Social Wild

Animals occupy space together in ways that reveal both the group and its individuals. Distance and contact can suggest a relationship, while differences in posture keep each animal distinct. This project follows those visible connections through shared activity and the smaller gestures within the group.

15 photographs

An adult orangutan extends one arm up a slender trunk while a small infant clings behind its shoulder, with both faces visible and a rounded brown object in the lowered hand.

Three long-legged, long-billed birds perch on separate branches of a bare twisting tree, with warm light on their fronts against a quiet pale sky.

Two rhinoceros heads of different sizes overlap closely in a vertical frame, with the smaller animal before the larger lowered head, reddish mud on their skin and bright grass below.

Four zebras lower their heads to a muddy pool, with overlapping striped bodies above, reflected stripes below and a curved splash at the right in a vertical frame.

Three cheetahs occupy a diagonal bare slope in separated reclining, standing and seated postures, with open ground, grasses and trees receding behind them.

Several whale bodies break the surface across rough grey-blue water, with multiple tall spray plumes, cut outer bodies and a low dark coast beneath an overcast sky.

A herd of brown antelope fills layered grassland, with an upright animal looking toward the viewer left of centre, a nearer horned head on the right and softer grazing bodies behind.

A large baboon moves through grass with a smaller baboon riding on its back; the smaller face turns toward the viewer above the larger animal's shadowed head, with a curved tail and extended forelimb.

An elephant stands in a shallow muddy pool with its trunk raised and mud airborne above it, while other elephants occupy the receding ground beyond.

Two crocodilian heads overlap in water: a large horizontal head in front and raised open jaws behind.

Six pale pink flamingos stand head-down in grey water, four grouped on the left and two more widely spaced on the right, with thin legs and broken reflections below.

Antelope drink and stand around a curved water edge in the foreground, with more antelope, zebras and a giraffe distributed across the dry ground toward a distant tree band.

Three giraffes are fully separated across open warm grassland, with one large animal in the foreground and two smaller in the distance repeating right-facing profiles and extended leg positions beneath a pale sky.

Elephants lie close together among grass and shrubs, their overlapping heads, ears, trunks and bodies forming a dense grey pattern behind some foreground leaves.

A larger pale-coated monkey looks to the right while a much smaller monkey sits close beside its body facing the camera, against dark leaves and bright defocused gaps.