Joachim Schmeisser

Joachim Schmeisser was born in Germany in 1958 and is best known for the series he made in East Africa – his iconic portrait of elephants – particularly the orphan elephants at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. He started this project in 2009 – during a stopover on a trip to see the mountain gorillas in Rwanda and the Hadzabe in Tanzania. He photographs Africa’s last giants up close, creating extraordinary portraits.