Mark Moffett shares his passion for photographing all those little creatures busy keeping us alive.
(00:48)Nick-named "Dr. Bugs” at school for his insect collection, Mark Moffett grew up to be a real doctor of bugs.
(02:11)Good photography starts with curiosity. Find a subject fascinates you and the rest is easy.
(02:57)Moffett's close-up photography of insects draws inspiration from photographing supermodels.
(02:36)Mark Moffett introduces us to the little fly responsible for our chocolate supply: the cacao pollinator!
(02:59)Everything is important. Moffett wants people to fall in love with the unexpected so that we will protect it.
(02:57)Preserving ancient traditions is not easy. Shaolin Kung Fu's struggle to survive mirrors China's own turbulent history.
(00:46)Fritz dropped out of art school to roam America as a photographer. In adulthood this curiousity would lead him to China.
(02:21)Ancient monks devised Shaolin Kung Fu as an exercise to strengthen the body and discipline the mind.
(02:57)In a nation where obedience is a virtue and conformity rules, Fritz struggles to find the soul of Shaolin.
(02:59)Fritz is in search of the Shaolin master, Shi Dejian, renowned for practicing Shaolin Kung Fu as it should be: in private.
(02:59)On the mountain Fritz learns from the master that Shaolin without Buddha is like a body without a heart.
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