This photo was taken on December 12, 1994 in Kerala, India. I’d like to answer the often-posed question of whether any of my images are computer tricks: nature does not need Photoshop to collage her stories. My photographs record what I saw through the lens of my camera. The gestures of animals are not made on a silicon chip. We must find the humility to credit nature for her wonder. There is no need to digitally invent the expressions of an elephant or a whale. Instead, I’m trying only to follow nature’s lead.
—Gregory Colbert
