/ 2026 / Nature / Wildlife

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Kate Ochsman, United States
• Date of Photograph
  October 2024
• Studio
  Kate Ochsman Photography

A King of Kings - where once roamed many ancient elephants with massive tusks, now exist a small number of them. The most famous was Craig, the gentle giant of Amboseli National Park in Kenya. It was truly one of the great honors of my life to spend time with him and to photograph him. As the world burns, the many almost mystical beings burn with it. It was important for me to see Craig before he passed on with the ending of his kind. I am lucky to have spent a handful of days with him over in the year before he passed away.