Their white appearance in winter makes the Arctic fox an interesting subject for wildlife photographers. In this article, I want to share with you my experience. Who does not dream about taking photos of a white fox in a snowy landscape? However, an encounter during summer is also something that shouldn’t be forgotten!

A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to encounter an Arctic fox during the Arctic summer in Scandinavia. I was hiking through the mountains when golden plovers started to call and, all of a sudden, I spotted a strange animal – brown/grey fur and rather small size.

Photographing in the arctic presents its challenges. Namely, the lack of cover to hide oneself behind and the bitter cold. Most photographers can get relatively close to these animals or watch them through binoculars. Unfortunately, not many can get too close, especially without the added camouflage of a cover. The added cold, which can reach -56 °F, makes it difficult for anyone to endure waiting for these timid creatures to show.

Once the snowmobile was packed and heading to town 8 hours away, I was suddenly stopped in my tracks. The elusive arctic wolf appeared on the horizon. Almost to bid me goodbye, as I was giving up my expedition of arctic wolf images for wolf decor. What’s your favourite arctic wolf photography from Ejaz Khan fine art photography?

A MIRACULOUS MOMENT

Divine intervention or poetic justice, this find was the highlight of a week of adversity and terrifying loneliness in our attempt to get arctic wolf pics. Waiting to take pictures of arctic wolves for wolf decor was taking a toll. There are times that one marvels at the magnificence of a solitary existence. This was one of those times. I have been so fortunate to learn to make myself one with my nature and surroundings to capture these pictures of arctic wolf and arctic wolf art images.

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Shrinking Numbers Leads to Elusiveness

The overall numbers of these animals have also been cut down due to human advancements. Deliberate interference from humans has reduced these animals’ habitat to about a third of what it was originally. Most of this comes from fear of arctic wolfs preying on livestock and attacking humans, which are rare. Much deforestation takes place to make room for cattle farming. This encroaches onto the natural woodland habitat of the arctic wolves, pushing their territories to be smaller and smaller. Interested In burying Arctic wolf prints? or want wolf wall artideas for your home or office? check out our website Ejaz Khan Earth.

Arctic wolves inhabit the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland but are referred to as polar wolves or white wolves. Despite the sheer beauty of these animals, they are incredibly difficult to photograph. They survive in frigid Arctic temperatures.

Anyone who has ever seen an arctic wolf can attest to their beauty, whether in print or person. This is what draws so many photographers to try and capture arctic wolf pictures. There truly is something majestic about these canines that pulls so many people to them. Countless stories, fables, and myths have depicted these animals as courageous and fearsome creatures. While their real-life counterparts aren’t magical creatures in a literal sense, those who have interacted with them may say otherwise.

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Arctic wolves inhabit the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland but are referred to as polar wolves or white wolves. Despite the sheer beauty of these animals, they are incredibly difficult to photograph. They survive in frigid Arctic temperatures.

Anyone who has ever seen an arctic wolf can attest to their beauty, whether in print or person. This is what draws so many photographers to try and capture arctic wolf pictures. There truly is something majestic about these canines that pulls so many people to them. Countless stories, fables, and myths have depicted these animals as courageous and fearsome creatures. While their real-life counterparts aren’t magical creatures in a literal sense, those who have interacted with them may say otherwise.

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Mustangs are synonymous with freedom and empowerment in American society. These free-roaming horses were brought to America by the Spanish and have firmly planted themselves in our hearts and culture. Mustangs are owned by no humans, they live off the earth and have been admired for centuries. Pictures of mustangs in the wild have always sparked something in people. These horses living in their rugged habitat, independent of aid from anyone, is an inspirational sight. Mustang horse pictures give us an account of their lives and tell us their story.

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On a cold morning in January 2018, I was asked by a client who has bought images of horses why have I don’t have pictures of big cats. I was surprised. I smiled and answered if you are interested I certainly will attempt my luck on the big cats.

