THE CORMORANT – JACQUES PION

Hidden within a gaggle of geese stands a Cormorant ontop a fig. It’s long neck and facial features give it a prehistoric look. Its place here grants the scene a timeless quality.  Pion has beautifully captured the shadowy black outlines of the trees both above and in the reflection.

SCOUT – JENS LUCKING

A central motif of Lucking’s work is the low camera angle that focuses on the feet. Here, Lucking creates a heart-warming image with the addition of a dog.

BULL 2 – BRIAN GRIMWOOD

Bringing his expertise of line and form to the image of the bull, Grimwood creates an image of high energy characterised by his loose use of line. In this image, the Bull floats weightlessly on its feet.

SMOKING FISH – MARK MAWSON

Capturing this fish in all its elegance, Mawson focuses on the creature’s striking colourways. Rich purples, pinks and aqua blues give the fish a kaleidoscopic sense of colour. It’s long tails float behind, as if plumes of smoke. In many ways, this work is informed by Mawson’s most iconic series, Aqueous, where Mawson photographs paint billowing out underwater.

DUST BATH – MIA COLLIS

This picture was taken in Amboseli National Park on the Kenya Tanzania border just below Mt. Kilimanjaro. It was an extremely dry time and most animals, as well as humans, were waiting for the rain. When a significant amount of dust is presented, the plains zebra, also known as Burchell’s zebra, will rub itself in the dust so that it can remove hard to reach parasites.

STEEPLECHASERS SILO – LEO MASON

Silhouettes of thoroughbred horses charge over Aintree’s iconically high hurdles in this quintessential image of a traditional British sporting event. Almost close enough to touch the horses as they flash past, Mason grants us an exhilarating perspective on the race, almost as if we are galloping alongside them. The only question remains- who is going to win?

THE PIGS – JOHN THORNTON

I became aware of the police being called “Pigs” during the 1960s in America, relating to the Anti-Vietnam War movement. In London, Oz Magazine, that had begun its life in my hometown of Sydney, was making waves and was very much of my own thinking. I decided to produce a surreal photograph turning the literal translation into an image. The pig’s head came from Harrods, which was hardly anti-establishment and is a dichotomy in itself.

STARING PELICANS – JASPER DALGLIESH

Pelicans standing to attentions and all looking the same direction, ZSL, London, UK.

DINOSAURS – LORNA FREYTAG

This wonderful image perfectly illustrates how dinosaurs are so compelling to so many children. Dinosaurs capture the fascination children have with ‘big and little’ and Lorna portrays this so well in this imaginative piece.