ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2020 Submission

The primates inspired my path. Now a primate advocate and portrait artist, I left a 30-year corporate design career following a volunteer trip to Ape Action Africa. The sanctuary harbors gorilla, chimpanzee and monkey orphans who are victims of bushmeat and wildlife trafficking. I’ve spent almost five years living and volunteering at primate sanctuaries, caring for these remarkable sentient beings, chronicling their faces, actions, voices and stories. I want people to see them as individuals through my work, and appreciate their beauty and the right to live free with their own kind.

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