Jan Lindblad

Lindblad was born in Örebro, Sweden, in 1932. He made his debut in the early 1950s, performing in various revues, as a juggler and whistling artist. The latter talent made him one of the 1970s best-selling record artist in his native Sweden. One of his biggest hits was his whistling interpretation of the American folk song "Oh Shenandoah", recorded in 1977.

Lindblad was also known for his wildlife films, such as Ett vildmarksrike (A wildlife realm) of 1964; Guayana – vattnens land (Guyana – Land of the waters) of 1975; and Djungelbokens värld (The World of the Jungle Book) of 1980.^[1] In addition, he produced several nature films for television, including series from India and Latin America. Many of Lindblad's films were recorded as he stayed with indigenous people, for example in Guyana in 1964.^[2] For his nature films, Lindblad was awarded the Stora Journalistpriset award in 1970,^[3] and in 1980, he was awarded an honorary degree at Stockholm University.^[2]

Lindblad published several books on photo journalism, such as "Guayana - ett vildmarksrike" (1975) based on his TV series with the same name (not to be confused with the country of Guayana.) His photographs of Cuniculus paca, Felis pardalis, Morphnus guianensis and Glaucis hirsuta are considered world class and unique.^[4][5] In the preface, he writes>: "I will never forget the feeling when I for the first moment looked out on the tropical rainforest" and that impression would make him spend the coming ten years there.