After she left I sat in front of my computer and started my search; I am very attracted to the snow, so the first question was how do I find a big cat that lives in the snow. It was not too long before the pumas showed up in my search, I soon realized that Torres del Paine National Park has a lot of pumas. It was the start of my research on the pumas.

I researched Torres del Paine National Park is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia and its accessibility on allowing photographers and videographers to take photos or film in the park. Will I need permits? Will I be safe sleeping in the tent? How close can I get to the pumas? Will I disturb them? What will I do with the puma pictures to inspire people? And so the questions came to my mind.

How I captured Images of Puma

After a good eight months, I made my expedition to Chile to take images of the mighty puma. I flew into Santiago also known as Santiago de Chile, which is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. From there I took a flight to Puerto Natales and then drove with my tracker to Torres del Paine National Park. It was a very scenic route I photographed a lot of landscape images; the lakes were blue as though the sky was on the ground, it was a feast to my eyes I just could not put the camera down. Before we got to my hotel, I saw a lot of beards and the famous guanacos. Guanacos are a cousin of the lama they inhabit both the Pampas plains and mountainous regions of South America. Found in the altiplano of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, and Patagonia, with a small population in Paraguay. In Argentina and Chile, they are more numerous in Patagonian regions, as well as in places such as the Torres del Paine National Park. I kept stopping our car and taking pictures of the guanacos, after the 5th stop I made my tracker politely remind me that I was there to take photos of the big cat puma also known as cougar or mountain lion. He then pointed up at the mountain and said they are watching you.

Next morning we got up at 4.30 am and started our search for the mighty cat. After driving for 1 hr I asked my tracker to stop again, he looked at me and smiled, I had just seen the footprints of a mountain lion in the snow. We parked the car on the side of the road and followed the footmarks for 30 minutes and then I was rewarded. I saw and photographed the puma on my first morning. From that day onwards I came across the big cat for 9 days, I had a great time photographing and making videos it was an amazing experience. My tracker had never had any trip where he saw the cougar for 9 days straight he told me I was very lucky.

The memories of those 9 days always make me smile when I look at the black and white photo prints and the short film at my New York art gallery. Chile and the people I met will always hold a special place in my heart.

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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Early Morning. Photographing a horse in the ocean has not been one of my favorites. When in this location, I am normally playing around and not focusing. I’m just present physically, not mentally. I have also never taken a good photograph from here, I blame it on the quality of light, location, horses etc; never taking responsibility.

This day, a friend of mine got upset at me because I was joking around and distracting him not allowing him to focus. He said, “why are you here if you don’t want to be?” That put me into place. I decided to focus on fine art photography and make it work, even though I didn’t like anything about the location. After looking at some of the images from this location, I realized it was all in my mind. It had nothing to do with external elements.

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My passion has always been pushing the boundaries of human endurance, coming as I did from the bylines of Mumbai to the Big Apple and exploring the harshest extremes of nature. The lure of Alaska had beckoned, but now I wanted to push the envelope beyond that to the rugged terrain of the icy arctic snow to Grise Fiord, in the northernmost part of Canada, population 132. The planning for such a journey has to be meticulous and took 7 months with someone finally willing to take me to a space where no USA photographer had gone before & tracked the Arctic Wolf at the North Pole.

The desolate location found me sitting in a tiny 6seater aircraft, which took 5 days to reach Grise Fiord, due to harsh conditions. The tiny aircraft was forced to land midway in a swirling snow blizzard, with no one around, & no connectivity to normal life as we know it. I was hit by a panic attack, scared of the isolation & fearful of dying alone & anonymous in the cold Arctic snow, I broke into cold sweat despite the sub Artic temperatures. Finally, I reached the tiny town of Grise Fiord and met a sprightly 72-year-old man called Raymond who was to be my wolf tracker! I went into another bout of shock looking at the elderly man, whom I thought would need help himself, let alone be able to support my quest for the Arctic Wolf. Nevertheless, we left the one-horse town, on a snowmobile ride for 8 hours. The destination was a desolate wilderness, which had no trees, no grass, no signs of life other than the two on the snow.

