Wildlife / Animals nominee

A baby elephant quenches its thirst at a waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia. My choice of location and viewpoint enabled me to silhouette the elephants against the beautiful tones of the water at dusk and also provided me with freedom to move to fine-tune my composition.

Richard is an award winning wildlife and landscape photographer and author of books on photography. His work does encompass other genres of photography but his primary focus remains rooted in the natural world. His up-bringing in Uganda and the Sudan no doubt helped generate his passion and fascination for wildlife and for the wild animals of that continent in particular. He is now based in Greece, but regularly returns to Africa leading photographic safaris. Like many nature photographers he is deeply concerned about our impact on the environment. He hopes his work will communicate to others the complexity, beauty and design inherent in this part of our existence and encourage immersion in and interaction with its wonders. He also hopes it will in some way help nurture a respectful relationship rather than one based on exploitation and control.