Portraits of Feral African Dogs

That first powerful moment of eye contact left me speechless and full of emotion. My eyes followed the animal as it trotted off towards the horizon, leaving me behind as the outsider. Confronted by this expression of rebellion, I was struck by how the dog, barely in control but guided by nature, has been a vehicle for mankind’s domination.—Daniel Naudé

Daniel Naudé’s recent monograph Animal Farm is a collection of encounters; supreme moments between man and animal. The book began on a road trip from Cape Town to Mozambique when Naudé experienced a profound encounter with a feral Africanis dog, in which he describes above. He began tracking these feral creatures throughout South Africa, capturing regal portraits reminiscent of formal animal paintings of centuries past. Naudé’s Africanis trek soon morphed into a five year exploration of the country’s land, animal and people.

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