The Senator
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| The Senator | |
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This is such a simple portrait of Elmo - a Western lowland Silverback Gorilla. The photograph makes no claim to be anything else than a facial study. The flat lighting helps elevate the textural detail, and its simplicity is its strength. With less facial hair - especially on the forehead than a mountain Gorilla and narrower bone structures they look more like humans than their cousins from higher altitudes. They are very firmly on the anthropologist’s road map. The photograph could be a painting by a Dutch master, and the gorilla himself reminds me of some people I know - mostly people in authority. There is a calm wisdom, a steely fortitude and a whiff of sovereignty. He is a Senator - a man representing his people. |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Series | Wildlife |
| Technique | Photography |
| Size(s) | Standaard: 132 x 180 cm - Large 180 x 251 cm |
| Presentation | Museum Glass, Passe-Partout & Black wooden frame |
| Edition of | 12 (standard size) - 12 (large size) |
| Status | Available |
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