{"id":12824,"date":"2022-03-10T22:31:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T22:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=12824"},"modified":"2022-04-05T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T08:56:14","slug":"flamingo-by-claudio-contreras-koob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/10\/flamingo-by-claudio-contreras-koob\/","title":{"rendered":"FLAMINGO by Claudio Contreras Koob"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLAMINGO by teNeues Media<\/a> features the astonishing work of\u00a0award-winning Mexican photographer Claudio Contreras Koob. He and co-author Martha A. Salazar tell the story of the Caribbean flamingos in Mexico’s Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula. The UK edition<\/a> was published on 1st April 2022.<\/p>\n\"teNeues\n

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A World of Many Colours<\/h3>\n

Claudio\u2019s fascination with flamingos began in his childhood when his summers were spent in the Yucat\u00e1n. He discovered the incredible diversity of wildlife in this near-pristine part of the world, home to these charismatic birds with their eye-catching plumage and displays. He has spent a decade learning about and photographing them: their behaviour, biology and geographical ranges, always mindful of their well-being and comfort while in their presence.<\/p>\n

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His patience and tenacity paid off: the images he captured of these secretive birds are unparalleled, achieving an intimacy and understanding rarely witnessed let alone photographed. The flamingos’ colourful lives unfolded before his lens: the graceful poses in bright orange that lasted mere seconds; a white flamingo chick just hatched from its egg under the watchful gaze of its parent; the adventures and tantrums of parents and grey\/brown youngsters alike as they navigated parenthood and adolescence. All set against the background of the\u00a0Yucat\u00e1n with its sprawling mangrove forests and secret freshwater springs known only to the flamingos; the waters in the most intense shades of green, pink, orange and yellow due the algae and tannins within.<\/p>\n

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