The "Dead Vlei" in the heart of the Namib Desert is one of the most blinding, contrasting, most haunting places I have ever seen.
Yet it has an eerie sense of calm and serene quiet (in a moment without tourists, that is). The trees have long accepted their fate - their skeletons have been standing here in this dry valley for over 500 years, when the river flowing into the heart of the desert changed course and left them behind.
I sat in the shade (what's left of it) of one of those trees for an hour or so that morning, finding moments of silence, and simply meditating on the stark serenity of this unique place.

TITLE: The Silent Desert
SIZE: choose your preferred size

• Photographic print on archival paper with a matte finish, printed at local professional photo lab
• Signed by artist (text watermark will not appear on the print)
• 8x10 and 11x14 print is shipped flat between two sturdy pieces of recycled cardboard, to ensure it arrives in perfect condition.
• Larger prints are shipped rolled in a tube to ensure arrival in perfect condition.


I welcome any questions, comments, or requests for a different size print as a custom order.
I can make larger prints - and I can even do prints on canvas! Please let me know what you'd like and I'll make it happen.

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10% from the sale of each Elephant print will be donated to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya - where orphaned baby elephants and rhinos are rescued and raised by a team of caring keepers, to return to the wild when they grow up.
Please visit their website to find out all about the wonderful work they do for the Elephants: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

This photograph is copyright Nadya Neklioudova and may not be used, copied, or reproduced anywhere without my permission. You are purchasing the physical signed print only, not the reproduction rights to the image. Thank you.


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