Winter's Coming

David Yarrow:

'These were probably the worst weather conditions I have photographed under for many years, but it was those very conditions that define this image. If it was the same bison, in the same field at midday in the summer, there would be nothing special at all. I am reminded that we always have to fight to get what we want. Big bull bisons in the snow as a starting concept is appealing as they are primeval beasts that survived an ice age. Portraits work best when their faces look like monsters from Game of Thrones.'