Humanity of Great Apes E-Book

Johannes Refisch

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 18

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

The beautiful photographs in the exhibition, “Their Fate is Ours: The Humanity of Great Apes”, are more than pretty pictures. They tell a story of the long and often difficult relationship between humans and great apes in Africa and Asia, and offer a glimpse of a world that hangs very much in the balance. Can anyone look at a photo of a mother gorilla cuddling her infant and not imagine their own child? Doesn’t a chimpanzee’s foot look like your own? Isn’t the mischief in an orangutan’s eyes clear to all? Biologist and photographer Johannes Refisch has captured fantastic images that highlight the similarities between humans and great apes. Despite these similarities, we insist upon clearing great ape habitat to make way for human development, destroying the rainforest homes, savanna fields, and mountaintop retreats in the process.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Sponsors

Foreword

Their fate is ours: the humanity in great apes

Gorillas

Chimpanzees & Bonobos

Orangutans

Great Apes Survival Partnership

Ashort biography

Acknowledgements

Large animals, preferably social animals, somewhere between elephants and great apes were always my passion.

This exhibition would not have been possible without the support of my parents during my studies and job searches. And others, who had to bear my long periods of absence in the bush and on mission, in particularl, my wife Rachel.

I thank the team of the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP), who supported me in all aspects of the exhibition, from providing input for the concept up to logistics related to shipment, set up and removal of the exhibition, and all the little things which are involved in an exhibition. When the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi, Kenya asked us whether we could develop an exhibition on great apes, we had no idea what this would all entailed.

I thank my companion on photo safaris in Kenya - Fabian Haas - his input in photo editing and design, and his company are terribly missed since he moved back to Germany. Without his help in layout and design this exhibition would never have materialized - many thanks! There is only one problem, when on safari with Fabian one never finds a leopard!!

I also thank Nigel Pavitt, a photography legend in Kenya, who helped with the editing and the processing of the bonobo photos, and Noor Hassanali of Unik Glass & Framers in Nairobi, Kenya who did the passe-partouts for the photos.

And finally all this would not have been possible without the support of Axel Wolff. As a “poor” student in the jungle I received slide films and second - hand equipment from Axel, and in the same good old tradition he has supported the exhibition.

Sponsors

My special regards go to the sponsors of the exhibition that supported me in very different ways.

Without them, such a project would not have been possible.

Foreword