Eight Elephants – Elephant Fine Art Photography, South Africa Wildlife Print, Limited Edition Black and White

Eight Elephants – African Elephant Fine Art Print – Limited Edition – South Africa – Kodak T-MAX 400

That gap — between what you see and what you're told — is the whole of it. Look again. Count again. The photograph holds its answer quietly and does not explain.

Traveling back to camp that morning, the herd came upon me. I sat quietly and watched. Elephants are protective animals and some in this herd were large — I was closer than I would have planned. They moved around me, unhurried, as if I wasn't there. The matriarch and the next largest paused nearby, assessed, then continued. No aggression. A decision made and unmade in seconds.

I didn't change my position. The compression happened naturally as the herd moved away — perspective doing what perspective does. I recognized it and held the frame. What the herd looked like before that compression is The Full Count.

Shot on film, the rolls were processed separately — different days, different times. The memory of the morning came before the images did. It wasn't until the sequence came back together that I knew what I had.

Edition: Each limited edition print is hand-signed and numbered by the artist. A Certificate of Authenticity accompanies every print. Once the edition sells out it is permanently retired. This edition is strictly limited to 50 prints.
Medium: Fine art photography — Kodak T-MAX 400. South Africa, 2019. Straight photography.
Size: Available in six sizes. Select your size from the dropdown menu above.
Paper: All sizes printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325 — a heavyweight, fiber-based paper that is the closest inkjet equivalent to a traditional darkroom fiber print. Deep blacks, open shadows, archival permanence.

About the Artist: Harry Johansing is a California-based photographer with a life spent with a camera — self-taught, experimental, working across film and digital. His photography has taken him across California, Mexico, Central America, and sub-Saharan Africa. His prints are held in private collections internationally, including those of noted public figures and working artists.

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