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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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