TITLE: Black & White Animals

This is a collection of black and white photographs of wildlife taken from visits to zoos, aquariums, and natural parks across WA state in the last three years since I began to practice photography.

AUTHOR: Santiago Ledesma (United States)

I was born in New Jersey but brought up for the first 16 years, where my family is from, Colombia. I have lived in the US for about five years in Washington state, specifically, where most of my family lives. I am currently in the last year of my bachelor's in Marine Biology and hope to graduate by Summer 2022. My passion for photography is closely tied to my interest in animals, and I've been taking pictures for about three years, focusing on black and white photography from the very beginning. I don't shy away from color, but I think that black and white offers the purest form of the art of photographing a moment.