No roads, no paths to follow, just oceans of snow and my tracker and me. We pitched our tent in the freezing cold of -56 Celsius and that was to become our home for the next 9 days. The artic could just as well have been the land of the midnight sun, since the Daylight shone even up to midnight on a clear night, and yet it felt like it was only 4 pm. Since we were two of us on a snowmobile, there was a weight restriction & so we carried limited supplies. We awoke the next morning to search for wildlife so we could eat for the next 9 days. The biting arctic cold was oppressive & hostile and even 6 layers of warm clothing could not protect me from the elements of nature. Covered in polar bear skin pants, I began to understand how the animal felt, in its own natural habitat.

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Our hunt began for food, and that proved to be one of the highlights of my trip. Once our search had ended, we pitched the third tent as a base camp which was more than a mile away, from where I would stalk my arctic wolf prey to shoot on celluloid. Few people can relate to the isolation of being alone with yourself, the elements and your maker, and it holds a mirror up to your soul when you spend 15–18 hours alone in nature. The wilderness offers you no second chances and no toilets, no showers, and no bedrooms. Dinner each night is frozen air cured slices of wild Musk Ox served cold, and sleep in a basic sleeping bag deep within the snow. Sitting in mounds of snow for hours on end in total isolation brings home the stark reality of who you are & how insignificant a being the human is, amongst Gods Creations.

The frailty of humanity is best expressed when confronted with solitude & battling the elements of nature’s fury — be it snowstorms, blizzards, hurricanes, tidal waves or earthquakes, making you one with your maker, brings reality to the forefront. I became delusional, like the protagonist Pi Patel in Yann Mattel’s “Life of Pi”, seeing things in the -50 sub-zero temperatures and freezing cold & loneliness, the only solace is that I could meet my aged tracker at nights when I returned for the day. Less than 7 days into the expedition, my delusions became more vivid and I began to see artic snow wolves in the moving blizzards of snow. My fingers numbed without sensation, my feet frostbitten and my personal organs that had developed a mind of their own. From Mahim to Manhattan, the cacophony of human chaos presents a symphony of sound when compared to the high pitch of silence in the Arctic circle, and at times I prayed for the cacophony to return. Having faced all the adversities one could think of in one week, I decided to call off the expedition on the 7th day, frustrated and broken within, that I was defeated, not by the elements of nature alone, but by the gremlins within my mind.

Once the snowmobile was packed and on its way, en route the nearest town, 8 hours away, I was suddenly stopped in my tracks — the elusive Arctic Wolves appeared on the horizon, almost to bid me goodbye, as I was giving up my expedition into their native territory. Divine intervention or poetic justice, it was the highlight of a week of adversity and terrifying loneliness, facing nature’s elements, yet meeting the beauty of the Wolves in their pristine natural habitat, untouched by a human hand or even a cell phone tower. There are times that one marvels at the magnificence of a solitary existence, this was one of those times. I have been fortunate to learn to make myself one with my nature and surroundings and have shot the magnificent Musk Ox in Norway, the Puma in The Chilean Andes, the Arctic wolves in the arctic circle, the Alaskan Bear in Alaska and the magnificent Arabian Horses in the beautiful valleys of France.

My journey and travels now bring me to my motherland, India, where I will dare to confront the greatest Mountain range on earth and picture the magnificent HimalayanSnow Leopard, one of nature’s enigmatic animals, almost extinct and reclusive.

Global Warming Effect the Arctic

With Global warming and the snow receding, the Himalayan snow leopard is forced to lower altitudes for its food. The cattle of hill tribes & natives play a great role here and their livestock is easy prey. It is time that we educate our natives to care for these precious animals like their own family.

Human beings are the most efficient predators on earth and the snow leopards will lose this battle, like many of the great beasts that went before. Educating natives & humans to co-exist with the snow leopard will help in elongating their lifespan into the next century.

Our world needs to recognize these beautiful beasts and rescue them so future generations of our children can admire God’s creations for what they are.

