{!}} Events {{!}} Tim Flach at YCN |url=https://www.ycn.org/events/194-tim-flach-at-ycn |website=YCN |accessdate=20 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and aims to enhance popular familiarity with animals and the natural world.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shute |first1=Joe |title=Extraordinary photographs that show the human side of endangered animals |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/10/14/extraordinary-photographs-show-human-side-endangered-animals/ |website=The Telegraph |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=14 October 2017}}</ref> His work explores the role of art in conservation and science communication.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Rose |title=Tempus News - 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 |website=https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/ |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en| date=10 July 2018}}</ref> His compositional approach is continually influenced by fine art and by scientific investigations into image-perception.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evening |first1=Martin |title=Photographers at Work: Essential Production Skills for Photographers in Editorial, Design and Advertising |date=2015 |publisher=New Riders |isbn=978-0321994141 |page=254}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Joy |title=Through the lens of Tim Flach · The Role of Art in Connecting with Nature |url=https://www.sustainablejungle.com/conservation/tim-flach-connecting-with-nature/ |website=Sustainable Jungle |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=14 March 2018}}</ref>


Flach is known for his wildlife photography as well as his studio-based portraiture and abstracts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crowcroft |first1=Orlando |title=Lemurs, tigers and tamarins, oh my! Inside Tim Flach's remarkable photo anthology about endangered animals |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2018/05/25/endangered-animals-gorillas-rhinos-hunting-pollution-urbanization-and-930148.html |website=Newsweek |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en |date=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Live Show With Tim Flach Photographer {{!}} Karl Taylor Education |url=https://www.karltayloreducation.com/live-show-with-tim-flach-photographer/ |website=www.karltayloreducation.com |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref>
Flach is known for his wildlife photography as well as his studio-based portraiture and abstracts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crowcroft |first1=Orlando |title=Lemurs, tigers and tamarins, oh my! Inside Tim Flach's remarkable photo anthology about endangered animals |url=https://www.newsweek.com/2018/05/25/endangered-animals-gorillas-rhinos-hunting-pollution-urbanization-and-930148.html |website=Newsweek |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en |date=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Live Show With Tim Flach Photographer {{!}} Karl Taylor Education |url=https://www.karltayloreducation.com/live-show-with-tim-flach-photographer/ |website=www.karltayloreducation.com |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref>

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Tim Flach
NationalityBritish
EducationCentral St. Martin's
Occupationphotography
Websitetimflach.com (requires Flash)

Tim Flach is a British photographer famous for his photographs 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.[1][2] He studied Communications Design at the North East London Polytechnic (1977-80), and then Photography and Painted Structures at Central St. Martins (1982-83).[3]

Work

Flach’s work is concerned with how the anthropocentric view of animals informs debates around science, philosophy and ethics.[4][5] Flach is known for his use of the principles of human portraiture to engage with debates on anthropocentrism.[6]

Flach focuses on the animal's personality to aims to invigorate debates on conservation and ecology,[7] and aims to enhance popular familiarity with animals and the natural world.[8] His work explores the role of art in conservation and science communication.[9] His compositional approach is continually influenced by fine art and by scientific investigations into image-perception.[10][11]

Flach is known for his wildlife photography as well as his studio-based portraiture and abstracts.[12][13]

His work has been commissioned and featured by publications such as National Geographic,[14] Creative Review,[15] The New York Times,[16] The Guardian[17] and The New Scientist.[18] He has lectured at universities worldwide,[19] as well as at institutions such as the Zoological Society of London[20] and the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.[21] He has released five books to date: Equus (2008), Dogs: Gods (2010), More than Human (2012), Evolution (2013) and Endangered (2017).

Awards and recognition

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)

Exhibitions

  • Equus II, Independent Photographers Gallery, Battle, England, 2009[29]
  • Dogs Gods, Bailly Contemporain, Paris, France, 2011[30]
  • Dogs Gods, Dubinsky Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011[31]
  • More than Human, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, England, 2012[32]
  • International Tashkent Photo Biennial, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2014[33]
  • More than Human, Kyotographie International Photography Festival, Shima Gallery, Kyoto Japan, 2014[34][35]
  • Equus, L'Abbaye de L'Epau, Normandy, France, 2014[36]
  • Retina, Scottish International Photography Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2015[37]
  • Wonders of Nature, Gasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany, 2017[38][39]
  • Endangered, St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), St Petersburg, Russia, 2017[40][41]
  • Endangered, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, UK, 2017[42]
  • Endangered, Zingst Photo Festival, Postplatz, Germany, 2018[43]

