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Peter Beard — Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya
Peter Beard

Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya

An mixed-media work combining a gelatin silver photograph with ink drawings and affixed snakeskin, documenting orphaned cheetah cubs in Kenya. The piece combines documentary photography with artistic intervention and personal narrative.

Medium
Gelatin silver print with ink, affixed snakeskin and gelatin silver print, executed later.

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October 3, 2017

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Peter Beard, Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya

An mixed-media work combining a gelatin silver photograph with ink drawings and affixed snakeskin, documenting orphaned cheetah cubs in Kenya. The piece combines documentary photography with artistic intervention and personal narrative.

Medium
Gelatin silver print with ink, affixed snakeskin and gelatin silver print, executed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Documentary, Mixed Media, Wildlife, Kenya, Conservation, African Landscape, Intervention

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