I photographed this elephant in Tsavo East National Park, where the red soil gives the elephants their characteristic rusty appearance.
While travelling through Tsavo East National Park in Kenya, I was fascinated by the elephants whose skin appeared almost red against the landscape. The colour does not come from the elephants themselves, but from the iron-rich red soil of Tsavo, which covers their bodies after dust bathing. Seeing them at close range was one of those moments when the landscape and the animal seemed inseparable. In Tsavo, the elephants quite literally carry the colour of the land with them.
- Date
- 2026-01-01