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Praise of Primates |
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In Praise of PRIMATES is a visual tribute to our
closest genetic relatives. Steve Bloom has created
a spectacular portfolio of images which goes beneath
the skin and shows a rare insight into the world
of these animals. |
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majority of the pictures were taken in the wild,
and those taken in captivity were only in rescue
centres or places which have a good track record
for the care of endangered species. |
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Steve\'s travels took him to a research centre in
the jungle of Kalimantan province, Borneo, where
he photographed orangutans, proboscis monkeys and
gibbons. He made several expeditions into the Virunga
Mountains on the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and The
Congo, where he photographed the highly endangered
mountain gorillas. He photographed wild chimpanzees
in Chambura Gorge, to the north of the Virungas
in Uganda. Many of the roads on which he travelled
were accessible only by four wheel drive vehicles,
and the daily treks into the forested mountains
were physically taxing in the extreme. He travelled
to the snow-capped peaks of the Japanese Alps to
photograph snow monkeys - the only primates, apart
from humans, who are known to bathe in hot springs.
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Bloom\'s approach is aesthetic rather than scientific.
His pictures are intended to move us deeply, and
to foster a realisation of how close we are to the
many other creatures with whom we share the world. |
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| "In
Praise of Primates" is published in ten languages
by Könemann Verlag, and has two hundred and forty
pages full of beautifully reproduced images. There
is a personal account describing how Steve made
the pictures. World renowned primatologist Dr. Jane
Goodall has written the foreword to this book. |
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