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Camargue is perfect for wild horse photography, I have been going to this location for the past 7 years or so. I know what the weather conditions will be like, the smell in the air, the mosquitoes, the muck water, and also how the horses will run through the water, etc. Here, for the most part, I functioned on autopilot. So I didn’t think about the environment, beautiful wild horses, or how to take the photographs, things happen, and I come back with decent-looking images. I knew I was not growing anymore at this location, familiarity had made me comfortable but I still just continued without making an effort to change or seek out wild horse black and white wall art for decor.

Before I left for this trip to take wild horse photography, a friend of mine and I were having dinner at a restaurant in NYC. She asked, “what are you going to do differently this time?” And, ” how will you photograph beautiful wild horses?” It was as though someone stabbed me with a dagger. However, she was right. I was coming back with similar-looking photographs and nothing different as well to have people shop for wild horse photography. So I consciously made a significant effort to change things around to capture wild horse decor, and not function on autopilot to achieve my wild horse pictures. Since then, I do my best to improve my daily routines. I don’t like all the results, but I love having variety in my life now.

HORSES HUMANS AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Humans & horses — a relationship that pictures can’t do justice to It is so true a photograph speaks a thousand words, but even an old black and white wild horse photography picture cannot tell us how long humans and horses have had a codependent relationship. The horse has been a tremendous support to humanity, helping with transportation, farming, war, sports; you name it, the horse has always supported human.

Riding a HORSE has traditionally been associated with power, prestige and was reserved for the ruling elite. The horse has been so intertwined in human lives that we even measured the power of the engine based on a horse’s strength and called it horsepower. As we evolved, the horse has been right there shoulder to shoulder as a building block for humans and a reason for us to shop wild horse photography. Now we all face a challenge, CLIMATE CHANGE is real and affects both humans and animals, will humans be there to support the horse? read more

CREATING WILD HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY

Creating wild horse photography and wild horse decor is such an honor, I feel so lucky. Sometimes I can’t get over how real they look when our printer prints and mounts them on plexiglass, they come back to life again. At our art gallery in New York City, people shop wild horse photography, and we hold some huge wild horse pictures from France and also North Carolina, Stallions or Mare in our signature black and white as well as in full color.

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MY WILD HORSE PHOTOGRAPHY

My passion for wild horse pictures has taken me to the most amazing places in the world. Understanding the movement and thought process of every wild horse and the beautiful wild horse I have encountered has been a rewarding experience. I have learned so much of what it means to be one with nature and to appreciate what mother nature has given to us. Camargue, France is my favorite place to visit some of the most beautiful wild horses. Their stature, manes, and also their poses are incredible.

Since one of my greatest passions in life is exploring the world’s coldest destinations, photographing wild horses in the snow is a thrilling adventure. Therefore, being in front of a herd of wild horses running towards me is an event like no other. They are smart and gentle creatures but I love exploring their strength, power, and fortitude. Each wild horse has its very own characteristics and personality. This makes each photograph I capture, whether my black and white horse pictures or fully in color, unique and memorable.

I can’t wait to explore more locations and photograph different breeds of wild horses. Enjoy this collection and make sure to come back for new and exciting wild horse photography!

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What is fine art photography Exactly?

When it comes to photography, some would argue that there is no need to define what really is and what may not be fine art, which leaves the question open to interpretation. However, while fine art photographers may take any subject, their aim is very different in contrast to how commercial photographers depict subjects aimed at showing or selling a product or service, for example. This says a lot about the intentions of both types of photography and we can see that there are differences between the two.

How to decorate your home with Fine Art?

When it comes to photographic trends, we will rely on images with powerful 'black & white' and impactful colour that really draws one into the subject matter in order to depict our deepest desires and duality of life. The growth of surrealism and philosophical subjects fuels the popularity of fine art photography and photo manipulations that tell compelling visual stories. Creative uses of makeup make a huge impact because now artists can photograph their favourite sketches onto an already finished portrait.

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