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Anima

Silenced Souls

“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are
so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
…” Walt Whitman

Long time dead, stuffed and staged, these animals show a character and a certain kind of melancholy. The soul long ago left the body, which, thanks to taxidermy, defies decay. I wanted to portray this remaining dignity, maybe even a bit of indictment.
If we continue to treat our nature, the animals and plants world in such a way we do, maybe such prepared animals and man-created sceneries remain to our descendants…

Part of the collection NEGLECT, photographed specimens of animals, most of which are extinct or critically endangered.

Year

2020

Client

Personal

Post

Inhouse

Credits

Leica Camera AG
Senckenberg Institute
David Schütte

Awards
  • Silver at the AOP Awards 2020
  • 4x Silver at One Eyland Awards
  • Selected for “200 Best Ad Photographers 2020” by Luerzer’s Archive
Anima, No. 2

Anima, No. 2

Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)
Anima, No. 4

Anima, No. 4

Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Anima, No. 3

Anima, No. 3

Hill wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
Anima, No. 9

Anima, No. 9

Giant toucan (Ramphastos toco)
ANIMA No. 05

ANIMA No. 05

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
Anima, No. 8

Anima, No. 8

Abyssinian ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)
Anima, No. 11

Anima, No. 11

Bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
Anima, No. 13

Anima, No. 13

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Anima, No. 10

Anima, No. 10

Red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Anima, No. 17

Anima, No. 17

Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)
Anima, No. 16

Anima, No. 16

American (Bison bison)
Anima, No. 15

Anima, No. 15

Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
Anima, No. 18

Anima, No. 18

Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
ANIMA No. 19

ANIMA No. 19

Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
ANIMA No. 20

ANIMA No. 20

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Anima, No. 23

Anima, No. 23

Musk Deer (Moschidae)
Anima, No. 21

Anima, No. 21

Massai-Lion (Panthera Leo)
Anima, No. 22

Anima, No. 22

Sumatra-Orang-Utan (Pongo abelii)
Anima, No. 25

Anima, No. 25

Marbou (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
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