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Tim Flach British, b. 1958

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Tim Flach, Djala, 2017

Tim Flach British, b. 1958

Djala, 2017
Series: Endangered
Digital C-Print
61 x 61 cm
24 1/8 x 24 1/8 in
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs
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(Texte en français ci-dessous) This is Djala, a western lowland gorilla, photographed at an English reserve run by the Aspinall Foundation. He was rescued from Gabon in the 1980s as...
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This is Djala, a western lowland gorilla, photographed at an English reserve run by the Aspinall Foundation. He was rescued from Gabon in the 1980s as an infant, having seen his entire family killed by poachers. At the rescue centre, he gradually overcame the profound traumas of his childhood, and after 30 years was taken home to the Gabonese forests with his new family. His health has improved in the wild: the lumps above his left eye receded, he lost excess bodyweight, and he should flourish in his old age.


The rescue and reintroduction of gorillas is enormously expensive, and some conservationists have criticised Aspinall for misdirecting resources. Funds could be used more efficiently to defend critically endangered wild gorillas from poaching, habitat destruction and disease, but truly, the Aspinall Foundation embodies our humanity in conservation, seeing no alternatives to saving an orphan from starvation.


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Voici Djala, un gorille des Plaines Occidentales, photographié dans une réserve dirigée par la Fondation Aspinall. Il fut importé du Gabon dans les années 80 suite au massacre de sa famille par des braconniers juste sous ses yeux alors qu'il était encore gorillon. Au centre de sauvetage, il surmonta les profonds traumatisme de son enfance et après 30 années, il fut réintroduit dans les forêts Gabonaises au sein d'une nouvelle famille de gorilles. Sa santé s'est grandement améliorée en milieu naturel: les kystes au-dessus de son oeil gauche se sont résorbés et son surplus de poids a été éliminé. Il possède tous les atouts pour atteindre un âge avancé.

Le sauvetage et la réintroduction des gorilles en milieu naturel s'accompagne d'un coût très élevé. Certains conservationnistes ont pointé du doigt une mauvaise gestion des ressources au sein d'Aspinall. Les fonds pourraient certes être utilisé de façon plus efficace pour lutter contre le braconnage, la destruction de l'habitat et les maladies qui affectent les gorilles mais au final, cette fondation incarne une forme d'humanité qui ne voit pas d'autre alternative que le sauvetage face à un gorillon orphelin en proie à la famine.

extrait du livre "Endangered", Abrams, 2017

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