DELANEY'S JOURNAL

Stories From The Wild

Step behind the lens and discover the stories, encounters, and moments that shaped each photograph.

Explore the patience, emotion, and artistic vision behind these timeless black and white fine art works.

Is Bonds of Love The Most Touching Elephant Family Print?

Bonds of Love captures a remarkable moment of protection within an elephant family in Addo Elephant National Park, when a herd surrounded a newborn after a bull tried to separate it from its mother.

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Ubuntu — The Tuskless Elephants of Addo

In Addo's southernmost reaches, nearly 95% of female elephants carry no tusks — a legacy shaped by poaching, survival, and generations of quiet adaptation. This is their story, and the story behind Ubuntu.

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Why I Only Have Two Colour Elephant Prints

I am a black and white photographer. Have been for twenty years. But Etosha has broken that rule twice — and both times an elephant was responsible. One image arrived as pure serendipity on an ordinary evening at the pan. The other took weeks of patience and one unrepeatable moment of red Kalahari dust and light. Here is why both stayed in colour.

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What Is a Tusker – The Majestic African Elephant Captured in Fine Art Prints.

Across Africa, tuskers embody strength, wisdom, and endurance. From Craig’s final legacy to the Shingwedzi brothers, these black-and-white portraits capture monumental grace and the soul of the wild.

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