Farewell to photographer who loved Africa and its nature, Peter Beard

Farewell to Peter Beard (New York, 1938 - Montauk, 2020), the nature-loving U.S. photographer whose life was changed at a young age by a trip to Africa with Quentin Keynes, the explorer and great-grandson of Charles Darwin. His insatiable desire to explore the world led him back to Africa, particularly Kenya, where he began filming, photographing and documenting the local flora, fauna and people. He worked in Tsavo National Park, continuing his research on animals that flowed into the book The End of the Game. He documented the disappearance of 35,000 elephants and 5,000 rhinos due to starvation and stress and the hardships of density.
He collaborated on the publication of several books on the African animal world.

His first exhibition as a photographer was held in New York in 1975, followed two years later by a monographic exhibition at the International Center of Photography. The most recent exhibitions dealt with the photographer’s two favorite places, Montauk and Kenya.

Throughout his career and travels he collaborated with artists, such as Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Salvador Dalí, and Truman Capote.

The artist had been missing from home since March 31 and was last seen on the cliffs of Montauk, in the midst of nature. Immersed in nature, one of his greatest passions, he bid farewell to the world.

Farewell to photographer who loved Africa and its nature, Peter Beard

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