Botswana Fine Art Photography Prints
All three Botswana images were photographed along the Chobe River, in the country's north. The Chobe holds one of the largest elephant populations on Earth — a figure the numbers don't fully convey until you have sat in a boat and watched a herd of fifty move along the waterline at dusk. The river itself is the setting that makes the work possible: boat-based approach angles, low sun that rakes across the water, and a density of subject (elephant, kingfisher, hippo, buffalo) that savanna country alone does not produce. Two of the three images are elephants — one a close-range tusker crossing within metres of the vehicle, the other a herd silhouetted at the water's edge against the setting sun. The third is a pied kingfisher on a bare branch — a quieter frame from the same river.
Sketch
High contrast black and white immediately came to mind as I spotted this pied kingfisher perched on a skeletal branch. An artist sitting on the banks of the river could have sketched this on their canvas.
The Chobe Salute
Chobe River, Botswana. Photographing elephants at the water's edge against the setting sun is one of the reasons you get on a boat here — the Chobe has one of the largest elephant populations on earth, and the light in the last hour is extraordinary. This one raised its trunk just as it waded in, and that was the frame.
Time, Etched
Chobe, Botswana has one of the largest elephant populations on earth, and encounters on the ground are often closer than you expect. This tusker crossed within metres of our vehicle — close enough that a wide frame was impossible, and a tight one became the only option. The black and white rendition of the close up elevates the texture and the skin signifies the elephant's years of lived experience on the land.
Each print is produced in Toronto on Fine Art Photo Rag, Acrylic Face-Mount, or ChromaLuxe HD Metal. Fine Art Editions of 30; King of Ice is the Signature Edition of 15.