Exhibition 23

Hide and Wild

Zimanga · South Africa

This selection of photographs comes from Zimanga, a game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with photographic hides beside its waterholes. The pictures made from them sit at the animals’ own level: a pair of white rhinos mirrored in black water, an elephant reaching down to drink, a warthog at the edge of the light, a hamerkop tossing its catch into the air.

The rest were made in the open bush. Giraffes in mist and golden dust, cheetahs resting, two male lions in morning haze. The two ways of working alternate through the sequence, the stillness of the hide and the movement of the bush.

The sequence follows the light, from morning mist to the night waterhole. It closes at the night waterhole, with two white rhinos and their reflection.

Two giraffes standing in low morning mist, pale and backlit, Zimanga, South Africa — Giraffes in Morning Mist

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Two male lions moving through thick golden morning haze, Zimanga, South Africa — Male Lions in Morning Haze

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Two cheetah cubs sitting in dry grass and rock, one looking into the camera, Zimanga, South Africa — Cheetah Cubs

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Hamerkop standing in shallow water with its beak open, catching prey, Zimanga, South Africa — Hamerkop

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Two giraffes in high-key black and white above pale winter scrub, Zimanga, South Africa — Giraffes in High Key

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Cape buffalo bull facing the camera head-on with heavy weathered horns and oxpeckers on his face, Zimanga, South Africa — Cape Buffalo Bull

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Small finch and an emerald-spotted wood dove on red sand at water level, Zimanga, South Africa — Finch and Wood Dove

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Two cheetahs lying together in dry grass in warm late light, Zimanga, South Africa — Cheetahs Resting

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Pod of hippos in black and white, one with its mouth wide open, Zimanga, South Africa — Hippos

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Small red-billed finches splashing and bathing at the edge of a waterhole, photographed at water level, Zimanga, South Africa — Finches Bathing

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Cheetah and spotted hyena facing off beside a red dirt track in the early morning, Zimanga, South Africa — Cheetah and Hyena

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White-backed vulture landing on red sand with wings fully spread, Zimanga, South Africa — White-backed Vulture Landing

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Two giraffes standing in heavy golden backlit dust, Zimanga, South Africa — Giraffes in Golden Dust

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Bull elephant standing at the edge of a waterhole at sunset, trunk lowered, reflected in the water, Zimanga, South Africa — Elephant at the Waterhole

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Three white rhinos standing at a waterhole under a pink and blue dusk sky, mirrored in the water, Zimanga, South Africa — White Rhinos at Dusk

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Warthog kneeling to drink at a night waterhole, lit against pure black, Zimanga, South Africa — Warthog Drinking at Night

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Cape buffalo lit against pure black at a night waterhole, horns and reflection mirrored in still water, Zimanga, South Africa — Buffalo Reflected at Night

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Group of white rhinos lit against pure black at a night waterhole, mirrored in still water, Zimanga, South Africa — White Rhinos at the Night Waterhole

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The places

Zimanga lies about 330 km south of MalaMala, in northern KwaZulu-Natal. MalaMala sits against the western boundary of Kruger National Park, in Mpumalanga.
See Unfenced, from MalaMala

No. 19: the photo that did not make the cut

Two lions walking through dust rendered in soft monochrome, Zimanga, South Africa — Lions in Monochrome

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