F. W. Champion

Frederick Walter Champion was an officer with the Imperial Forest Service a pioneering wildlife photographer who was based in the United Provinces of India. Using cameras with triggers, Champion photographed tigers and inspired Jim Corbett to turn to wildlife photography. [Rangarajan M (2006) India's Wildlife History: an Introduction. Orient Longman ISBN 8178241404] Champion wrote about his experiences of wildlife photography in the books "With a Camera in Tiger-land" and "The Jungle in Sunlight and Shadow". He was a passionate conservationist (before conservation was fashionable), and campaigned hard for protection of tigers and their forest habitats. He strongly believed in the protectionist role of the forest department in India. [Niyogi, C. (2006) Reorienting Orientalism. Sage publications. isbn 0761934472] [Jepson, S (2007) Big Game Encounters.READ BOOKS. ISBN 9781406754964]

Publications

* F.W. Champion, With a Camera in Tigerland, London: Chatto and Windus, 1927, pp. 61-3,72, 29,99, 132 and The Jungle in Sunlight and Shadow, London: Chatto and Windus. 1934. pp. 45, 228-9; CAW. Guggisberg, Early Wildlife Photographers, David and Charles. London, 1977. pp. 85-9.
* F.W. Champion, 'The Preservation of Wildlife in India. No. 4, The United Provinces',JBNHS Vol. 37(1934), pp. 104-10; also his 'Correspondence: "The Protection of Wildlife'. Indian Forester Vol. 55 (1939).pp. 501-4;for Corbett on the forest. Jungle Lore, p. 157.

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