Life On White Or Wild Animals In Studio By Eric Isselee

The 43-year-old Belgian said that conservation was a key reason for his work. He said: 'I'm very much looking forward to photographing my first polar bear next year. As an endangered species facing extinction I hope that if the worst happens, at least there will be some photographs as a legacy to remind us human beings of what we are doing to this world, although I realize it's only a drop in the ocean. On a more practical level, I donate each month a percentage of the income from my animal photos to an animal charity or sanctuary, and if I have managed to help even one animal, then I am happy.'
'We have travelled extensively for certain animals: in China for the pandas, in South Africa for the lions, to Turkey for our lynx and hopefully soon to Canada for a session with a polar bear. We mainly bring our studio to the animal and not the other way round and a lot of our time is spent searching for new animals to photograph. We currently have close to 10.000 photos of 469 different species, we still have a long way to go before we run out different species of animals to photograph.'