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Joachim SchmeisserCircle of Life I, animal, wildlife, black and white photography, elephant2010
2010
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Combined Edition 12
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This image is really exceptional and unique photograph which will not happen again worldwide.
Joachim wanted to do a photograph and to lean it on big old genre/morality paintings. Every scene of daily life is in this picture. the elephants show the same behavior as the people in these old paintings. That's why he named it "The Circle of Life".
It was shot in 2010 in the Tsavo East National Park in Kenya close to the reintegration unit of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
The Baby elephants take their daily mudbath. But they were not allowed to go into the mudbath at the same time, because the older ones like to annoy the younger ones.
So Joachim was on car's rooftop and shot from there. Always from the same position. The elephants came to the mudbath successively and he shot every group from his position. This was really hard because it was high noon when the ellies took their bath. So Joachim was standing on the roof for more than 1,5 hours and the sun was relentless and glistening. Made it difficult with the hard light and also with the heat which was approx. 50 degrees. He used a digital Medium Format Hasselblad camera.
The final picture is a collage of approx. 20 - 25 images. He used reduced colors for this image.
The red earth is like a trademark for the Tsavo area in Kenya. That's why the elephants are red too, because the get dusty with this red earth after their bath.
Due to the Medium Format the quality of the print is amazing and outstanding. You can see every detail even the hairs on the elephants trunks. I'm sure your clients haven't seen something like this before.
Born in Germany in 1958, Joachim Schmeisser is best known for his major photographic series he has done in East Africa – his iconic portraiture of Elephants.
He started this project in 2009 and in 2012, Joachim Schmeisser won the prestigious Hasselblad Award for this work. In 2017 his book »Elephants in Heaven« was launched by the German Publisher TeNeues and sold out within 4 months.
» I feel like this work—for me—is an unprecedented example of the perfect balance between creating an icon, and working with an icon.« writes Art Editor Fridey Mickel of the TAZ Berlin about his work.
Matthias Harder, Chief curator of the Helmut Newton Foundation Berlin speaks in his foreword about him as a man of conviction with an ecological, visual approach:
»Schmeisser’s insightful images call us to action, to get involved in nature and species conservation so that the last stretches of wilderness that remain in our world will continue to exist for a long time to come—especially this incomparable, African ecosystem with its veritable mythical giants of nature.
Many photographers have had and continue to have enormous empathy for their fellow human beings, as can be seen in their portraits and street photos. But here we are dealing with a man who has a special place in his heart for animals, for maltreated creatures, and the need to protect them—his photo series simultaneously pays homage to the beauty of nature. Like in street photography, Joachim Schmeisser has to react spontaneously to the situations that unfold in front of his camera. It is not possible to stage this kind of animal photography.
We can therefore note the enormous authenticity in Schmeisser’s elephant photos that has, plain and simple, been lost in many other areas of photography.«
– Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Large Format, Tusks, Elephant, Portrait, Close-Up, iconic
- Creator:Joachim Schmeisser (1958, German)
- Creation Year:2010
- Dimensions:Height: 33.08 in (84 cm)Width: 78.75 in (200 cm)Depth: 0.2 in (5 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Munich, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU76632501433
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