Angela and Jonathan Scott, internationally acclaimed wildlife photographers and authors, have dedicated their careers to capturing the essence of African wildlife through their stunning photography and compelling storytelling.  
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Angela and Jonathan are delighted to announce their new project,Sacred Nature: Wild Africa. This project showcases a collection of breathtaking images captured worldwide, illuminating the beauty and fragility of our planet’s wild inhabitants. From Amboseli’s majestic elephants to the Maasai Mara’s elusive leopards, their photographs offer a rare glimpse into the richness of Africa’s wildlife and the urgent need to protect their natural habitats. 

​Their groundbreaking contribution to the BBC’s Big Cat Diary series, and more recently as presenters of Big Cat Tales for Animal Planet, opened a window into the lives of big cats in Kenya’s Maasai Mara for millions of viewers worldwide. 

Yi Hsuan Lai, a Taiwanese lens-based artist now based in New York, incorporates handmade sculptures, found materials, and her body for staged photography in two and three dimensions, exploring themes of adaptation, uncertainty, and femininity.  

She has received residency fellowships from Light Work (2024) and Vermont Studio Center (2023) and participated in the NYFA immigration program in 2023. Her solo exhibitions include NARS Foundation (2024), Gallery 456 (2024), and Spring Break Art Show (2020), with group exhibitions at Photo London (2023), Floor_Gallery (2023), Wassaic Project (2022), and Well Well Project (2022). Lai's work was recognized among LensCulture's Critics' Top 10 Choices in 2022.

Colored Reflective Images: Bodyscapes & Portraits

This project started as a homework assignment for the online class From Concept to Presentation.  I started with one mirror.  Utilizing complementary colors, I explored the combinations of orange and blue, red and green, and yellow and purple.  I tried one color, and I tried off-color combinations.  Ultimately, the complementary combinations were the best, and I gravitated to orange and blue, my two favorite colors.

 I wanted to create an image that stood out from old concepts. I first was more concerned about bodyscape.  In the past, a bodyscape was a naked body in black and white with the edge of the form lit with harsh white light.  I wanted to add color and show multiple facets of the body in one image, thus the mirror.  All these images are created in a camera utilizing colored strobes and mirrors.  I also wanted to develop a sense of confusion as a photograph invokes you to question what is happening.

I started with nude models.  They created significant confusion.  Then I wanted more structure and form and moved to dancers, creating striking shapes. One mirror was fascinating, even though something was missing.  I added a second mirror; the confusion was terrific.  As we are in a society always wanting more, I added a third mirror, and the illusion was mind-blowing.

Ultimately, what you see is what I and the camera saw - confusion, beauty, form, color, and multiple facets of a person or body.

While working on the bodyscape, I would also take some time and photograph portraits of the models and dancers.  These were revealing as you can see two different sides of a person.  The images lead to a movie poster and an album cover.

I hope you enjoy this fascinating world I created.

Michael Eastman: “Bad Lands” at LaToletta SpazioEventi

Robert Rausch: “Examination” at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art

Tom Bolles