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    For many years, photographer Anup Shah has been using hidden cameras to capture the individual personalities of wild animals in East Africa’s Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.

    ‘For me, shooting from a distance results in images that have a detached feel,' says Shah. 'But by minimising the photographic distance with remote cameras, you get a sense that you are part of the herd and closely engaged with the animals in a more intimate way. A fuller range of emotions opens up when you enter the world of a wild animal in its private space. It adds another dimension of drama that is difficult to achieve with conventional photography’.


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    Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) mature male approaching with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
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    Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) mature male approaching with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
    Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) herd heading for the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) herd heading for the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) reaching out with its trunk to sense - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) reaching out with its trunk to sense - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / African lion cubs (Panthera leo) drinking from a puddle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
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    Anup Shah / African lion cubs (Panthera leo) drinking from a puddle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male, showing teeth in aggressive display, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. April
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    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male, showing teeth in aggressive display, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. April
    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male reaching out with his paw, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) head portrait of juvenile male reaching out with his paw, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
    Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) juveniles watching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) juveniles watching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass - wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) young male approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) young male approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) young male approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) young male approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara Nationa Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching camera with curiosity, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
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    Anup Shah / Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) approaching camera with curiosity, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
    Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...
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    Anup Shah / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...
    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) aged about 2 years watching with curiosity with the rest of the clan in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) aged about 2 years watching with curiosity with the rest of the clan in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) peering at remote camera with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) peering at remote camera with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) gathering at the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) gathering at the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Vertvet monkey (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) running, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
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    Anup Shah / Vertvet monkey (Chlorocebus / Cercopithecus aethiops) running, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
    Anup Shah / Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, reaching out. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
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    Anup Shah / Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, reaching out. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) investigating with its trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) investigating with its trunk, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
    Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest herd (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common / Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) running away from the Mara River after crossing - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara N...
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    Anup Shah / Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest herd (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common / Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) running away from the Mara River after crossing - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara N...
    Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.
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    Anup Shah / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.
    Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) following a herd of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) as they cross the Mara River, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
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    Anup Shah / Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) following a herd of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) as they cross the Mara River, wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
    Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.
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    Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) emerging from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August 2009.
    Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) portrait, with African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) portrait, with African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the background. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Inquisitive African lion cubs (Panthera leo) wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
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    Anup Shah / Inquisitive African lion cubs (Panthera leo) wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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    Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
    Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) mature male, passing by, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
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    Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) mature male, passing by, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March
    Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...
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    Anup Shah / Eastern white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and Common or Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) mixed herd running. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera...
    Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) adult leaping as herd runs away from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
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    Anup Shah / Common / Plains Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) adult leaping as herd runs away from the Mara River - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September
    Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Common or Plains zebra herd crossing the Mara River - wide angle perspective (Equus quagga burchellii). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Low level view of Lesser flamingos taking off (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. July 2007.
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    Anup Shah / Low level view of Lesser flamingos taking off (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. July 2007.
    Anup Shah / Low level view of Lesser flamingos taking off - wide angle perspective (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Jul 2007
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    Anup Shah / Low level view of Lesser flamingos taking off - wide angle perspective (Phoeniconaias minor) Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya. Jul 2007
    Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) gathering at a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) gathering at a waterhole. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group drinking from waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group drinking from waterhole - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd feeding on trees - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
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    Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd feeding on trees - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August
    Anup Shah / African Lioness (Panthera leo) and cubs curiously approaching, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / African Lioness (Panthera leo) and cubs curiously approaching, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) old male with one eye standing next to a kill. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) old male with one eye standing next to a kill. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of a Common or Plains zebra. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on the carcass of a Common or Plains zebra. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) carcass covered in flies, with vultures in the background - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) carcass covered in flies, with vultures in the background - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male defending a kill from vultures after lions have finished - wide angle perspective, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...
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    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...
    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
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    Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February
    Anup Shah / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) covered with flies - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara...
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    Anup Shah / Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) and White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) covered with flies - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara...
    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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    Anup Shah / Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
    Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).head portrait of juvenile peering curiously, wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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    Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).head portrait of juvenile peering curiously, wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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