SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants > Mindy and Anna with the elephants 8-18-08
SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants > Anna and Mindy with the elephants 8-18-08
SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants > A day at the Milwaukee Zoo - 8/18/08 >  elephants_sunset
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SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants >  Robert Kato

Robert Kato has been photographically capturing fine art images for over three decades. His extensive art education has provided him with a strong foundation in the art of seeing as well as visual communication.

His photographic journey began soon after he developed his first roll of film and watched his first print "magically" appear in the developer tray. That magic reappeared with the advent of digital photography and Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop helped to satisfy his ambition of becoming a painter and now the mouse has become his brush and the monitor his palette. The photographic paintings were created with an Iris printer. 
Presently, he works as a fine art digitographer and master printmaker providing post-production assistance to traditional as well as digital photographers. Sharing his expertise, he provides photographers with several aesthetic options for creating an unique photographic expression that can be a departure from the original image.

Robert’s work has recently been exhibited at ModernBook and Mango Pickles galleries in Palo Alto among other galleries. His work can be viewed at Studio Kato
SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants > It Isn't Natural
SmugMug > all-time keyword > elephants > La Familia

In Samburu National Park, Kenya, we came upon a family of African Elephants grazing contentedly by the Uaso Nyiro river.  With such a young baby they paid attention to our every move, and the one on the left, gradually moved herself between our vehicle and the baby.  African Elephants are a Vulnerable Species, poached for their ivory, and threatend by habitat loss, and ecosystem destruction, they come more and more into conflict with humans.  These animals live in a matriarchal social society, and infants depend heavily on elders to learn how to interact appropriately in elephant society.  Elephants are highly emotional creatures, and show obvious grief when one of their clan has been killed.  It is believed that a baby, who watches her mother murdered, can suffer the same symptoms as a young human child who has been traumatized.  These magnificent animals deserve more consideration, respect and protection than they are currently recieving worldwide.
Mindy and Anna with the elephants 8-18-08
 > Mindy and Anna with the elephants 8-18-08
Mindy and Anna with the elephants 8-18-08
Photo by: Mark · see photo in gallery

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