South Asian Jungle Fine Art Photography Prints
Three images from the subcontinent's great protected forests — Ranthambhore in Rajasthan, Jim Corbett National Park in the Himalayan foothills, and Chitwan in southern Nepal. These are dry deciduous forest, Terai floodplain, and lowland grassland-forest mosaic respectively — distinct ecosystems that share a common register of landscape, subject, and atmospheric density. South Asian jungle photography tends to be dominated by headline-species tiger portraits. The selection here deliberately moves away from that mode. A sambar deer — the Bengal tiger's preferred prey — stands in Ranthambhore with a composure that reads nothing like prey. An elephant herd moves across the Ramganga meadow in Corbett under an approaching storm. A greater one-horned rhinoceros is seen at eye level from a small boat on the Rapti river in Chitwan, one of the last strongholds of a species nearly lost to poaching.
Stillness in the Storm
Jim Corbett National Park - two rivers shape this ecosystem, and the meadows along the Ramganga are where elephants are most often found. This herd was just metres from our vehicle — close enough for the usual tight portraits, but the drama in the frame made me go wide and create a habitat photograph.
The Ancient Grazer
Chitwan National Park in Nepal is one of the best places on earth to spot the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Navigating the Rapti river by a small boat provides the eye-level access that no safari vehicle can match. This animal's lineage stretches back over 8 million years — there is something humbling about being that close to a creature that has outlasted nearly everything.
The Quiet Power
The sambar deer is the Bengal tiger's preferred prey. Yet, nothing about this one suggests vulnerability, instead displaying grace and strength in equal measure.
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.