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Björn Persson (born 1972); The King; image 1
Björn Persson (born 1972); The King; image 2
Lot 64W

Björn Persson
(born 1972)
The King

6 April 2023, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Björn Persson (born 1972)

The King, 2017
Digital pigment print; signed, titled, dated and numbered '2/3' in pencil in the margin.
62 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (158.7 x 106 cm.)
sheet 65 x 45 in. (165.1 x 114.3 cm.)

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Swedish photographer Björn Persson is internationally renowned for his images of African wildlife. He has spent many years travelling throughout the continent to document not only its stunning beauty, but also to draw attention to the rapid decline of its animal populations. From elephants, lions, and giraffes to gorillas, cheetahs, and leopards, the majestic creatures captured by Persson's camera stand as a reminder of what may be lost in the future.

This large-format portrait of a lion captures his power and self-possession. In Persson's book 'The Real Owners of the Planet' (2018), he notes this shocking statistic: "The [lion] population has been almost cut in half in the past two decades because of retaliatory killing by farmers (whose livestock the lions eat), as well as from trophy hunting and habitat loss." (p. 88).

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