Pack Your Trunks: 18 astonishingly beautiful elephant photos










“Elephants are ‘ecosystem engineers’. They strip bark off trees, pull other trees down, and plant more trees through their dung, slowly turning woodland into savannah. Elephants can deposit upwards of 150 kg of dung daily.”
Find out more in our article Everything You Need To Know About African Elephants








Elephants are endlessly fascinating creatures: intelligent, powerful, caring… They’re one of the world’s most loved animals.
But they also face serious threats to their existence in parts of Africa and Asia from problems such as poaching for their tusks to sell in the illegal wildlife trade, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict.
The world is full of remarkable and beautiful animals, each too valuable to lose, from elephants to tiny termites.
It’s not too late to help them all. Change is possible.










“I’m excited about the New Big 5 project. It says something positive about our world that people are now more interested in photographing wildlife than killing it. Of course, we have a long way to go in wildlife conservation. I support this project in the hope it can bring more attention to the many threats that animals face.”
Tim Laman – photographer








Photos by:
Ami Vitale: www.amivitale.com
Graeme Green: www.graeme-green.com
Thomas D Mangelsen: mangelsen.com
Gurcharan Roopra: gurcharanroopra.com
Greg du Toit: www.gregdutoit.com
Will Burrard-Lucas: www.burrard-lucas.com
Beverly Joubert: beverlyjoubert.com
Marina Cano: www.marinacano.com
David Lloyd: davidlloyd.net
Tim Laman: www.timlamanfineart.com
Carole Deschuymere: caroledeschuymere.com
Piper Mackay: www.pipermackayphotography.com
Rathika Ramasamy: www.rathikaramasamy.com
Art Wolfe: artwolfe.com
Sandesh Kadur: www.sandeshkadur.com
Marco Giaotti: www.facebook.com/MarcoGaiottiPhotography/
Shannon Wild: shannonwild.photoshelter.com