Late in December 2010 we rescued a 3 week old orphaned Namib Desert elephant, he became Eddy, he grabbed our hearts with his little trunk, we struggled 24 hours a day for 31 days to keep him alive and ultimately failed. His impact on all those who became his car givers was enormous and forever. the images with the human are all hand held, self portraits.
Chris Johnston is a retired geologist and colored gemstone miner, self taught photographer, who lives at the edge of the Namib Desert in the hamlet of Omaruru in central Namibia. More of his work can be seen the Chris Johnston Photography Gallery at 116 Wilhelm Zeraua Street Omaruru or at:
Awards 150th Annual Royal Photographic Society Print Competition, 2007
Bank Windhoek Namibia Triennial, 2011
Adorama Photoshop World, Las Vegas, 2009; Boston, 2009
International Color Awards, 2009
International Gala Awards 2011
Inaugural Namibian Month of Photography Grand Prize Winner 2011
PX3 Gold Medal Winner, Series, Journalism, 2011, Honorable Mention 2009
Windhoek Berlin Partner Organization: 21st anniversary of Namibian Independence traveling exhibition in Germany 2011
