Currently in London there is a huge public art exibition, called the
Elephant Parade. 258 model elephants have been individually designed and painted by artists, designers and celebrities and spread across the capital. The aim is to raise funds and awareness for the endangered Asian elephant. The elephants are proving to be hugely popular with Londerners and tourists, and quite a few
photographers seem to be doing projects based around them.
Having come across them by accident last weekend whilst in town for my birthday, I have decided to do my own elephant mini project. In my case I have decided to shoot all the images using my 10-20mm ultra wide angle lens. The aim is not just to show the beautiful elephant statues, but also the context of their settings. Besides, I have a new toy and want to play with it. This is a very limited time project. On 23 June all of the elephants will be moved from their current locations to the
Chelsea Royal Hospital for a grand viewing prior to their
auction on 3 July.
One of the (several) reasons that I have been a bit quiet on the blog front recently is that I have been working on the images from my Elephant Parade project. The parade itself finished at the end of June. I didn't manage to photograph all of the 258 elephants, but I did shoot a lot of them. After an extensive reviewing and selecting phase, I am left with over 250 images to put through some post production. The eventual aim is to make a photo book out of them. It might take a while though.
