Two Photographers, One Vision

NAMIBIA

Richard Bernabe and Ian Plant

Namibia: Two Photographers, One Vision

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Namibia is a land of contrasts and extremes. prisingly cool and moist, the product of the

Situated between the Namib and the cold Atlantic colliding with Africa’s warm

Kalahari deserts, Namibia gets less rain and dry southern tip. Seals and sea birds

than any other country in sub-Saharan come by the thousands to congregate in this

Africa. Namibia’s Coastal Desert is one of narrow temperate zone. In the rest of the

the planet’s oldest, with powerful offshore country, only where there is water is there

winds sculpting the highest sand dunes in life. Here is our vision of this untouched and

the world. Water—or more to the point, its primal land, with its towering red dunes

absence—defines life in Namibia. Hot and and wild animals struggling to survive.

arid in the interior, Namibia’s coast is sur- Here is our vision of Namibia.

NAMIBIA

Richard Bernabe Ian Plant

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Twilight skies and the Moon over a grove of quiver trees, Quiver Tree Forest (Richard Bernabe)

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A wild Namibian horse, Aus (Ian Plant)

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Sand invades an abandoned house, Kolmanskop Ghost Town (Ian Plant)

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Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A mother cape fur seal and her pup, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Richard Bernabe)

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Streaking moonlit clouds, Quiver Tree Forest (Ian Plant)

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Red hartebeest males dueling, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Greater flamingo, Dorob National Park (Ian Plant)

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An elephant gives itself a mud bath, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Three ostriches running, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Male lion, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Wild horse mare and colt, Aus (Richard Bernabe)

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A slender mongoose surveys its surroundings, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Abandoned building, Kolmanskop Ghost Town (Ian Plant)

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An oryx crosses the Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Flamingos searching for food, Dorob National Park (Ian Plant)

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Crashing surf, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Ian Plant)

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Dead camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Impala cautiously approach a water hole, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Sunset and spirit tree, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Cape fur seals, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Ian Plant)

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Lesser flamingos taking off, Dorob National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Zebra pair, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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A Kori bustard keeps a watchful eye, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Twilight, Quiver Tree Forest (Ian Plant)

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A dik-dik—a shy species of tiny antelope—forages for food, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Patterns emerge from the dunes, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Zebras at a water hole, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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An elephant squirts water out of its trunk, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Oryx pair at first light, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A cape fur seal pup curls up for a nap, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Ian Plant)

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Abstract pattern of dead camel thorn trees on the Dead Vlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Ian Plant)

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Sunset skies, Quiver Tree Forest (Richard Bernabe)

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Elephants greet at dusk, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernbabe)

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Black rhino at night, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A jackal stretches after a morning nap, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Life clings tenaciously to the edge of a dune, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A springbok drinks from a water hole, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Cape fur seal and pup in heavy surf, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Ian Plant)

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A wild Namibian horse taking a dust bath, Aus (Richard Bernabe)

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A springbok passes between two giraffes drinking from a water hole, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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A pair of lesser flamingos, Dorob National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A lion roars at dawn, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Wild Namibian horses in dawn mist, Aus (Ian Plant)

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Alert springbok, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Abandoned hospital, Kolmanskop Ghost Town (Ian Plant)

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Flamingos and dune, Dorob National Park (Ian Plant)

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A zebra mother and her nursing colt, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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Elephant trunk, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

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Sunset light on dunes, Namib-Naukluft National Park (Ian Plant)

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Cape fur seals, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Richard Bernabe)

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Quiver trees at night, Quiver Tree Forest (Ian Plant)

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A zebra herd comes to a water hole to drink, Etosha National Park (Richard Bernabe)

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A cape fur seal pup nursing, Cape Cross Seal Colony (Ian Plant)

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The spirit of Africa, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

Come face to face with your

wild side!

WILD

NAMIBIA

2014

May 25—June 6, 2014

The highlights? Stunning desert and

mountain landscapes, massive red sand

dunes, and some of the best wildlife

shooting on the planet. Take the photos

you’ve always dreamed of making on

the Wild Namibia Photo Tour with

Richard Bernabe and Ian Plant.

Mud-caked elephant, Etosha National Park (Ian Plant)

Ian is a blogger and frequent contributor for

Outdoor Photographer Magazine, a Con-

tributing Editor to Popular Photography

Magazine, a monthly columnist for Land-

scape Photography Magazine, and a

Tamron Sponsored Pro. In addition to being

published worldwide, he is the author of

several dozen print and electronic format

books, including critically acclaimed titles

such as The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature

Photography and Visual Flow: Mastering the

Art of Composition. You can see more of his

work at www.ianplant.com.

ian plant

Richard’s passion for adventure has taken

him to Africa to the Amazon to the Arctic and

has been the driving force behind his life’s

quest to capture the moods and character of

the world’s most amazing natural places. His

clients include The National Geographic

Society, Audubon, Popular Photography,

Canon, Patagonia, Orvis, REI, and many oth-

ers. Thousands of his images have been pub-

lished in magazines, books, calendars, and

advertising campaigns around the world. To

see more of his work, visit his website

www.richardbernabe.com.

richard bernabe

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