Between sightings, Tanzania revealed itself in its own quiet way. Vast plains of grass, red dirt, changing skies, and light that continually changed its intensity. These images are about scale and stillness, the spaces that made everything else possible.
Flight to Kogatende Airstrip (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Arusha Airstrip (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Wildebeest Herd (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Skull and Bones (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Lemala Sunrise (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Masai Ostrich (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Acacia Trees (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Lemala Sunrise (Photo by Jeff Drake)
African Kopje (Photo by Jeff Drake)
2nd Wildebeest Crossing (Photo by Jeff Drake)
2nd Wildebeest Crossing (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Buffalo Camp View (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Buffalo Camp Sunset (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Morning Glory (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Buffalo Camp Sunrise (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Acacia Trees (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Thomson Gazelles (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Cape Buffaloes (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Acacia Tree (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Jeff and Lisa at Retina Hippo Pool (Photo by Alex)
Hippos at Retina Hippo Pool (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Serengeti Sausage Tree (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Serengeti Sausage Tree (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Cape Buffaloes (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari Sunrise (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Thomson Gazelles (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari Sunrise (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari Sunrise (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Serengeti Balloon Safari Sunrise (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Jeff and Lisa at Oldupai Gorge (Photo by Alex)
Jeff and Lisa at Oldupai Gorge (Photo by Alex)
The Castle at Oldupai Gorge (Photo by Jeff Drake)
The Castle at Oldupai Gorge (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater Flamingos (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Lisa and Jeff at Hollow Baobab Tree (Photo by Alex)
Ngorongoro Crater (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Baobab Trees (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater Larai Forest (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Lisa at Ngorogoro Larai Forest (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater Rest Stop (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Ngorongoro Crater (Photo by Jeff Drake)
Zebras at Swala Watering Hole (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Jeff with Swala Watering Hole (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Jeff at Swala (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Jeff and Swala Zebras (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Swala Sunset (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Swala Trees (Photo by Lisa Drake)
Zebras and Swala Termite Mound (Photo by Lisa Drake)