05-02-2006 23:09
Chimpanzee Confiscated From Hunters
Monrovia, Liberia, 1989
I found this baby, frightened and confused, in a tiny zoo. The zookeeper, a teacher, meant well but was overwhelmed and had little or no funding. Later this zoo was destroyed by civil war and the animals killed and eaten.
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05-02-2006 23:14
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Jane and Jou Jou
Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1990
Because we work with the same mission, Jane and I can often communicate without speaking. Late one afternoon as she was checking on the zoo chimps that her organization had been feeding, Dr. Goodall approached the cage of a dangerous and aggressive male. Disarming him with a language learned from her years of research, she offered her golden hair for him to touch. It was a simple moment that would come to represent so much.
Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1990
Because we work with the same mission, Jane and I can often communicate without speaking. Late one afternoon as she was checking on the zoo chimps that her organization had been feeding, Dr. Goodall approached the cage of a dangerous and aggressive male. Disarming him with a language learned from her years of research, she offered her golden hair for him to touch. It was a simple moment that would come to represent so much.
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Jane and Gregoire
Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1994
When I first saw this old man in 1990, the sign above his cage read "Gregoire 1945." Could it be that he was captured and put in this pitiful zoo at the end of World War Two? He had horrible cataracts and almost no hair on his starving body.
On this day, Jane and I went into his cage to see how he would react to close contact with humans. The door of his cage was so long unopened that it was firmly rusted shut. Gergoire was later moved to be with other chimps at the Tchimpounga Sanctuary.
Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1994
When I first saw this old man in 1990, the sign above his cage read "Gregoire 1945." Could it be that he was captured and put in this pitiful zoo at the end of World War Two? He had horrible cataracts and almost no hair on his starving body.
On this day, Jane and I went into his cage to see how he would react to close contact with humans. The door of his cage was so long unopened that it was firmly rusted shut. Gergoire was later moved to be with other chimps at the Tchimpounga Sanctuary.
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Surfing Hippo
Petit-Loango, Gabon, 2000
We had heard that an occasional hippo came to the ocean here but I could tell after speaking to my guide that I would have to have time and luck to capture this. In my second month on the beach I had seen tracks, but no hippos. Then, on a routine trip to check our camera traps, we saw five of them just off the point where the megatransect would eventually meet the sea. I was not a pretty sight, stammering and jabbering, shooting film without thinking, afraid that the mirage would disappear before I made a National Geographic moment. It’s a strange, and often sad, existence we lead.
Petit-Loango, Gabon, 2000
We had heard that an occasional hippo came to the ocean here but I could tell after speaking to my guide that I would have to have time and luck to capture this. In my second month on the beach I had seen tracks, but no hippos. Then, on a routine trip to check our camera traps, we saw five of them just off the point where the megatransect would eventually meet the sea. I was not a pretty sight, stammering and jabbering, shooting film without thinking, afraid that the mirage would disappear before I made a National Geographic moment. It’s a strange, and often sad, existence we lead.
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Self-Portrait
Petit-Loango, Gabon, 2000
You have no control with camera traps; the subject decides when to walk by. I was down the beach on this day trying to photograph sea birds when I saw this incredible sunset. I looked at my watch — 6:48 — and said to John Brown, my assistant, “if we get an elephant right now, it’s going to be miraculous.” Two days later, we checked the trap, and sure enough: hits at 6:45 and 6:47. It meant nothing but high hopes until months later, when we finally saw the film.
Petit-Loango, Gabon, 2000
You have no control with camera traps; the subject decides when to walk by. I was down the beach on this day trying to photograph sea birds when I saw this incredible sunset. I looked at my watch — 6:48 — and said to John Brown, my assistant, “if we get an elephant right now, it’s going to be miraculous.” Two days later, we checked the trap, and sure enough: hits at 6:45 and 6:47. It meant nothing but high hopes until months later, when we finally saw the film.
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Bacchi in Water Hole
Bandhavgarh National Park India, 1996
I used unmanned cameras triggered by an infra red beam to take pictures of tigers from very close range at hidden waterholes that I knew they had to visit in the very hot dry season. This gave me my most intimate and natural look at an animal that prefers not to be seen. In this image Bacchi,Sita’s grown female cub, trys to cool off and get a drink from a stagnant pool just before the onset of the much needed monsoon season."
Bandhavgarh National Park India, 1996
I used unmanned cameras triggered by an infra red beam to take pictures of tigers from very close range at hidden waterholes that I knew they had to visit in the very hot dry season. This gave me my most intimate and natural look at an animal that prefers not to be seen. In this image Bacchi,Sita’s grown female cub, trys to cool off and get a drink from a stagnant pool just before the onset of the much needed monsoon season."
