The Pride enclosed within the tentacles of Nature is inevitably enormous ranging from the most minute molecules to the Heavenly Bodies.
PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN A SUBJECT AND AN OBSERVER.
In my case, my subject is wildlife and in the following portraits there is a dialogue between myself and the animal I am photographing.
One day, as I am sitting on the beach, just a couple of feet away from a seal, I sense that my presence is no longer a threat and from there, a connection, a line of communication is established. It observes me. I observe it. It makes a move and waits. I make a move and wait. It is like a dance. I begin to sense its body language as its stares at me with its big black eyes. For a moment, I feel like we are having a conversation.
There is no longer the animal and me, but Us. We are all part of the same world, we share this beach, this ocean, the air.
Our existence is bound to each other, to this Planet. Our goal is the same, to survive, to live and to procreate.
The Capybara
Mass: 35 – 66 kg (Adult)
Scientific name: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Conservation status: Least Concern Encyclopedia of Life
Trophic level: Herbivorous Encyclopedia of Life
Height: 50 – 64 cm (Adult, At the withers)
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The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent in the world. Also called chigüire and carpincho, it is a member of the genus Hydrochoerus, of which the only other extant member is the lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius). Its close relatives include guinea pigs and rock cavies, and it is more distantly related to the agouti, the chinchilla, and the coypu. Native to South America, the capybara inhabits savannas and dense forests and lives near bodies of water. It is a highly social species and can be found in groups as large as 100 individuals, but usually lives in groups of 10–20 individuals. The capybara is not a threatened species but is hunted for its meat and hide and also for grease from its thick fatty skin which is used in the pharmaceutical trade.