Manchild Indian Market Long nosed bat on cactus

Long nosed bat on cactus

36" x 72"(image)

Bears can smell us from a long way away so long as they are downwind

John "Red" Kelly

USA – 2023

Manchild Indian Market Long nosed bat on cactusSouth Sudan 2022In retrospect, my photograph Mankind, taken in the same country in 2014, was a stepping stone for me. It was authentic, it had a biblical scale to it and could be looked at for a long time. Haunting and hellish one minute and serene and ethereal the next. I knew it would be a mistake to go back and try to copy what I did eight years ago; it would hint at a lack of creative progression and courage. I needed to do better and offer a new