Africa

1. The images really caught my eye and were pleasing to me. It was nice to see well taken photos of things that you don't normally see. I wish they had some color and were not black and white.
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3. It is a photo of an elephant walking in the desert. I liked it because the dust gave a cool effect to the photo.
4. There is a simple background, not much going on behind the elephant. There is also some balance with the elephant divided in the middle of the photo
5. Pentax 67II with two fixes lenses, didn't use telephoto or zoom lenses because if you want to capture their spirit you move in close
6. He felt he could not show his love for animals on film but realized he could do it through photograpy
7. To express his love for animals
8. "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."
9. To help fund Big Life
10. He selected unpublished photos, printed them in California, shipped them to Kenya, constructed their steel and plywood frames on location, and positioned them so they feel like part of the physical surroundings
11. Convinces people to care more about the animals there
12. They made me feel bad about what had happened to those animals

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