Wolf Ademeit, born 1954, lives in Duisburg, Germany. The author prefers calling himself a hobbyist, though his professional life has been always closely connected with this field – he owns an advertising agency and a photo studio. Wolf Ademeit first took interest in photography when studying lithographer's craft and it's been his passion since, for more than 30 years now.
It's Ademeit's distinctive approach that makes his works stand out of a long row of ever trendy black and white photography adepts or, speaking of his most known series, animalist masters. Unique of the author is his 'hobbyist' choice to capture expressive portraits of zoo animals. Rather than focusing on wildlife in their naturally beautiful habitats, Ademeit finds charm and personality in the facial expressions of his subjects alone. Call it 'animal portraits', if you wish. More than simply keeping a visual record, the photographer provides an artistic portrayal that is often reserved for human portraiture.
Says the author: "Only a few photographers use the photography of animals in zoos as an art form. I think this is a missed opportunity… With my pictures I would like to move the photography of these animals in the focus of the art photography and show photos which are not only purely documentary."
Ademeit's incredibly artistic collection of images offers a wide range of emotions, capturing every grimace, ferocious roar, tender kiss, and twinkle in the varied creatures' eyes, each caught within a second of the animal's position he sought for. No wonder his highly acclaimed Animals series took 5 years to finish, patience being a part of the author's talent and mastership.
-Vadim Yatsenko
Bruice Collections, Kiew
The Watussirind or Ankolerind is a domestic cattle breed in East Africa.
It was created by crossing ancient Egyptian longhorn cattle with humped cattle, also called zebus. Its traditional breeders are the Tutsi people living in Rwanda and Burundi.
These cattle were and are partly means of payment; their value increases with the size of the horns. Spans of 200 cm and horn circumferences of 50 cm are not uncommon. The Guinness Book of Records lists Lurch, a Watussi ox with a horn circumference of 95.25 cm (measured on May 6, 2003). The large horns serve the cattle both for defense and for cooling by means of the honeycomb interior filled with air.
Watussi cattle are traditionally not slaughtered, but mainly milked and left to bleed. The blood is then drunk mixed with milk.
This breed of cattle, which is over 5000 years old, had only one selection characteristic, and that was oversized horns. That's why Watussi cattle come in all sorts of color variations - solid, multicolored, brindle or spotted - and sizes. They belong to the African humpback cattle.
Source: Wikipedia
The long horns and muscular body make this cattle unique....
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