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The Story of "The Comeback Kids, the Elephants of Addo" The Story of The Comeback Kids, the Elephants of Addo BAR |
At dawn, I park in a promising place,
Some of the tiniest of Africa's creatures are amazing, like these two suricates standing sentinel for their group that's digging for bugs and scorpions. Members of the Mongoose family, suricates are only a foot tall, but will attack a cobra.
A tender scene of a
vervet monkey suckling may be interrupted by screaming, kicking
zebra stallions. My camera goes into overdrive.
Minutes later, the fighting zebra move off and I am free to sketch or write in the afternoon heat at the deserted waterhole. That work has resulted in the photo and art prints you will see on this website, now featuring the Elephants of Addo. Welcome to my gallery! © Arlene Gawne |
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The secret of becoming invisible to the
creatures of Africa is to become part of the environment. 
So I
designed a camper van only a photographer could love. This ugly but
comfortable vehicle has windows all around with interior camera
platforms.
Zimbabwe, the
largest bull elephants stand on tiptoe to pick the nutritious seed pods
off the Apple Ring Acacia trees. The pods must be what elephants dream
about as they tread along the dry floodplains of the Zambezi.
anything
in Africa!
