PRESS RELEASE: Dr. Bernd Wasiolka @ OMBA GALLERY

Wildlife photography is regarded as the one of the most challenging forms of photography. Sound technical skills, being at the right place at the right time (‘pure luck’), specialised equipment, excellent field skills complimented by a thorough understanding of animal behaviour makes for a craft requiring large amounts of patience and dedication on the part of a photographer.

The greatest difficulty presented by wildlife photography is undoubtedly the unpredictability of the subjects’ behaviour because animals in the wild cannot be manipulated or ‘composed’ to produce the perfect picture; instead the photographer manipulates and combines his particular set of skills and equipment to accommodate the subject. The same difficulty presented by unpredictability has an added dimension in that animal behaviour and responses cannot be repeated for the pleasure of the camera. Wildlife photographers have split-seconds, seconds and a few minutes at most, to capture wildlife in natural surroundings and they’ll spend days and months, in a particular location, patiently waiting to capture a subject in the proper light, from the right angle.

Omba Gallery is currently hosting a temporary solo exhibition of German wildlife photographer and animal ecologist, Dr. Bernd Wasiolka, called ‘Kalahari Dreaming’. The exhibition opened at Omba Gallery on 3 October 2013 and will run until Saturday, 19^th October 2013.

Wasiolka’s photographs at Omba Gallery are mounted on wooden frames, printed on canvas and displayed at high-quality resolution. There were neither discernible dark spots nor blurred edges in sight; the contrast and lines are sharp and brittle. With the exception of three or four images, all were captured using natural light, the magnificent Kalahari serving as the perfect background. ‘Kalahari Dreaming’ is also the name of his book, an A4, landscaped compilation of wildlife photographs, arranged and labelled in the form of a family photo album. The photographs range in price from N$ 3 500.00 to N$ 10 000.00 and the book retails at N$ 550.00.

Dr. Bernd Wasiolka currently assists the Cheetah Research Project in Windhoek but is available for private viewings and interviews at Omba Gallery.

For more information, feel free to contact him on (+264) 81 339 0761 or bernd@wildphotolife.com .

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