GELADA

During my trip to Ethiopia, I wanted to photograph these magnificent monkeys by making very tight portraits in order to highlight their elaborate communication system. At the time of writing these lines, I still remember the strong and extraordinary sensation that I experienced observing these fascinating primates. From the first images I understood that B&W would be essential to convey all the emotions and interactions of their social life, as evidence.... The main thing for me was to reveal a look, an attitude, a mimicry, an intention. The color here brought nothing to the photo, on the contrary it harmed the reading of the image. So I treated all the portraits in B&W.