Portfolio

The Work

Three ways into the same world: animals, the landscapes that hold them, and tighter bodies of work built around a single idea.

01 · Wildlife

Mammals

Portraits, behavior, and close observation—beginning with elephants and expanding into the other mammals that have shaped my fieldwork and photography.

African elephant photographed by Chris Banotai
02 · Place

Landscapes

Weather, atmosphere, scale, and the larger settings that give wildlife its context—and often its meaning.

Wild landscape photographed by Chris Banotai
03 · Series

In the Land of Giants

A focused elephant series built around presence, scale, texture, individuality, and the feeling of standing near something truly wild.

African elephant portrait from In the Land of Giants