Yellowstone National Park – 2025
Archival Pigment Print
“There is just enough movement in this ice monster’s front feet to offer a sense of menace. Whilst I felt in no immediate danger, and was in full compliance with Yellowstone’s safety guidelines, this was a big bull and his ice coat made him a formidable presence.
There are only so many days in the winter when the morning weather conditions in Yellowstone allow a bull bison to involuntarily morph into a primeval ice monster. The morning must be exceptionally cold (certainly below minus 10º F) to allow the steam rising from the thermal springs and rivers to ice cake all matter nearby, including bison. There are fewer days like this in the National Park than there used to be.
The complication is that the exceptionally cold days tend to be clear, high-pressure days and we must therefore find the bison before the sun takes hold of the light.
This is a mythological beast of great presence and power and to be in his company was rather surreal. By 10 am, he was presumably back to being a normal bison, albeit a large one, but by then we had long gone and were warming ourselves up in a frontier town saloon bar and convincing ourselves that we had not just gate crashed a Game of Thrones set.”
– David Yarrow
Available sizes
Large: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 60″ x 56″ in (152 x 142 cm)
- Framed Image: 75″ x 71″ in (191 x 180 cm)
Standard: Edition of 12 + 3 AP
- Image Size: 40″ x 37″ in (102 x 94 cm)
- Framed Image: 55″ x 52″ in (140 x 132 cm)
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