DAVID MAITLAND

David Maitland’s striking images have made him one of today’s leading nature photographers. He talks to David Clark about his passion for both art and science

David Maitland’s photography reveals weird and wonderful details of the natural world that are usually too small for us to see with the naked eye. Armed with plenty of photographic expertize and the scientific knowledge gained during his academic career, his photographs are a perfect combination of science and art. Colourful, intriguing and often quirky, his work ranges from detailed macro shots of reptiles, amphibians and insects to microscopic studies of organisms up to 1000x life size. However, as well as being visually striking, the tiny details they highlight also tell us something about individual species and their behaviour. Maitland, 58, has been fascinated by the close examination of natural subjects since his childhood in St Andrews in Scotland. As he explains, this coastal environment was the ideal catalyst for…

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