On Open Plains: Six new images released

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Written By William Fortescue

To coincide with his new gallery representation with ARTITLEDcontemporary, William is set to release six new prints of two of the world’s most iconic predators, the lion and the polar bear.

Apex, The first time William has released a colour image of a polar bear

The Collection

The first images of an evolving series, On Open Plains highlights the need to protect the spaces the species each image depicts needs to thrive. William is a firm believer that by conserving wild spaces then wild species will thrive, as will the people that live along side them.

As with all William’s work each shot is taken by hand, allowing him to react to his subject’s movements.

 
“It is vital to me all my work is created by hand, without remotes. The ability to react at a split seconds notice can be the difference between a good image and a great one, it allows me to read my subjects emotions and portray that to the viewer, ensuring the image is as close to the wild encounter as it can possibly be.”
— William Fortescue
 

‘Heaven and Earth’, taken just meters away from one of the largest male lions in the Serengeti

 
“I have always wanted to get a lion portrait like this. It has a real feel of an old school painting to it, as if the lion was sitting and posing for the shot. Would that it be the case, it wouldn’t take me so many hours of waiting!”
— William
 

‘Romance is Dead’, one of William’s latest images

King of the North, only the second time William has released a polar bear image

Upcoming Art Fairs

ARTITLEDcontemporary will be displaying William’s work as part of their mixed stands at the following art fairs where you will be able to see some of the new collection for the first time.

Pan Amsterdam

24.11.24 - 01.12.24: Amsterdam, Netherlands

AAF Hamburg

07.11.24 - 10.11.24: Hamburg, Germany

London Art Fair

21.01.25 - 26.01.25: Islington, London

Enquiries

If you would like to enquire about any of these pieces then please use the form below and William will be in touch with more information.

William Fortescue

With an instantly recognisable style William’s internationally acclaimed work has seen him quickly make his mark on the industry and raise over £110,000 for conservation causes. His first coffee table book, The Last Stand, was released in October 2022, the same month he became the youngest wildlife photographer to have a nine week solo exhibition in London.

Represented by leading art galleries at home in the U.K. and overseas William’s work has sold around the world and been part of globally successful conservation initiatives Prints for Wildlife and New Big 5.

In 2021, together with Matthew Armstrong-Ford, William co-founded Armstrong Fortescue, a photographic safari company dedicated to getting guests off the beaten track.

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