Inspired by John Berger's seminal essay Why Look at Animals (1980), LOOK AT THE FISH takes the viewer on a sensorial journey through the aquarium, prioritizing the perspective of its inhabitants to reveal the space as - ultimately - a site for the observation of the human species.

Look at the Fish

Inspired by John Berger’s seminal essay Why Look at Animals (1980), LOOK AT THE FISH takes the viewer on a sensorial journey through the aquarium, prioritizing the perspective of its inhabitants to reveal the space as - ultimately - a site for the observation of the human species.

The story of Alan McFadyen's famous Kingfisher photograph, which took 6 years and 720,000 attempts to capture, and was in dedication to his late grandfather. Alan recounts where his inspiration came from, the difficulties in capturing the bird, mid-dive, and how he's still recognized today for his efforts.

Moment of Impact

The story of Alan McFadyen's famous Kingfisher photograph, which took 6 years and 720,000 attempts to capture, and was in dedication to his late grandfather. Alan recounts where his inspiration came from, the difficulties in capturing the bird, mid-dive, and how he's still recognized today for his efforts.

Churchill, Manitoba, is a famous destination for polar bear photography, but what do the bears see of us? NUISANCE BEAR shifts our perspective, revealing an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their annual migration.

Nuisance Bear

Churchill, Manitoba, is a famous destination for polar bear photography, but what do the bears see of us? NUISANCE BEAR shifts our perspective, revealing an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their annual migration.

Set in the Jawai-Bera area in western India, Rabari: People of the Leopard looks at the interdependency of the lives of a shepherd and his nephew and those of the leopards that frequent the area, through the prisms of economic migration, the cost of unwanted industrialization and the traditional belief systems.

Rabari: The People of the Leopard

Set in the Jawai-Bera area in western India, Rabari: People of the Leopard looks at the interdependency of the lives of a shepherd and his nephew and those of the leopards that frequent the area, through the prisms of economic migration, the cost of unwanted industrialization and the traditional belief systems.

A wolf walks from Germany to Belgium, monitored through GPS. The first wolf in Belgium in a century, she makes headlines; then suddenly vanishes from the human gaze. This voyeuristic collage of found footage from wildlife and surveillance cameras explores and questions relationships between humans and an iconic wild animal.

Naya

A wolf walks from Germany to Belgium, monitored through GPS. The first wolf in Belgium in a century, she makes headlines; then suddenly vanishes from the human gaze. This voyeuristic collage of found footage from wildlife and surveillance cameras explores and questions relationships between humans and an iconic wild animal.

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