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A Direct Gaze

Black-and-white photograph of an African wild dog lying in tall grass, looking directly at the camera.

Plate XII · Plate XII · Silvan Sabi Sands, South Africa, September 2021Sony A7 III · 400mm ƒ/5.6 · 1/250 · ISO 200

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A wild dog lies in the tall grass and looks straight back at the lens, calm and unhurried. The black-and-white print turns the mottled coat to a study in light and shadow, the pale eye and dark ears held against a soft, out-of-focus ground.

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Black-and-white image of an African buffalo standing in deep mud, its body coated in dark mud. — Plate I Buffalo in the Wallow Simbambili, South Africa, December 2022

Black-and-white portrait of a lioness lying alert in grass, lit by a hard beam against a black background. — Plate II Lioness in the Dusk Silvan Sabi Sands, South Africa, September 2021

Six African buffalo standing and grazing in dry grass, green shrubs behind. — Plate III The Herd in the Grass Simbambili, South Africa, January 2021