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.
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Two newly rescued chimpanzees are carefully introduced into the juvenile enclosure at the center.
The babies are introduced slowly, initially kept separate from the larger juveniles, allowing them to gently meet the group. They will be closely monitored by the caregivers, who live with the chimpanzees day and night. The hope is to eventually release the chimpanzees back into the wild.
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 5D Mark IV
- 16–35mm lens
- 1/250 sec at f7.1 • ISO 400
- Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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