Play Fight At Dawn - Limited Edition
Limited Edition Fine Art Print (Edition of 25)
I took this photograph in 2017, just after the first light of dawn broke the horizon.
I was standing on the river with a small group, watching two grizzly cubs play in the golden light. They wrestled and tumbled along the bank, completely absorbed in the moment. This is how cubs learn, through play, through testing their strength and balance.
Their mother was nearby, fishing for salmon. She was a dominant bear, experienced and powerful. For a brief moment, she focused on feeding and allowed a little distance to open between her and her cubs.
A large boar, one I had never seen on that river before, came through and found them. She was close, but not close enough to get to them in time.
Males will kill cubs to put females back into estrus. When a female is raising cubs, she will go roughly 3 years before mating again.
This image is the last photograph of these cubs alive.
What stays with me is the contrast from moments before and moments after. Something so beautiful can exist right beside something so unforgiving. The light, the innocence, the stillness of that morning, and then the roaring, chaos and finally silence.
Nature isn’t gentle, and it isn’t cruel. It simply is. And this is a beautiful moment captured forever!
In wildlife photography, you eventually witness every side of the wild, from its most tender moments to its most brutal truths.
What makes this image truly rare is not only the scene itself, but its history.
Captured nearly a decade ago, the original digital file was thought to be lost. For nine years, this photograph existed only as a memory, until recent advances in digital recovery and image processing made it possible to bring it back to life with the fidelity and depth it always deserved. This print marks the first and only time the image will be released as a fine art edition.
To honour both the subjects and the story behind the photograph, this image is offered as a strictly limited edition of 25 prints, produced in one size and on one paper only.
Edition Details
Edition size: 25 total prints — no reprints
Print size: 32 × 48 inches
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag (308 GSM, 100% cotton)
Process: Archival giclée printing
Each print is signed and numbered by myself
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Edition Pricing:
Prints 1–10: $1,400
Prints 11–20: $1,600
Prints 21–25: $1,800
Once the edition is sold out, the image will be permanently retired from print.
Limited Edition Fine Art Print (Edition of 25)
I took this photograph in 2017, just after the first light of dawn broke the horizon.
I was standing on the river with a small group, watching two grizzly cubs play in the golden light. They wrestled and tumbled along the bank, completely absorbed in the moment. This is how cubs learn, through play, through testing their strength and balance.
Their mother was nearby, fishing for salmon. She was a dominant bear, experienced and powerful. For a brief moment, she focused on feeding and allowed a little distance to open between her and her cubs.
A large boar, one I had never seen on that river before, came through and found them. She was close, but not close enough to get to them in time.
Males will kill cubs to put females back into estrus. When a female is raising cubs, she will go roughly 3 years before mating again.
This image is the last photograph of these cubs alive.
What stays with me is the contrast from moments before and moments after. Something so beautiful can exist right beside something so unforgiving. The light, the innocence, the stillness of that morning, and then the roaring, chaos and finally silence.
Nature isn’t gentle, and it isn’t cruel. It simply is. And this is a beautiful moment captured forever!
In wildlife photography, you eventually witness every side of the wild, from its most tender moments to its most brutal truths.
What makes this image truly rare is not only the scene itself, but its history.
Captured nearly a decade ago, the original digital file was thought to be lost. For nine years, this photograph existed only as a memory, until recent advances in digital recovery and image processing made it possible to bring it back to life with the fidelity and depth it always deserved. This print marks the first and only time the image will be released as a fine art edition.
To honour both the subjects and the story behind the photograph, this image is offered as a strictly limited edition of 25 prints, produced in one size and on one paper only.
Edition Details
Edition size: 25 total prints — no reprints
Print size: 32 × 48 inches
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag (308 GSM, 100% cotton)
Process: Archival giclée printing
Each print is signed and numbered by myself
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Edition Pricing:
Prints 1–10: $1,400
Prints 11–20: $1,600
Prints 21–25: $1,800
Once the edition is sold out, the image will be permanently retired from print.