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Sita Carrying Cub
Bandhavgarh National Park, India, 1996
This was an unforgettable moment. The experience of watching a wild tiger gently move her cubs to a new hiding place exceeds the power of the image.
I’m sitting on an elephant, watching Sita nurse her three cubs in a small cave — but there was lots of vegetation and I couldn’t get a clear view. She seemed perplexed, and started to move the cubs. I couldn’t move the elephant for fear of disturbing her. Luckily, on one of her passes, she walked in front of a clear opening.
Later that morning, we found out the dominant male — who can be dangerous to the cubs — was in the area.
Bandhavgarh National Park, India, 1996
This was an unforgettable moment. The experience of watching a wild tiger gently move her cubs to a new hiding place exceeds the power of the image.
I’m sitting on an elephant, watching Sita nurse her three cubs in a small cave — but there was lots of vegetation and I couldn’t get a clear view. She seemed perplexed, and started to move the cubs. I couldn’t move the elephant for fear of disturbing her. Luckily, on one of her passes, she walked in front of a clear opening.
Later that morning, we found out the dominant male — who can be dangerous to the cubs — was in the area.
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Elephant Trunk
Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, 1993
Since 1991, Andrea Turkalo has sat almost every day, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Dzanga Bai watching forest elephants with a powerful spotting scope. Using distinctive markings such as ear tears, crooked tails, and broken tusks, she can today identify nearly 3,000 individuals that sometimes use this elephant Mecca for salt and socializing.
Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, 1993
Since 1991, Andrea Turkalo has sat almost every day, from 3pm to 5pm, at the Dzanga Bai watching forest elephants with a powerful spotting scope. Using distinctive markings such as ear tears, crooked tails, and broken tusks, she can today identify nearly 3,000 individuals that sometimes use this elephant Mecca for salt and socializing.
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Young Elephant
Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, 1993
I guess the most fun I ever had photographing was the time I spent with Mike Fay at Dzanga Bai. It was unknown to the world, and we were not controlled at all. If we had the courage (or the stupidity) to do something, we could. I most loved dusk, when the elephants would creep closer to us. I think they were looking for an opportunity to be mischievous with the strange flashing creatures.
Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, 1993
I guess the most fun I ever had photographing was the time I spent with Mike Fay at Dzanga Bai. It was unknown to the world, and we were not controlled at all. If we had the courage (or the stupidity) to do something, we could. I most loved dusk, when the elephants would creep closer to us. I think they were looking for an opportunity to be mischievous with the strange flashing creatures.
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African Savanna Safari
San Diego Wild Animal Park, California, USA, 1992
Zoos have more visitors than all other forms of outdoor recreation combined. The line is very blurred between what Walt Disney created and what true wild nature represents. Today, zoos can serve to bring some reality to humankind’s relationship to the endangered natural world.
San Diego Wild Animal Park, California, USA, 1992
Zoos have more visitors than all other forms of outdoor recreation combined. The line is very blurred between what Walt Disney created and what true wild nature represents. Today, zoos can serve to bring some reality to humankind’s relationship to the endangered natural world.
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Africa in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania, USA, 1992
Here, one of the worst zoos in the country had become one of the best. New zoo design can create an illusion that, taken in the right context, can connect the viewer to the natural world. The pond here resembles a water hole, but hides an underwater fence that keeps the animals in.
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania, USA, 1992
Here, one of the worst zoos in the country had become one of the best. New zoo design can create an illusion that, taken in the right context, can connect the viewer to the natural world. The pond here resembles a water hole, but hides an underwater fence that keeps the animals in.
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Tiger Time
Bandhavgarh National Park, India, 1996
This tiger is a rival of the dominant male, Charger, and this waterhole marks an uneasy overlap in their territories. On this night, Charger had drunk an hour earlier, information gathered from the trailmaster that triggers the camera. In the following days, they fought, and Charger was badly injured. This male was not seen again for several months.
Bandhavgarh National Park, India, 1996
This tiger is a rival of the dominant male, Charger, and this waterhole marks an uneasy overlap in their territories. On this night, Charger had drunk an hour earlier, information gathered from the trailmaster that triggers the camera. In the following days, they fought, and Charger was badly injured. This male was not seen again for several months.
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HIV research
New York, USA, 1990
This chimp was in a research protocol that may have very nearly developed a vaccine for HIV. He died of massive organ failure, but he never developed symptoms of AIDS