Wetland Fine Art Photography Prints
All three wetland images in the collection were photographed on the Chobe River in northern Botswana — a floodplain system that holds one of the highest concentrations of African elephant on Earth. The river margin is where the photography work happens: boats allow approach angles no safari vehicle can offer, the low sun across the water does dramatic work on light, and the mix of river, reed, and riparian forest gives the scenes a density of subject that savanna country alone does not produce. Two of the three images are elephants photographed from the water. The third is a pied kingfisher perched on a bare branch — an image that registers at a very different scale from the elephant frames, but draws from the same ecosystem.
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.