References

  1. ^ "Tim Flach". Heist. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ milan (29 January 2016). "Tim Flach - Photographer Magazine". Photographer Magazine. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^ Wuersch, Christoph. "Biography Tim Flach Dubinsky Fine Arts". www.dubinsky.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ Lam, May-Ying (4 September 2014). "Photographer Tim Flach's latest work aims to offer a guide to the animal kingdom". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ^ Flach, Tim (2012). More Than Human. PQ Blackwell. p. 6. ISBN 9780733629730.
  6. ^ Sim, David (30 December 2015). "Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. ^ "YCN | Events | Tim Flach at YCN". YCN. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  8. ^ Shute, Joe (14 October 2017). "Extraordinary photographs that show the human side of endangered animals". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ^ Adams, Rose (10 July 2018). "Tempus News - Animal instincts: Tim Flach invites us to adopt a fresh perspective on wildlife conservation". https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/. Retrieved 21 August 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  10. ^ Evening, Martin (2015). Photographers at Work: Essential Production Skills for Photographers in Editorial, Design and Advertising. New Riders. p. 254. ISBN 978-0321994141.
  11. ^ Joy (14 March 2018). "Through the lens of Tim Flach · The Role of Art in Connecting with Nature". Sustainable Jungle. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  12. ^ Crowcroft, Orlando (17 May 2018). "Lemurs, tigers and tamarins, oh my! Inside Tim Flach's remarkable photo anthology about endangered animals". Newsweek. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Live Show With Tim Flach Photographer | Karl Taylor Education". www.karltayloreducation.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  14. ^ Berlin, Jeremy (10 October 2017). "Horses Make Facial Expressions Just Like Humans". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  15. ^ Lucas, Gavin (20 October 2010). "Tim Flach's Dogs - Creative Review". Creative Review. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ^ Richardson, Whitney (1 April 2014). "An Evolving View of Animals". Lens Blog. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  17. ^ Kropshofer, Katharina (23 October 2017). "Tim Flach's endangered species – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  18. ^ Hamzelou, Jessica (25 October 2017). "Pied tamarin doesn't look too happy about its extreme close-up". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  19. ^ "BIPP Blog - Tim Flach FBIPP - UK Tour for BIPP!". Bipp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Endangered: Species behind the lens". Zoological Society of London (ZSL). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  21. ^ D'Allesandro, Maria Michela (1 June 2017). "Four cultural events you should attend at this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum". Prospekt Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  22. ^ Honorary doctorates for fashion industry doyenne, pioneering photographer and renowned walking artist. Norwich University of the Arts. Accessed April 2018.
  23. ^ a b Honorary Fellowships (HonFRPS). The Royal Photographic Society. Accessed April 2018.
  24. ^ "BIPP :: British Institute of Professional Photography > Awards > Judges". Bipp.com.
  25. ^ Tim Flach. D&AD. Accessed April 2018.
  26. ^ "Search - Graphis". Graphis.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  27. ^ "Tim Flach Photographer - All About Photo". All-about-photo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  28. ^ Sim, David (22 July 2015). "Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  29. ^ "Tim Flach/Equus II - Exhibition at Independent Photographers Gallery in Battle". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  30. ^ Wuersch, chriswuersch.com, Christoph. "Biography Tim Flach Dubinsky Fine Arts". Dubinsky.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ "Dubinsky Fine Arts". Dubinsky.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  32. ^ "More Than Human: Animal Portraits by Tim Flach at Osborne Samuel Gallery, Mayfair - tikichris". tikichris. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  33. ^ Tukhtabaeva, Regina (11 October 2015). "International Tashkent foto bienale 2014 | San'at | Archive of San'at magazine". sanat.orexca.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  34. ^ Press release, Kyotographie. Reproduced here (PDF) within the website of 2e Bureau. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  35. ^ "Kyotographie: A photography festival descends upon Kyoto", Spoon and Tamago, 8 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  36. ^ "« Equus by Tim Flach » at the Abbaye de l'Epau, Yvré L'Evêque". Plumevoyage.fr. July 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  37. ^ "Retina :: Retina 2015". Retinafestival.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  38. ^ Märdian, Sarah. "Wonders of Nature - Gasometer Oberhausen". Gasometer.de. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  39. ^ "Wunder der Natur - Bis 3. Dezember 2017 verlängert!". 28 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  40. ^ D'Alessandro, Maria Michaela (1 June 2017). "Four cultural events you should attend at this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum". Prospekt Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  41. ^ "Life in Harmony: 'It's Never Been More Important to Connect to Natural World'". sputniknews.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  42. ^ "Tim Flach: Endangered | Osborne Samuel". Osbornesamuel.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  43. ^ "Zingst-EN". Chromaluxe.eu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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