SUPER NATURAL

On David Lloyd’s Instagram account, there are two short sentences that tell us a lot about his work: “All animals wild and free,” and “All pictures Photoshop free”. In a photographic world where it’s hard to trust our eyes, with photos heavily altered or animals photographed in captivity, Lloyd’s wildlife photos stand out as classic, clean compositions, mainly focusing on the wildlife of Africa.

Originally from New Zealand, Lloyd is based in the UK and previously worked in graphic design. Photography started, he says, as an “obsessive hobby” to go out to Africa and take photos to put on his wall, but now his photos are on the walls of wildlife lovers around the world.

There’s a chance to pick up one of his prints for far less money than usual this summer. Lloyd is one of more than 150 globally renowned photographers supporting the second edition of Prints For Wildlife (). Created by photographers Marion Payr and Pie Aerts in the height of the Covid pandemic, the first Prints For Wildlife raised US$660,200 in 2020 for African), a non-profit conservation organisation that manages 19 parks in 11 countries on behalf of governments in Africa for the benefit of local communities and wildlife. This year, they have an ambitious target of one million dollars, with prints on sale from well-known photographers (Steve Winter, Ami Vitale, Greg du Toit, Clement Kiragu, Beverley Joubert, Sudhir Shivaram…) and emerging international talent.