Elephant!

Here is a book on the elephant, as intimate a photographic journey into the animal kingdom. Steve Bloom looks straight into the eye of the elephant, delving deep into its psyche with his hauntingly beautiful images. This joyous celebration includes photographs from the wildest outreaches of Botswana to the teeming cities of India. Above all, Steve Bloom's quest is a forceful reminder that these much-persecuted animals, once found in nearly fifty countries, are similar to people in many ways - they have family structures, show loyalty and allegiance and show strongly individual personalities. This photographs include aerial shots from helicopters, the drama of battle between angry males, tender interaction between mothers and calves, the rich decorations of the elephants of India and astonishing shots of the elephant under water.