Artist
Zana Briski(American and British, born 1966)American and British, born 1966
CultureAmerican and British
Titles
- Straw-colored fruit bat migration, Zambia
Date2015, printed 2022
Place depictedZambia
MediumInkjet print on Kozo paper
DimensionsImage: 31 7/8 × 69 7/8 in. (81 × 177.5 cm)
Sheet: 31 7/8 × 69 7/8 in. (81 × 177.5 cm)
Sheet: 31 7/8 × 69 7/8 in. (81 × 177.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2023 and Joan Morgenstern
Object number2023.72
Not on view
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Each year, millions of straw-colored fruit bats pass through a small section of forested wetlands in Kasanka National Park in northern Zambia, where they are drawn to the varieties of wild trees that bear fruit at the start of each rainy season. This massive movement of bats forms the largest migration of mammals in the world, which Zana Briski has photographed using a large-scale panoramic camera and printed on custom-made Japanese paper. Briski’s photography stems from her reverence for the earth, and she seeks to honor her animal subjects and share her sense of awe.
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
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