ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

Carrie Cook is a Signature Member of both Society of Animal Artists and Artists for Conservation but considers herself a portrait artist, emphasizing the individual. Her current series highlights individuals living at the Center for Great Apes sanctuary. There may be no better way to convey that other animals have the right to life and freedom from harm than by focusing on species closest to our own - non-human great apes. Every one has a story, whether used in the entertainment industry, victimized by the exotic pet trade, or facing increasing perils in the wild. Their stories are inextricably linked with our own, and like ours, are filled with both loss and hope.