Essential Precious - Exclusive Drop [kOg64dP7]

LARGE - Edition of 12
Unframed - 56" x 70"
Framed - 71" x 85"

STANDARD - Edition of 12
Unframed - 37" x 46"
Framed - 52" x 62"

The rhinoceros. The name says it all – its antiquated complexity conveys prehistoric imagery. In the wild, the texture of their skin and their unique facial features are not well documented for obvious reasons of human safety. Then there is another issue in that, like a portrait of an old and wise man, we almost need studio lighting and the ability to point the camera up at their beautiful face, not down. This premeditated and much researched shot in the Ongava Game Reserve in Northern Namibia was taken in the night at a watering hole lit by a single lamp. The remote camera was set up in daylight on the bed of the water hole, but this image only came after several days of failure. With night remotes set in African watering holes, a photographer learns so much in the morning, when he rather wearily picks up his mud-splattered camera. It is an iterative process.

~ David Yarrow