#JAPES – James and Other Apes Presale

The great apes are our closest biological relatives.

We recognise so much of ourselves in them, yet we know so little about them.

Over the course of four years, and across four separate continents, the British photographer James Mollison photographed fifty great apes.

In ape sanctuaries and in the wild, he photographed chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, capturing the unique character and spirit of each ape using the aesthetic of a passport photograph.

In doing so, Mollison explored how apes uniquely connect with us. How they can act as avatars of our inner selves, our past and maybe our future too.

“I can remember looking at their faces and just thinking how similar they are to us” Mollison says of photographing a troop of gorillas in the Congo.

These powerful portraits will soon be available as exclusive NFT editions of one. Early investors will also receive an archive-quality physical print.

10% of the net proceeds raised will be donated to the sanctuaries in Africa who rescued these great apes and invited James in with his camera.

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