Wildlife photography’s dirty little secret

Have you ever seen a wildlife photograph so spectacular that you’ve wondered if it was even real? Enter “photography game farms”: captive facilities where photographers can create photographs of wild animals, which they can then sell to stock sites, magazines and enter into awards. Photographers like @MelissaGroo are trying to put an end to this industry. As well as concerns about the conditions animals are kept in, many argue that photographs created in these facilities can give viewers a false impression of wild animal behaviour, as audiences are unaware images are staged. Credits Topics