ENTRY DESCRIPTION
As a photographer there are few places more exciting to visit than Amboseli, and perhaps nowhere in the world is there a more exhilarating place to photograph elephants. The combination of some of the last remaining ‘super tuskers’, huge families migrating between the national park and adjoining conservancies, and most dramatically, it all unfolds underneath Mt. Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free standing mountain.

My first visit to the area was in October 2020. We started each day on the Amboseli lake bed, which at the end of a long season without rain meant it was dry and the earth crumbled under our land rover's wheels. We were hoping to catch a group of elephants as they crossed from one side to the other - something they undertook twice a day; once coming in to the park for water in the morning and then back again in the evening to return to the hills and the abundance of food they contain.

On our third day of five in the area, we got extremely lucky. Arriving as one herd had almost crossed the lake and in to the long grass, the mountain clearly visible in the background and the beautifully textured earth framing the scene, the photo composed itself.

AUTHOR
Written up as one of the most exciting young wildlife photographers of his generation, William has spent the last three years working in East Africa on a variety of photographic projects.

With conservation at the forefront of his endeavours, he has partnered with two charities, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation and Saving The Wild, both of whom share his goal of using art, photography and film to protect the natural world.

With a first class degree in Marine and Natural History Photography, William is represented by Red Eight Gallery, a London based private art gallery representing some of the finest emerging artists in the world.

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