Kingdom of the Beasts. The Animal Portraits of Wolfgang Suschitzky

“For me, photographing animals gives great satisfaction and is never dull. There is much to learn about them too. In any case, they never complain about their portraits!” Wolfgang Suschitzky, “Animal Photography” in Kingdom of the Beasts, 1956

“I think I was one of the first who took animal portraits - not just zoological pictures of four legs and a tail - but real animal portraits” Wolfgang Suschitzky, undated interview with Web of Stories.

Zoology was the first love of the great photographer and cinematographer, Wolfgang Suschitzky. His first photographs of animals date from before the Second World War when he was an assistant cameraman on a series of zoo films.