Incredible portraits of Orangutan

I was completely fascinated by the incredible portraits of Orangutan by Mark Edward Harris. I never saw such beautiful photo session before . Mark Edward Harris went to Borneo and Sumatra, islands located in South East Asia to shoot a collection of portrait to show us true beauty of the world’s most beautiful – and endangered – animals, The Orangutans. Moreover the portraits looked incrediblely beautiful, It sends a powerful message that we all have to ensure we’re doing all we can to protect the other species that share the earth with us.

“ The older ones like to have me turn my camera around so they can see themselves on my LCD, ” Mark Edward Harris said in an interview with The Photographer magazine in 20 Jan. 2020. He adds, “ I know this sounds a bit hard to believe, but it has happened on numerous occasions. Orangutans have self-awareness. ” For the last six years, Harris has been working closely with one of the world’s most fascinating animals – the orangutan. But as eye-catching and interesting as this portrait series is, there’s a serious undertone: one Harris wants to shed light on.

You can see all the portraits album of the Orangutan by Mark Edward Harris here ( Orangutan Portraits)

Watch an interview with Mark Edward Harris about this photo session

In this interview Mark tells us about the story of this session and the reason behind it. He tells us also about his feeling when he took these wonderful pictures. It is a very interesting and inspiring interview deserve to be watched.

About Mark Edward Harris

Mark Edward Harris was born in New York and was graduating from California State University, Los Angeles with a Master of Arts Degree in Pictorial/Documentary History.

Mark started his professional photography career doing the stills for the Merv Griffin Show and various television and movie companies. When the show ended in 1986 he set off on a four-month trek across the Pacific and throughout Southeast Asia, China and Japan. The images created on that trip brought attention to his travel and documentary photography. He since has visited and photographed in 100 countries.

His editorial work has appeared in publications including Vanity Fair, LIFE, GEO, Wallpaper, Stern, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveler, and so many other magazines as well as many photography and airline in-flight magazines.

His commercial clients range from The Gap for his fashion photography, Coca-Cola for portraiture, to cruise lines airlines and government tourist bureaus for his travel photography.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including a CLIO Award for advertising photography, an Aurora Gold Award for commercial directing and an ACE Award for directing and producing a video for television.

Mark Edward Haris published some books started with his first one which was published in 1998 under the name “Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work”