UP A TREE
OKAJIMA
NAMIBIA
Out of the frame,
up in the branches,
is the last kill of the
leopard, a partially devoured corpse
of a warthog.
She watches vigilantly
as her son waits below
in the grasses for her
to finish her meal,
obeying the ancient protocol that only one
in the family may feed
at a time.
EYE TO EYE
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
FISHING IN MUD
WALVIS BAY
NAMIBIA
NIGHT DRINK
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
B
DAY BREAK 1
CHOBE RIVER
BOTSWANA
IN THE HAZE OF AN AFRICAN SUN 3
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
ON THE PROWL
OKAJIMA
NAMIBIA
LIT UP
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
HEADS UP
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
SAND SPA
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
Sunlight between the legs acts as a frame within a frame. It makes visible the dust, a coolant and abrasive cleanser for damp skin. In a moment of stillness with eyes nearly closed, these elephants appear to be in monkish contemplation or hedonist pleasure or calculated restoration or in a state that is restricted to elephants and elephants only, an exclusive club of which we humans are not members. When I hear of the extinction of this species, I think the loss of "elephant-ness" among us. Once it is gone, we lose more than the physical but also that essential humbling reminder that we are not the end all of existence, that what we don't know defines us more than anything else.
THE VELOCITY OF HUNGER
OTJIWA
NAMIBIA
DIGNITY IN REPOSE
DENALI NP
ALASKA
KEA IN PROFILE
MT. OWEN
KAHURANGI NP
NEW ZEALAND
KEA 2
MT. OWEN
KAHURANGI NP
NEW ZEALAND
RUST
TACOMA
WASHINGTON
GULL ASANA
NELSON
NEW ZEALAND
NAP TIME
WHARARIKI BEACH
GOLDEN BAY
NEW ZEALAND
LAST DITCH EFFORT
WHARARIKI BEACH
GOLDEN BAY
NEW ZEALAND
SILHOUETTES AT SUNSET
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
ASSESSING THE HORIZON
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
MUDDY LASHES
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
TWO SHADES OF GRAY
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
NOSE TO THE GROUND
OKIJIMA
NAMIBIA
DOPPELGANGER
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
MORNING POSE 1
OKAJIMA
NAMIBIA
FAMILY SWIM
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
IN THE HAZE OF AN AFRICAN SUN 2
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
CROSSING THE CHOBE 2
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
IN A LINE
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
SPOOKED BY TOURISTS
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
DOWN FROM HIS PERCH
OKAJIMA
NAMIBIA
THE ELEPHANTS ARE COMING 2
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
ALL TOGETHER NOW
OKAVANGA DELTA
BOTSWANA
EYEING THE CAMERA
OKAVANGO DELTA
BOTSWANA
NAP TIME B&W
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
IN DROUGHT 2 (2X3)
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
AT THE WATERHOLE 1
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
3 GIRAFFES
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
RHINO MUD FACIAL
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
SPITTING IMAGE
OTJIWA
NAMIBIA
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOM
SKELETON COAST
NAMIBIA
SUNLIT SILHOUETTE
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
3 ELEPHANTS
OKAVANGA DELTA
BOTSWANA
FLAMINGOS AT WATER'S EDGE
WALVIS BAY
NAMIBIA
TURNING POINT
OKAJIMA
NAMIBIA
DACCA BOY
CHOBE NP
BOTSWANA
THE ELEPHANTS ARE COMING 1
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
Life at The Waterhole
Etosha National ParkNamibia
DAY BREAK 2
CHOBE RIVER
BOTSWANA
DAYBREAK 3
CHOBE RIVER
BOTSWANA
ORYX ALL TO ITSELF
SOUSSAVLEI NP
NAMIBIA
IN DROUGHT 1 (9X16)
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA
EYE SHADOW
ETOSHA NP
NAMIBIA