David Yarrow

DAVID YARROW (1966-) travels around the world and takes photographs of wild animals and indigenous peoples. But do not call him wildlife photographer because he is one of the world’s foremost photographers. Yarrow is represented in important galleries around the world, and his photographs are sold for up to sixty thousand dollars. I 2018 two of Yarrow’s most iconic works were sold on auction by Sotheby’s for USD100 000 and 81 250GBP respectively.

David was born in Glasgow in Scotland in 1966 and began to photograph already as a teenager. He is an art photographer, financier, nature conservationist and author. Yarrow travels around the globe to some of the planet’s most isolated places and takes unique pictures of wildlife, indigenous peoples, landscapes and secluded communities.

The period after 2010 has been defining for Yarrow’s career, and by 2017 he has become one of the world’s best-selling art photographers with record high sales figures in the major galleries and auction houses.

David Yarrow’s pictures often show wild animals, but he is not interested in producing his subjects as raw and fearless. It is more a sense of closeness, intimacy and something closest to human he brings forth in his encounter with grizzly bears, lions, elephants and polar bears.

Yarrow’s primary intention is to get close to the subject he photographss, both humans and animals. He quotes one of his favorite photographers, Robert Capa: “If your pictures are not good enough, you’re not close enough.” This means that Yarrow is often dangerously near what he’s photographing. Not uncommonly, he gets the camera pushed out of the hands of a polar bear, or wild animals walk right over his hideaway.

Philanthropist David Yarrow is keen to protect the wild animals and to support the people he photographs, and 10% of all income from his art goes to the African Conservation Charity Tusk Trust fund. The trust’s purpose is to contribute to the conservation of African wildlife and to improve living conditions for the population living in secluded communities near the wildlife areas.

(source: https://www.fineart.no/kunstner/david-yarrow)