Heather Angel (photographer)

Heather Hazel Angel FBIPP FRPS (née Le Rougetel; born 1941) is a British nature photographer, author, zoologist, and television presenter. She received in 1975 the Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society's Hood Medal, in 1984 the Medaille de Salverte from the Société Française de Photographie , and in 1998 the Louis Schmidt Award from the BioCommunications Association.

Quotes

Insect-pollinated flowers show various adaptations to attract insects—in the form of colour, pattern or scent or a combination of these factors. Flowers which are pollinated by butterflies and moths are usually heavily scented, especially those which are visited at night.
- Photographing Nature: Insects. Fountain Press. 1975. p. 21. ISBN 9780852424025. (96 pages)

Colour is of prime importance to life on earth: plants use it to attract insect pollinators and to aid dispersal of their fruit; animals use it to attract mates, as warning signals to predators and as camouflage.
- Photographing the Natural World. Sterling Publishing Company. 1994. p. 48. ISBN 9780806907147. (160 pages)

In addition to photographing flowers extensively on both sides the Atlantic, I have been fortunate to work in locations as diverse as South Africa, China, the Galápagos Islands, the high Arctic, the Mediterranean, and the Himalayas, and to participate in an unforgettable pony trek to Kashmir.
Photographing garden flowers may not involve such intrepid expeditions, but it can be equally challenging and rewarding nonetheless. In fact, the current vogue of wildflower gardens has blurred the traditional distinctions between garden flowers and wildflowers.
- "Introduction". How to Photograph Flowers. Stockpole Books. 1998. pp. ix–xii. ISBN 9780811724555. (131 pages; quote from p. ix)

From the discovery of fossil remains, we know that the giant panda once existed over a much larger range extending into Burma and northern Vietnam in the south, in China almost as far north as Beijing, the capital, and near Hong Kong and Shanghai in the east. Changes in climate reduced some of the panda's range, but in the twentieth century, the prime factor has been the rapid encroachment of the human population on the panda's habitat. As native forests have been logged or clear-cut for agriculture, suitable panda habitat has continued to shrink, until today it is confined to six mountain ranges running southwest from south of Xian to south of Chengdu along the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.
- Pandas. World life library. Voyageur Press. 1998. p. 15. ISBN 9781610604871. (72 pages)

As the sun dips towards the horizon, a huge white ice arch becomes suffused with a pink glow. In front of this amazing backdrop hundreds of emperor penguins huddle together as the temperature plummets to -30ºC. It had taken me almost 2 weeks to reach this part of Antarctica in an ice breaker and several hours trudging over the ice to reach this spot, but I knew this moment would live with me forever. As I savoured the pristine wilderness, I reflected that had I chosen another path as a career I would never have experienced this magical moment.
By the time I married Martin (a fellow zoologist) at the age of 23, I presumed I would carve out a career as a marine biologist for life. After all, I had a zoology degree and had been doing marine biological research for 3 years. I never dreamt I would abandon my love for the marine world and develop an even greater passion for photography. Yet, it was only a few years later that I took the plunge to work as a freelance wildlife photographer.
- "Chapter 15 (in 4 parts by 4 different authors; 1st part by Heather Angel). A personal view…". Women at Work: Perspectives, Experiences and Tips. 2005. pp. 293–298. (quote from p. 293; edited by Anna M. Maslin)