Dexter
As is typical with my hippo work, this is the last frame in the sequence before safety dictated that I had to go. I was indeed charged and I now have a degree of hippo phobia.
Running away from a hippo with a camera and reasonable sized lens is not a comfortable experience, as turning around to check whether the charge is a mock one, is not natural. Instinctively, the reaction to a charge is to run. 99.9% of the time the hippo is bluffing, but those moments are never about doing the maths.
But the validation of the approach is in this photograph. I need to be at eye level and preferably have the whole face showing as this is the most prehistoric face of any animal on the planet. The soft early morning light gives the best chance of glorifying its textural extravagance and that is why we had some early starts in Ruaha National Park in Tanzania. The camera should be an amplifier to the distinctive features of the subject and with a hippo, it’s certainly the face.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 52" x 100"
- Framed: 67" x 115"
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 37" x 71"
- Framed: 52" x 86"
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The River Monster
As is typical with my hippo work, this is the last frame in the sequence before safety dictated that I had to go. I was indeed charged and I now have a degree of hippo phobia.
Running away from a hippo with a camera and reasonable sized lens is not a comfortable experience, as turning around to check whether the charge is a mock one, is not natural. Instinctively, the reaction to a charge is to run. 99.9% of the time the hippo is bluffing, but those moments are never about doing the maths.
But the validation of the approach is in this photograph. I need to be at eye level and preferably have the whole face showing as this is the most prehistoric face of any animal on the planet. The soft early morning light gives the best chance of glorifying its textural extravagance and that is why we had some early starts in Ruaha National Park in Tanzania. The camera should be an amplifier to the distinctive features of the subject and with a hippo, it’s certainly the face.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 56" x 90"
- Framed: 71” x 105”
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 37” x 60"
- Framed: 52" x 75"
We ship worldwide and use a multitude of providers to safely deliver your artwork. Domestic delivery and installation may also be available via Hilton Contemporary’s private art shuttle. Please inquire.
Desert Flight
Archival Inkjet Print
Available Sizes:
- Large: 68 x 86 inches (Edition of 12)
- Standard: Sold Out
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White Lines
Lewa, Kenya 2020
Zebras are not photographers’ friends. They couple a rather clumsy running style with skittish nerves and herd instincts. In some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa it is very difficult to get close and after a while, there are few photographers that have the will-power to bother. The Grevy’s Zebra of East Africa offers the best chance of proximity and also – by good fortune – the best facial aesthetics. I knew what I was looking for with this animal – it was all about the lines and the patterns within a small group and then hoping the light would help. I knew as soon as I pressed the shutter that I had finally got the image.
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 56” x 80”
- Framed: 71” x 95”
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 37” x 53”
- Framed: 52” x 68”
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Heaven Can Wait
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 56" x 98"
- Framed: 71" x 113"
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 37" x 64"
- Framed: 52" x 80"
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Hoof It
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 82" x 56"
- Framed: 97" x 71"
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 54" x 37"
- Framed: 69" x 52"
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Giraffe City
AVAILABLE SIZES:
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 37" x 60"
- Framed: 52" x 75"
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Tiny Dancer
AVAILABLE SIZES:
LARGE - Edition of 12
- Image: 65” x 56“
- Framed: 80” x 71“
STANDARD - Edition of 12
- Image: 43” x 37“
- Framed: 58” x 52“
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Unforgiven - Rhino
Lewa, Kenya 2017
When I was in Lewa in April, the ranger team – whom I have known for a few years – helped locate the iconic female black rhino Waiwai – who was out and about and reputedly has the longest horn of any rhino left in the world. It took time and the drive to her was a little gruelling but ultimately it was an encounter that I will always remember – what a spectacular prehistoric looking animal – quite remarkable.
Over the next 48 hours, I twice came as close to her as I dared on foot – she is a fierce mum and most protective of her young calf. When I shared the image on our social media channels, thereaction was bigger than ever before – over 10,000 responses! Most commented on her extraordinarily long horn – it does look like a facial appendage from “Game of Thrones”.
But a couple of people suggested that I was being an inadvertent friend to the poachers in giving out the location of this iconic rhino. That is a little naive and ill-informed. The Lewa conservancy employs 160 armed and highly trained rangers in its 62,000 acreage and there has been no poaching for five years. These two statistics are joined at the hip. Posting a rhino image from Lewa is rather like posting an image of a number 91 red bus in London. They are plentiful, they move around and they are safe.
Lewa are proud of the number of rhino that now roam the downs and rightly publicise their success. Conservationists need to tell good stories and myself and others need to take pictures of those stories. If there was no good news, why would good money follow bad? I do think that we need to encourage the fraternity of desk-bound animal activists on social media to be more positive, more “glass half full” and less jumpy.
Available Sizes
- Large: 81 x 66 inches
- Standard: 57 x 48 inches
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The Girl On The Hill
Available Sizes
- Large: 67 x 114 inches
- Standard: 48 x 79 inches
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