Artur Tabor

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Wild Poland exhibition . Natural Heritage of Europe in Oliwa Park in Gdańsk

Artur Tabor (* 1968 in Radom ; † July 2, 2010 in Mongolia ) was a well-known Polish nature photographer and documentary filmmaker .

Tabor graduated from the Akademia Podlaska in Siedlce . After his training he devoted himself to wildlife observation and nature photography with a focus on the Podlaskie region . His first illustrated book was entitled Bug. Nadbużańskie Podlasie . Tabor has published in numerous Polish magazines and received international attention, for example through publications in National Geographic and awards at national and international photo competitions. In 2002 his picture " Moor frogs fighting for a female" was awarded by the International Federation of Wildlife Photography and was praised at the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2002 competition . His photo “Dance in the Dawn” won the “Glanzlichter 2005” competition.

Since 1998 he has been involved in filming; his first nature film Podlaski Przełom Bugu was released in 2001 and was awarded at a Polish nature film festival in 2002. More documentaries followed. One of his last projects was the Wild Poland exhibition . Natural Heritage of Europe , which was shown across Europe.

On July 2, 2010, Tabor died while traveling in Mongolia.

Illustrated books (selection)

  • Wisła. Krołowa Rzek ( Eng . "Vistula. Queen of Rivers"). Gondwana Publishing House, 2009
  • Bug. Pejzaż nostalgiczny ( Eng . "Bug. Nostalgic landscape"). Verlag Gondwana, 2008 ISBN 978-8392036678
  • Sowy Polski ( Eng . "The Owls of Poland"), texts by Artur Gaweł, Grzegorz Grzywaczewski, Romuald Mikusek, Przemysław Stachyra, Paweł Szczepaniak. Winkowski Sp. Z oo 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of awards on arturtabor.pl ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arturtabor.pl
  2. ↑ IFWP competition 2002, results, ifwp.net  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ifwp.net  
  3. ^ Gesellschaft deutscher Tierfotografie, gallery of the excellent photos for 2002 on gdtfoto.de ( Memento of the original from September 26th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gdtfoto.de
  4. ↑ project nature & photography, excellent photo
  5. ↑ The Exhibition - wildpoland.org
personal data
SURNAME Tabor, Artur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish nature photographer and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Radom , Poland
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2010
Place of death Mongolia