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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy Nine: at the zoo > Bonobo, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, 2010
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05-SEP-2010

Bonobo, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, 2010

The most popular form of zoo photography is the animal portrait. Just as in human portraiture, an animal portrait must go beyond description and instead express the character of the subject. I found a moment when this pygmy chimpanzee, also known as a Bonobo, was seemingly lost in thought, and made a tight black and white facial portrait of it through the heavy plate of glass that lines its enclosure at the zoo. It is a strikingly human expression, underscoring the close biological relationship between primates and man.

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Phil Douglis01-Oct-2010 18:37
The lip that moves in two directions at once is at the core of this portrait Tim. I agree, it seems to express contentment, but also rest and resolve.
Tim May01-Oct-2010 15:50
I like the curve of his lip - it seems to represent contentment.
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