So the Journey Begins

So the Journey BeginsMarlon du Toit Title: So the Journey Begins Small: Unframed: 111cm x 138cm Framed 143cm x 170cm Large: Unframed 148cm x 180cm Framed 180cm x 212cm Archival Pigment Print Limited edition of 10 prints for each size, signed by the Artist and delivered with a certificate of Authenticity. Samburu is a land of wild mystery rugged, dry, and demanding. It is a place that tests all who live here, yet beneath its harshness lies a profound beauty. Life here

From my elevated position high in the sand dunes

From a distance

I searched for a subject I have always found both fascinating and challenging — the hippopotamus

but his day rate has now trebled

I lowered my camera to the earth

I want to exaggerate not dumb things down as that helps the storyteller

but there’s enough

high in Katmai was not a given

It is a scene that has been painted many times

many are looking for the negative angles that come from observing privilege and excess

It was a place singularly characterised by the disposable moral fibre of its clientele

from Aspen