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Peter Beard — 756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise
Peter Beard

756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise

A unique mixed-media work by Peter Beard combining a gelatin silver print with ink, blood, and affixed gelatin silver prints, documenting elephants in Tsavo for 'The End of the Game'. This piece exemplifies Beard's documentary approach combined with personal artistic intervention.

Medium
Unique work, comprising gelatin silver print with ink, blood and affixed gelatin silver prints, executed later.
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October 25, 2019

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Peter Beard, 756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise

A unique mixed-media work by Peter Beard combining a gelatin silver print with ink, blood, and affixed gelatin silver prints, documenting elephants in Tsavo for 'The End of the Game'. This piece exemplifies Beard's documentary approach combined with personal artistic intervention.

Medium
Unique work, comprising gelatin silver print with ink, blood and affixed gelatin silver prints, executed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Photography, Peter Beard, Documentary, Mixed Media, Tsavo, Gelatin Silver Print, Wildlife, Unique Work

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