Stumped: Elephant herd marooned on Dumpton Park Drive
These images are part of the ongoing Animal Thanet project and installation / performance, which considers & reflects wider concerns I have for the natural world, particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals, conservation, loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, poaching, trophy hunting, extinction and callous exploitation, which holds a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with. The last decade has witnessed the slow & horrible realisation that our negative impact on the planet and particularly our plastic pollution of almost every environment, is a real-time catastrophe for the world around us.
A recently removed tree provides a stump as a refuge and island platform for these Elephants marooned above the pavement on Dumpton Park Drive. Habitat loss is a major issue in Elephant conservation. Human population growth means encroachment on wildlife. Loss of trees and forests leaves space for wildlife diminished and in smaller and smaller pockets or ‘island’ reserves. EleAid
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Elephant herd marooned on a tree stump. Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
A haul-out of Nile Crocodiles – Crocodylus niloticus on Elms Avenue, Ramsgate.
These images are part of the ongoing Animal Thanet project and installation / performance, which considers & reflects wider concerns I have for the natural world, particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals, conservation, loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, poaching, trophy hunting, extinction and callous exploitation, which holds a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with. The last decade has witnessed the slow & horrible realisation that our negative impact on the planet and particularly our plastic pollution of almost every environment, is a real-time catastrophe for the world around us.
Crocodiles haul out on Elms Avenue trailer. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Above: Crocodiles haul out by a rainwater pool caught in the tarpaulin of a trailer parked on Elms Avenue.
Crocodiles haul out on Elms Avenue trailer. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Crocodiles haul out on Elms Avenue trailer. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Crocodiles haul out on Elms Avenue trailer. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
A walk from Herne Bay to Birchington at Low Tide with two Arabian Oryx and an African Elephant – February 2019
These images are part of the ongoing Animal Thanet project and installation / performance, which considers & reflects wider concerns I have for the natural world, particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals, conservation, loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, poaching, trophy hunting, extinction and callous exploitation, which holds a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with. The last decade has witnessed the slow & horrible realisation that our negative impact on the planet and particularly our plastic pollution of almost every environment, is a real-time catastrophe for the world around us.
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Oryx and an Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Above: Arabian Oryx – Oryx leucoryx at Herne Bay
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Oryx and an Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Arabian Oryx and an African Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Above: African Elephant – L. africana at Herne Bay
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Arabian Oryx and an African Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Arabian Oryx and an African Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Arabian Oryx and an African Elephant at low tide. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Oryx and an Elephant. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herne Bay to Birchington – A walk with two Oryx and an Elephant. Animal Thanet 2019. Image: Christopher Tipping
These images consider & reflect wider concerns for the natural world, particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals, conservation, loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, poaching, extinction and callous exploitation, which holds a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with. The last decade has witnessed the slow & horrible realisation that our negative impact on the planet and particularly our plastic pollution of almost every environment, is a catastrophe for the world around us.
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
Herded – Animal Thanet 2018. Image: Christopher Tipping
In 2011, I took a series of Animal Thanet images entitled Pegwell Safari – down on the abandoned concrete apron of the former Pegwell Bay Hoverportat Pegwell Bay, Thanet. These images formed part of a postal art project.
Some of the images show the cooling towers & chimney of the former Richborough Power Station, which were demolished by explosives at 09.07am on 11th March 2012.
These images consider & reflect wider concerns for the natural world, particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals, conservation, loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, poaching, extinction and callous exploitation, which holds a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with. The last decade has witnessed the slow & horrible realisation that our negative impact on the planet and particularly our plastic pollution of almost every environment, is a catastrophe for the world around us.
Hippopotamus amphibious Pegwell Bay, Thanet with Richborough Cooling Towers in the background. Image: Christopher TippingHippo Postcard Project – Hippopotamus amphibious Pegwell Bay, Thanet with Richborough Cooling Towers in the background. Image: Christopher TippingPlains Zebra, Equus zebra Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingPlains Zebra, Equus zebra Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingBuffalo, Syncerus caffer, Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingBuffalo, Syncerus caffer, Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingNile Crocodile. Crocodylus niloticus, Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingPlains Zebra, Equus zebra Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher TippingSperm Whale, Physter macrocephalus, Pegwell Bay, Thanet. Image: Christopher Tipping
In March 2011 a Sperm Whale beached and died at Pegwell Bay. I remember running along the beach at low tide all the way from Ramsgate to see it. A whale necropsy was carried out the following day, which was astonishing to see.
Sperm Whale beached at Pegwell Bay March 2011 Image: Christopher TippingSperm Whale beached at Pegwell Bay March 2011 Image: Christopher TippingNecropsy of Sperm Whale beached at Pegwell Bay March 2011 Image: Christopher TippingNecropsy of Sperm Whale beached at Pegwell Bay March 2011 Image: Christopher Tipping
Other images were taken earlier in April 2008, of plastic animals from my collection at various sites in Ramsgate and along Ramsgate Main Sands and the Thanet Coast –
Red Deer Stag, Cervus elaphus, Ramsgate Gate Post. Image: Christopher Tipping 2008Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, Ramsgate Main Sands. Image: Christopher Tipping 2008
‘Animal Thanet’exists as a series of images which examine our relationship with the natural world and environment through the use of plastic animals placed in a variety of habitats & scenarios in and around Ramsgate & the Isle of Thanet in Kent.
One of my first recollections as a child was of having a farm with plastic animals. I loved it. I collected these animals throughout my childhood and developed a strong affinity with the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it. When I got married and had a family and child of my own, I started collecting again – particularly after we moved to Ramsgate, Kent – always under the pretence that they were for my daughter Nell ! Living by the coast was like revisiting childhood.
My wider concerns for the natural world, is particularly focussed on the lives of its wild animals. Loss of habitat, diminishing numbers, extinction and callous exploitation hold a mirror to our humanity. We may soon only have plastic versions of our wild neighbours to play with.
This set of images was made on Ramsgate Main Sands and the coastal walk at low tide between Ramsgate and Broadstairs.
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Light & shade at home during the day. Image: Christopher TippingLight & shade at home during the day. Image: Christopher TippingLight & shade at home during the day. Image: Christopher TippingLight & shade at home during the day. Image: Christopher TippingLight & shade at home during the day. Image: Christopher Tipping
Broadstairs to Ramsgate – a walk back along the top of the chalk cliffs via Dumpton Gap and Ramsgate East Cliff & George VI Park.
Broadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher TippingBroadstairs to Ramsgate along the cliff top. Image: Christopher Tipping
These images are from a walk I made over the Easter weekend from Ramsgate to Broadstairs and back again. I do this walk over and over again. It is different each time. I always see the small things as the grammar that holds a walk together.
Ramsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate to Broadstairs on the beach. Image: Christopher Tipping
Such a blue-sky day in Ramsgate on Saturday, we went for a walk along the West Cliff.
Ramsgate West Cliff Beach, Image: Christopher TippingRamsgate West Cliff Beach, Image: Christopher TippingChristopher Tipping on Ramsgate West Cliff Beach, Image: Shelly GoldsmithWest Cliff Boating Pool & The Monkey House, Ramsgate. Image: Christopher TippingWest Cliff Boating Pool & The Monkey House, Ramsgate. Image: Christopher TippingWest Cliff Boating Pool – Swan Boats resting. The Monkey House, Ramsgate. Image: Christopher Tipping
