Michel Ghatan
(born 1975)
The Twins, Masai Mara, Kenya, 2021

Archival pigment print, signed and numbered '3/15' in the margin; accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

image: 39 3/4 x 59 3/4in. (101 x 151.8cm.)
sheet: 40 x 60in. (101.5 x 152.3cm.)

Ghatan has been photographing in Tanzania, Botswana and Kenya since 2010, using local tribesmen, including Maasai, Kikuyu and Samburu warriors, as trackers on walking safaris - an uninvasive way of meeting and photographing the creatures he encounters. The majority of Ghatan's extraordinary studies are taken on foot, often as close as two meters from his subjects.

Horrified by years of poaching, causing the East African animal population to decline by 90% in the last 75 years, Ghatan's monumental photographs underscore the magnificence, strength and yet vulnerability of these magnificent creatures.

Neutral toned, oversized print on semi-gloss paper with margins. Examined in frame and appears in excellent condition.

Sold framed: 46 3/4 x 66 1/4in. (108.8 x 168.3cm.)

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Ms. Paterson joined Hindman in 2022 and is a nearly 30-year veteran of the photography industry. She began her career in the Photographs Department at Christie’s in New York, and spent 20 years at the auction house becoming a Senior Specialist. Subsequently, she worked at Magnum Photos New York (a prestigious photojournalism collective founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947) as US Cultural and Print Sales Director and Bonhams as Head of the Photographs Department. Ms. Paterson has extensive knowledge of photography from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a particular interest in works of the American West by Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams.

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Michel Ghatan
(born 1975)
The Twins, Masai Mara, Kenya, 2021