Virunga National Park, DRC. Nov 2016 - this project is on the mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is no doubt the DRC has a brutal past - it's people have been subjected to unspeakable acts of brutality over the years. It's...
Guillaume Pepy: Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita is first and foremost a journey to the end of the world, in the midst of the unsettling polar landscapes that fascinated explorers for so long. On the one hand the intriguing and mythical polar fauna, on the other the disorientating whiteness of the ice. Imagined from antiquity...
Oliver Regueiro – Earthbound | Portrait Series of Captive Birds
A series of portraits of captive macaws and cockatoos. Most of them have been abandoned and now live in a sanctuary. I wanted to create awareness about the issue of pet birds and illegal trade of exotic birds. Also want to continue the project and focus now on the trade...
Pedro Jarque: Anima
This artistic-photographic project aims to help breaking the barrier that we have built in our relationship with the animal life, showing animals in a closer, even intimate, way, isolated from any context, trying to rebuild with our look these destroyed bridges, as well and giving back to the animals part...
Arianna Sanesi: Dispersal
"It's a misty day and we've already been walking for a couple of hours. It's been raining for weeks now, the forest has an apocalyptic feel to it, trees have fallen and the air is still, yet full of muffled sounds. [..] Weather for wolves, we use to say in...
Alyssa Salomon: Animal Land
Animal Land is a collaborative project between Alyssa C. Salomon, visual artist, and Anne Wright, Director of Environmental Outreach at the Rice Rivers Center, Virginia Commonwealth University’s biological field station. Animal Land unites contemporary art strategies with scientific research, to shine light on wildlife dwelling amongst tamed and untamed habitats...
Nick Brandt: Inherit the Dust
Best known for his intimate depictions of the animals and sweeping landscapes of East Africa, Nick Brandt has spent his career photographing and responding to the fragile ecosystem and increasing urbanization of Africa's national parks and the surrounding areas. Disturbed by his observations of the disappearing natural world in these...
Eliseo Miciu: Patagonia’s Last Wild Horses
Born in Uruguay, Eliseo Miciu grew up in the hills of Cordoba between the paint brushes of his grandfather, Konstantino, and the palette knives of his father, Georg. With his first camera, a gift from his grandfather on his thirteenth birthday, he began taking photographs. In 1993 he settled in...
Matthew Smith: Half-Underwater Photos Showing the World Beneath
Matthew Smith, BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 Finalist, created outstanding gallery of half-underwater photographs revealing what hides beneath the surface of water. Says Matthew: I have always had an attraction to the water and the tricks it plays on light for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest memories...
Ondrej Pakan: Water-Covered Insects
Ondrej Pakan captures stunning macro photos of insects covered in drops of water. Says Ondrej: Microkosmos - It`s another world, which can be seen under our feet. We can discover a world of small monsters. Each fly, bee and spider is a perfect predator or a warring victim in this empire. It`s always...