In drafting my Critical Review of Practice (CRoP) I had cause to think about my beginnings on the course. I was a wildlife photographer through and through. I had travelled the world to five continents and captured some of the most beautiful animals from across the globe. In doing so, I had been chased by elephants and buffalos, touched by the hand of a gorilla and attacked by the Tiger Leeches of Borneo. I had viewed a polar bear and her two cubs across a four-foot high fence while camping on Hudson Bay and spent hours observing an orang-utan’s fight to save her dying offspring.
Orangutan with Baby, Borneo, Alison Price 2010
Juvenile Mountain Gorilla, Rwanda, Alison Price 2011
Female Mountain Gorilla, Rwanda, Alison Price 2011
Proboscis Monkey, Borneo, Alison Price 2010
Even before the MA, I realised that my work went beyond the record shot and even then, without the informed position and understanding about my photographic practice I now have, I knew my work was different and whilst my voice in wildlife photography was not mature I was looking to enter the world behind the eyes of the animal. True, I had started taking candid portraits and some gained international acclaim but as my work developed I starting capturing animals within their environment.
Brown Bear, Off Kodiak Island, Alaska, Alison Price 2012
Brown Bear Cubs, Alaska, Alison Price 2012
Polar Bear with Cubs, Hudson Bay, Alison Price 2016
Polar Bear crossing the Runway, Hudson Bay, Alison Price 2016
In 2017, I returned to Antarctica via the Falkland Islands and South Georgia spending three weeks photographing the Southern Ocean’s unique wildlife:
Magellanic Penguins, Falkland Islands, Alison Price 2017
Dancing Gentoos, Antarctica, Alison Price 2017
Black Browed Albatross, Falkland Islands, Alison Price 2017
Magellanic Penguins, Falkland Islands, Alison Price 2017
King Penguins and Fur Seals, South Georgia, Alison Price 2017
King Penguins and Chicks, South Georgia, Alison Price 2017
Chinstrap Penguins, Half Moon Island, Alison Price 2017
These were the type of shots I was taking before I started the MA. What a journey! I look forward to renewing my wildlife work from a very different perspective!
