Wolf Ademeit was born in 1954. Despite the fact that he owns an advertising agency and a photo studio, Wolf would rather call himself a hobbyist instead of a photographer. Most of his photographic series involves taking images of zoo animals rather than animals in their natural habitats. When examining the photo shown above, one would say that this has a good depth of field. This image also gives off the feeling of being frozen in time. When taking into consideration that these zoo animals tend to move around quite frequently, Wolf must have used a fast shutter speed such as 1/500th of a second to capture these creatures with precision. Although, in order to obtain a decent exposure, his aperture would need to be as low as F2. So one could arrive at the idea of him using special lighting and/or a lens that is much better than the average "stock" lens. When looking at these images, the viewer should also know that it took 5 years for Wolf to finish his highly acclaimed animal series.
Wolf Ademeit made the decision of making photographs of animals in zoos instead of animals in their respective environments. One would easily jump to the assumption that animals are easier to photograph in enclosed spaces because (eventually) they're going to repeat certain actions. Others might say that theres a deeper meaning behind these images. For instance, Wolf's animal series primarily focuses on the emotion/attitude/expression these animals make. Its almost as if he's giving them a sort of personification that anyone could relate to. Maybe Wolf Ademeit could be questioning the morality of keeping these thinking/feeling beings caged for the sole purpose of our (the mass populations') enjoyment. There could also be another message. Maybe these animals obtained these varying expressions only after being introduced into these zoos based on the expressions displayed by their viewers.
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