The Senator
The Senator
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LOWLAND GORILLA SERIES, 2023
The Senator
“THERE IS A CALM WISDOM, A STEELY FORTITUDE AND A WHIFF OF SOVEREIGNTY. HE IS A SENATOR - A MAN REPRESENTING HIS PEOPLE.” ~ David Yarrow
This is such a simple portrait of Elmo - a Western lowland Silverback gorilla. The photograph makes no claim to be anything else than a facial study. The flat lighting helps elevate the textural detail, and its simplicity is its strength. With less facial hair - especially on the forehead than a mountain gorilla and narrower bone structures, they look more like humans than their cousins from higher altitudes. They are very firmly on the anthropologist’s road map.
The photograph could be a painting by a Dutch master, and the gorilla himself reminds me of some people I know - mostly people in authority. There is a calm wisdom, a steely fortitude and a whiff of sovereignty. He is a Senator - a man representing his people. ~ David Yarrow
The Senator
“THERE IS A CALM WISDOM, A STEELY FORTITUDE AND A WHIFF OF SOVEREIGNTY. HE IS A SENATOR - A MAN REPRESENTING HIS PEOPLE.” ~ David Yarrow
This is such a simple portrait of Elmo - a Western lowland Silverback gorilla. The photograph makes no claim to be anything else than a facial study. The flat lighting helps elevate the textural detail, and its simplicity is its strength. With less facial hair - especially on the forehead than a mountain gorilla and narrower bone structures, they look more like humans than their cousins from higher altitudes. They are very firmly on the anthropologist’s road map.
The photograph could be a painting by a Dutch master, and the gorilla himself reminds me of some people I know - mostly people in authority. There is a calm wisdom, a steely fortitude and a whiff of sovereignty. He is a Senator - a man representing his people. ~ David Yarrow
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