Men of the Forest

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Wildlife
• Photographer
  John Seamons, Australia
• Studio
  John Seamons

After extensive logging, and forest clearance for oil palm plantations, Orangutans are now found only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. As these orangutans descended from the forest canopy to feed, I was drawn to their profiles and their expressions; so human and so full of feeling.

John Seamons is a British photographer, currently living in Canberra, Australia.