There is a place on Earth

where giants still roam…

Land of Giants

In 2017 I started a project, in collaboration Tsavo Trust in Kenya, that would keep me busy for the best part of 18 months. Our goal was to document the incredible elephants of Tsavo and produce a coffee table book that would support their cause.

Elephants of Tsavo

Tsavo is home to some of the last remaining “big tuskers” – elephants with tusks weighing in excess of 100lbs (45kg) on each side. It is thought that there are less than 20 of these elephants left on Earth, and almost half of them are in Tsavo. Many of them live in remote, inaccessible areas and are rarely photographed. For this project, Tsavo Trust helped me track down two cow tuskers and four bull tuskers, including “LU1”, the largest of all.

Big Tusker

LU1 photographed with BeetleCam.

I was honoured to be amongst the last to see and photograph F_MU1, a cow tusker with the most remarkable tusks I’ve ever seen. Her picture graces the cover of my book. She sadly died in the drought in 2017, a few weeks after I photographed her. You can read more about her in this blog post.

Tsavo Trust

Richard Moller founded Tsavo Trust in 2012 to support Kenya Wildlife Service in conserving wildlife, combatting wildlife crime and supporting local communities.

Tsavo Trust

Tsavo Trust team with a sedated Big Tusker.

In an urgent response to a terrible surge in poaching, Tsavo Trust’s “Big Tusker Project” was established to secure the future for the tuskers, before they were lost forever. The challenge of protecting an area the size of Switzerland, with limited resources, is immense. However, Tsavo Trust is making a crucial and tangible impact through teams patrolling on the ground, regular aerial reconnaissance flights, community outreach initiatives and intelligence activities. I found it truly inspiring to work with Richard and his dedicated team.

The Book

Land of Giants is a large (36 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 inches) coffee table book and features 150 previously unseen black and white photographs, taken over the course of an expedition in 2017 and two in 2018. Approximately a third of the images were taken with BeetleCam, which allowed me to capture a spectacular and intimate perspective on Tsavo’s giants. This is the first significant collection of BeetleCam images ever to be published in a book.

We decided that this book could do the most good as a communication tool for Tsavo Trust. We have therefore made a beautiful, high-quality book, without regard for profit, and our aim is to reach as many people as possible with it. The photographs in the book communicate an inspiring message: that these incredible elephants are still out there, and it is not too late to save them.

Buy the Book

Signed copies of the book can be purchased directly from this website and can be shipped worldwide. For your convenience, unsigned copies are also available from Amazon.co.uk.