Sic transit gloria Eddy

• Prize
• Photographer
  Chris Johnston, Namibia
• Date of Photograph
  online
• Studio
  Chris Johnston Photography
• Website
  http://www.chrisjohnstonphoto.com

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.

• Biography
  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