A sweeping gelatin silver print captures a massive buffalo herd stretching across the African landscape, its sheer scale underscoring both the power and vulnerability of the species. Beard's signature mixed-media intervention transforms the photograph into a raw, tactile document, layered with ink, paint, affixed prints, a fountain pen nib, leaf, dried insect, and stamp, blurring the boundaries between fine art and personal diary. The diptych format heightens the tension between the wild abundance of the herd and the sobering reality of human-imposed population control, reflecting Beard's lifelong preoccupation with the fragile relationship between mankind and the natural world.