Huntress with Buck, South Africa
Hunting Lion, Kalhari, Northern Cape, South Africa
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Kill Shot, Untitled Huntress, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Untitled Professional Hunter and Son, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Untitled Hunter #I, Trophy Room, Dallas Texas
Huntress with Wildebeest, Namibia
Untitled Hunter #I at Dusk, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Untitled Hunter, Zimbabwe
Xhosa Huntersman with Lynx #I, South Africa
Skinner with Trophy Zebra, South Africa
Bowhunter near to Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
Untitled Hunter, Hippo Pool, Zimbabwe
Professional Hunter, Zimbabwe
Trophy Leopard, at the End of the Hunt, Namibia
Hunter with Giraffe, Ladysmith, South Africa
Lioness, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
Hunting Party, Zimbabwe
Bloodied Huntress, Namibia
Professional Hunter with Trophy Lion, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
Untitled Huntress, Trophy Room #II, Dallas, Texas
Hunters
Hunters explores the complex relationship between human and animals, documenting the game hunting industry in Sub-Saharan Africa. Historically a source of revenue for colonial governments, trophy hunting has now become a controversial yet major industry, taking place in 23 African countries, and generating over 200 million dollars a year. … read more
This body of work explores the many aspects of big game hunting, gaining access into the psuedo-wilderness reserved for this unique kind of tourism, usually off-limits to outsiders. Embedded within hunting groups, Chancellor gained an insider view of the pursuit, resulting in a series of compelling and intimate portraits of hunters with their controversial prey which form part of a wider narrative, extending to photographs of taxidermy process and hunters’ trophy rooms, as well as images of local workers reliant on the industry for their livelihood.
Together, the meticulously detailed images offer an insight into what Chancellor describes as the ‘Wildlife Industry’, exploring issues of welfare, conservation and the ethics of an unconventional type of tourism.
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