Melanie Faith Dove, Under Vulture Sunset (ANIMALS 2024)

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The famous Panthera Leo brothers, soon to be moved to another country from their habitat at Eswatini's only game reserve to home lions. The precious big cat, previously extinct nationally, now exists in small, reintroduced numbers within the fenced game reserve of Hlane Royal National Park. The artificial nature of this wildlife reinvestment along with elephants and rhinos onto these reclaimed lands is symbolised by the monochromatic fluorescent pink of the infrared camera settings. Although they live and behave like wild animals, their territory, family, environment and menu are entirely controlled by human intervention and further complicated by diversity imbalance. Monochrome infrared photos taken in Eswatini, 2023

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