Elephant Photography

He is best known for his exceptionally intimate and touching portraits of the most endangered species in Africa. In 2017 his book »Elephants in Heaven« was launched by the German Pu...

SchmeiSchmeisser'sgraphs of lions, rhinos, elephants, or cheetahs are not mere images but encounters with nature.

David Yarrow's narrative on "American Eagle": "I prefer to work with big alpha animals – elephants have a greater pull on me than mice. This is true also with birds and this has dra...

In Beard’s second iteration of The End of the Game (1977) he documented a massive population die-off in Tsavo of 35,000 elephants and 5,000 rhinos as the animals succumbed to starvat...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 729. Elephants; two, walking. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 Image size 8 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches Inventor, photographer, en...

In sepia, Tembo becomes not just an elephant, but a memory made flesh. A myth still walking.

Animals have always played a big role in the circus; elephants, tigers, lions. But decades ago the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus wowed their crowds with gorillas.

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

The photo depicts the elephant in front of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, that is one of the most beloved sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

"I asked the team in London to find me all post 1945 photographs of elephants together with beautiful women. We knew of course where to start - the celebrated 1955 Richard Avedon sho...

Look at the hairs on the elephant’s trunk – that perhaps tells you all you need to know." - David Yarrow

McMartin Villa 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Guests around the pool at Elephant Walk, Duncan McMartin’s villa in Bermuda, September 1977. 20 x 24" inches / 51 x 61 cm paper si...

Sabi Sands, Elephant, South Africa, Safari, wild, figurative, landscape , forrest , trees , animal , Krugar Park

With a cast of seven, Roth’s one-ring circus dazzled the audience as lions, acrobats, clowns, elephants, and dancers performed The circus motif would appear and reappear in Roth’s pa...

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, Afr...

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, Afr...

"Taking Flight" Alaska, 2016 Archival Pigment Print on 315gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta Paper Edition Size: 12 Available sizes: Standard Image Size: 37" x 63" Framed Size: 5...

It is never going to happen much before then as it takes time to warm up in Savute in August and elephants - like humans - bathe and drink when it is hot, not cold.

The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of ...

The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of ...

The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of ...

The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of ...

The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of ...

Anne Gunning for Vogue Estate Print by Norman Parkinson Fashion model Anne Gunning in a pink mohair coat outside the City Palace with an elephant, Jaipur, India, photographed for V...

The thunderstorms build in late October and this is also the time when the elephant herds can be at their biggest. They complement each other perfectly.

He is best known for his exceptionally intimate and touching portraits of the most endangered species in Africa. In 2017 his book »Elephants in Heaven« was launched by the German Pu...

The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted w...

The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted w...

The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted w...

Three years ago, or indeed, even a year ago, I could never imagine using a 35mm lens to take a portrait of such a giant of an animal - more mammoth than elephant’." - David Yarrow

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. In 2012, Joachim Schmeis...

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 – especially the Orphan E...

– Photography, Animal, Africa, Wildlife, Nature, Large Format, Tusks, Elephant, Portrait, Close-Up, iconic, black and white photography, platinum palladium Born in Germany in 195...

"Heavyweight" by Felix Man Eighteen-year-old animal trainer Zabuna lying under one of her performing elephants. This stunt forms part of her act for the Chessington Circus, currentl...

Close up nature shot of elephant. Black and white. About the artist: Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing beaut...

Photograph of tourists lounging by a pool in Sri Lanka as an elephant walks by. Edition of 10

Their second book, Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant, is a testament to the African elephant.

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

Signed and numbered on front Tim was the biggest elephant bull in the Amboseli Ecosystem in Kenya. He was one of the last really big tuskers in Africa.

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 733. Elephant; walking. 14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887 (image size 8.125 x 14.875 inches) Inventor, photographer, entrepr...

"Banana's leaf (back view)", black and white photograph of an elephant by Cécile Plaisance. In her new series of black and white photographs, taken in South Africa, Cécile Plaisance...

"On Tembo's Back", black and white photograph of an elephant by Cécile Plaisance. In her new series of black and white photographs, taken in South Africa, Cécile Plaisance immerses ...

"Under Tembo's protection", black and white photograph of an elephant by Cécile Plaisance. In her new series of black and white photographs, taken in South Africa, Cécile Plaisance ...

"Body Guard", black and white photograph of an elephant by Cécile Plaisance. In her new series of black and white photographs, taken in South Africa, Cécile Plaisance immerses her m...

Remarkable species such as a whale nearly 20 meters long can be seen here, as well as Steller's rhytine (sea cow), extinct since 1768, or the marsupial wolf, extinct since 1936. Also...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

"Take Off" Alaska, 2016 Archival Pigment Print on 315gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta Paper Edition Size: 12 Available sizes: Standard Image Size: 37" x 42" Framed Size: 57" x ...

But we went back and forth with both options and we all agreed to keep the smaller elephant in the final crop. There were two reasons for this: firstly; the elephant to the right a...

The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted w...

In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera,...

Through Salgado’s lens, one discovers the animal species and volcanoes of the Galápagos; the penguins, sea lions, cormorants, and whales of the South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators a...

This is a high impact portrait of a wonderful elephant in her last years. I will never see her again."

The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted w...

Black and White Photoraph of Actress Daryl Hannah in Lingerie lying on an Elephant's back, smoking, photographed by Michel Comnte for L'Uomo Vogue in 1992.

Then we just needed the elephants and this was the X factor. No elephant - no party.