Thinking Wild Photo
Mammals · South Africa

Lions

Lions are easy to reduce to power and spectacle. I am more interested in the rest of their lives: companionship, attention, rest, feeding, curiosity, and the individual character that becomes obvious when you spend enough time watching.

South Africa12 photographs + Vincent portrait study
Two young lions sitting together at the edge of a bush track.
Black-and-white photograph of two young lions touching heads while walking together.
Close color portrait of a young male lion framed by green vegetation.
Side-profile portrait of a lioness watching through thorny woodland.
Close color portrait of a young male lion watching intently through grass.
Black-and-white photograph of a lioness resting near the remains of a kill.
Black-and-white portrait of a young male lion looking directly toward the camera.
Black-and-white photograph of several lions resting together in shade.
A sleeping lion resting its head across the back of another lion.
Close portrait of a young lion looking directly through grass and shadow.
Close color portrait of a lioness framed by green vegetation.
Close portrait of a lioness watching through dim grass and shadow.
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Black-and-white close frontal portrait of Vincent’s face and mane.
Portrait study · One lion

Vincent

A separate, twenty-image study centered on one individual lion—his scars, expressions, changing mane, and the familiarity that develops when the same animal enters your frame again and again.

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