Remains of the Day

Intense bushfires swept through the veldt around Dinokeng in
September 2021. It’s sadly part of life these days and no continent,
other than Antarctica, is immune.
The charred canvas offered a conceptual opportunity, with the scorched
earth littered with blackened wood. It was a bleak, apocalyptic scene.
Acclaimed conservationist Kevin Richardson cares for a handful of
black panthers very close to this area, and I recognised an opportunity
to do something a little different. Black on black.
I took this photograph from a cage; there is no other way. The credit
for it goes to Kevin. I had the easy bit in getting the panther’s eyes
sharp. Without that crispness, there is no image.
It all came together as well as we could have possibly hoped.