Zimbabwe-born photographer Emma Gatland captured the moment a rhino was being relocated from the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F2021%2F03%2F17%2Fworld%2Frhino-airlift-upside-down-hnk-spc-intl%2Findex.html" target="_blank">According to researchers</a>, being airlifted upside down is the safest way to move these critically endangered animals. Through her photography, Gatland hopes to draw attention to conservation issues on the African continent.
Zimbabwe-born photographer Emma Gatland captured the moment a rhino was being relocated from the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. According to researchers, being airlifted upside down is the safest way to move these critically endangered animals. Through her photography, Gatland hopes to draw attention to conservation issues on the African continent.
Emma Gatland
Gatland is a rising star among wildlife photographers in Southern Africa, where she says the vast majority of those in the business are male. She says she hopes her photography will inspire other female photographers to discover the world.
Gatland is a rising star among wildlife photographers in Southern Africa, where she says the vast majority of those in the business are male. She says she hopes her photography will inspire other female photographers to discover the world.
Emma Gatland
Light, color, composition and sharpness are all factors that Gatland considers when selecting her images. Most importantly, she considers the story each image will tell. This pack of African wild dogs in South Africa's Timbavati Wildlife Park gave Gatland an opportunity to shoot during lowlight and generate a silhouette of the animals under the orange sky. "I call this shot 'Leader of the Pack' ... you can just feel this dog kind of coordinating his soldiers into the hunt," she says.
Light, color, composition and sharpness are all factors that Gatland considers when selecting her images. Most importantly, she considers the story each image will tell. This pack of African wild dogs in South Africa's Timbavati Wildlife Park gave Gatland an opportunity to shoot during lowlight and generate a silhouette of the animals under the orange sky. "I call this shot 'Leader of the Pack' ... you can just feel this dog kind of coordinating his soldiers into the hunt," she says.
Emma Gatland
"We forget how close we are to nature and how close they are to us," Gatland adds. She hopes photographs like this one, featuring a mother and her child in nature, show the world the similarity between humans and wildlife.
"We forget how close we are to nature and how close they are to us," Gatland adds. She hopes photographs like this one, featuring a mother and her child in nature, show the world the similarity between humans and wildlife.
Emma Gatland
Gatland was sitting on a boat in Botswana's Okavango Delta on her way back to camp, when this hippo dented her boat to protect its territory. "I wasn't worried about what might have happened -- (instead, I) just took out the camera and started firing away and managed to get a shot," she says.
Gatland was sitting on a boat in Botswana's Okavango Delta on her way back to camp, when this hippo dented her boat to protect its territory. "I wasn't worried about what might have happened -- (instead, I) just took out the camera and started firing away and managed to get a shot," she says.
Emma Gatland
The 39-year-old photographer, who grew up in South Africa, says she doesn't often shoot in black and white -- but legendary photographers like Ansel Adams, known for his iconic black and white images of the American West, have made a huge impact on her life.
The 39-year-old photographer, who grew up in South Africa, says she doesn't often shoot in black and white -- but legendary photographers like Ansel Adams, known for his iconic black and white images of the American West, have made a huge impact on her life.
Emma Gatland
For Gatland, elephants often tell a family-oriented story of leading matriarchs and nurturing mothers, and they are among her favorite animals to photograph. She particularly loves their texture that create a tale of age, she says, and eyes that detail the lives they've lived.
For Gatland, elephants often tell a family-oriented story of leading matriarchs and nurturing mothers, and they are among her favorite animals to photograph. She particularly loves their texture that create a tale of age, she says, and eyes that detail the lives they've lived.
Emma Gatland
"Often as photographers, we pick up the camera and want to zoom in and get the eye lashes and the spots and the details," Gatland says, but zooming out of a photo allows her to capture a big cat such as this one in its natural surroundings -- creating more of a story in its habitat.
"Often as photographers, we pick up the camera and want to zoom in and get the eye lashes and the spots and the details," Gatland says, but zooming out of a photo allows her to capture a big cat such as this one in its natural surroundings -- creating more of a story in its habitat.
Emma Gatland
She hopes that her photos will draw attention to conservation efforts so that threatened animals -- such as the rhinoceros, often hunted for their horns -- will be more protected.
She hopes that her photos will draw attention to conservation efforts so that threatened animals -- such as the rhinoceros, often hunted for their horns -- will be more protected.
Emma Gatland
This photo of a white rhinoceros in Klaserie, northeastern South Africa, generated a lot of attention, Gatland says, because she "push(ed) the boundaries" with the lighting.
This photo of a white rhinoceros in Klaserie, northeastern South Africa, generated a lot of attention, Gatland says, because she "push(ed) the boundaries" with the lighting.
Emma Gatland