Matthijs Kuijpers: Cold Instinct

by Matthijs Kuijpers (Photographer)

Discover the astonishing world of reptiles and amphibians in a new book by photographer Matthijs Kuijpers Award-winning Dutch nature photographer Matthijs Kuijpers (born 1973) specializes in reptiles and amphibians. From the depths of the world’s jungles to its driest deserts, Kuijpers has spent 27 years pursuing reptiles and amphibians around the globe. He has photographed 1,500 cold-blooded species (and counting), some of which are exceedingly rare. Kuijpers shoots in astonishing close-up detail, seeking to spotlight the essence of each animal―“no distractions, no environment,” as he puts it.

Featuring his subjects against a plain black backdrop, Kuijpers brings out their extraordinary colors and textures, even seeming to capture the personality of creatures like the mossy frog, the smooth helmeted iguana and the plumed basilisk.

Matthijs Cold Instinct , the photographer’s first book, is a gorgeously produced collection of some of the most peculiar species that have ever crawled or slithered on the earth.

156 pages, Hardcover

Published September 15, 2020

Reviews

[Dallin Kohler]

Gorgeous pictures. Text is minimal (a sentence or two per animal). Kinda wish it had more information about each species or about how the author got the shot, but it still would make a gorgeous coffee table book.

[Martin McDonald]

Superb.
This beautifully presented book contains seventy-two of Matthijs Kuijpers's magnificent portraits of the world's reptiles and amphibians, many of them endangered. As a wildlife lover and art lover this is the perfect book for my coffee table. Why not treat your coffee table and guests by buying a copy of what should become a classic of animal art photography.