A haunting gelatin silver photograph documents the catastrophic elephant die-off in Tsavo, Kenya, where hundreds of carcasses stretch across the arid landscape in a devastating display of ecological collapse. Beard's signature intervention of hand-applied ink amplifies the raw documentary power of the image, weaving his obsessive journalistic notation directly into the visual surface. The work stands as both a visceral record of environmental tragedy and a deeply personal testament to Beard's lifelong fixation on the destructive relationship between human expansion and African wildlife.