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GALLERIES
african spring
african spring is the theme adopted to portray the elements and impressions of Zambia’s long dry season. It was the subject of a major project exhibition shown in 2005 and 2006 (see EXHIBITIONS).
Most visitors to Africa view the African seasons in the European or American context of four distinct seasons: ‘spring’, ‘summer’, ‘autumn’ (or ‘fall’) and ‘winter’.
But much of Africa has only two seasons: dry and wet. If we have to apply Western names to these, they would be ‘spring’ and ‘summer’.
In this series of photographs, the photographer seeks to show the various important elements and his impressions of Central Africa’s long dry season: habitats that survive the extended period without rain; Zambia’s abundant fresh water resource keeping many of the habitats alive; other habitats that have adapted to arid conditions; and how habitats that often seem waterless and ‘dead’, surge with life as the temperature increases in expectation of the rains.
The rich abundance of Zambia’s natural environment and natural resources remains largely unknown and unappreciated. As with all the work in the project, the photographer’s aim is to bring attention to the existence and importance of Zambia’s stunning wilderness.
Such awareness is the first essential step to the protection, conservation and sustainable use of the natural environment – and vital to the continued survival of the rural human populations who depend so directly on it.
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