Tagged animal.

Tagged animal

Anita Traverso Gallery July 2015

Red Gallery 2015

Many wild places exist for fortuitous reasons such as a locations remoteness, topography or a governments decision that a place has an inherent value for commercial reasons. Wild animals that inhabit these places are perceived to be free of human intervention. Viewing these wild animals is invigorating.

When i encounter an animal that has been tagged for identification purposes or radio collared for scientific purposes the ‘wild’ encounter feels compromised.

In this body of work I explore these ideas by digitally adding tags, collars and monitoring antennae to animals I have photographed in the wild.

Cameras: Nikon F 601, Nikon F5, Nikon D200 + 300

Lenses: Nikon F4 600mm + Nikon F2.8 70-200mm

Film: Fuji Velvia 100F, Kodak Portra 160/ 400, Kodachrome 64

Multiple zebras with pink ear tags numbered 40 facing left against a teal background.
Four digitally illustrated flamingos flying against a bright teal background.
Two hands holding bird masks with beak-like nose and feathered appearance against a blue background.
Three monkeys sitting on black branches against a bright yellow background, each holding a stick in their hands.
A digitally edited image of a seal with a body of a human, flexing its arm against a plain orange background.
Two tigers with open mouths, showing teeth, against a pink background.
A digital illustration of a bird with a human face against a purple background.
Two eagles with high-tech devices on their legs flying against a purple background.
A crocodile with a tiny mouse on its back against a purple background.
An image of a lizard with orange and black patterned skin, set against an orange background.
Two hyena heads with human ears wearing headphones, facing each other against a red background.
Six giraffes with exaggerated elongation and duplicated appearance on an orange background.
Two pink elephants facing each other on a bright yellow background.
Four black crows with yellow eyes and long beaks against a green background.