Brent Stirton
South Africa
Brent is a Senior Correspondent for Getty Images. He does most of his work for National Geographic Magazine, focusing on the intersection of humans and the environment.
Brent Stirton's Image
A bushmeat stallholder in the port area of Kinshasa displays smoked carcasses of primates.
These primates were bought from a trader who ordered them from hunters and had them shipped down the Congo River. All monkeys and apes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now threatened. Limited awareness and enforcement of laws around bushmeat trade are contributing factors.
Read more about Brent's time at the Lwiro Chimpanzee Rescue Centre and the volunteers who dedicate their lives to caring for the chimps.
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- Canon EOS R5
- 24–70mm lens
- 1/500 sec at f6.3 • ISO 400
- Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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