A photographer who once captured Victoria Beckham naked has released a new set of stunning images that see a model pose in her birthday suit along side an elephant.
Dancing With Elephants, previously unseen in the UK, was created in homage to Richard Avedon's famous photograph Dovima with Elephants, only this time the model is pictured naked.
Hamburg-born photographer Vanessa Von Zitzewitz latest images are an exploration of the artist’s on-going fascination with human relationships with the natural world.
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A naked model recreates the iconic pose by Sixties model Dovima when she modelled Dior with the elephants of the Paris circus
The brave beauty seemed totally relaxed with the gentle giants who belong to Circus Knie
Vanessa says she is drawn to portraying man and nature’s vulnerabilities, strengths and relationships, and in this series of images she attempts to portray power and fragility through contrast.
Vanessa was drawn to the magic that she perceived Avedon had captured - the elegance and grace of the woman and her movement, and the fragility of the body next to this extraordinary power
In 2013, Vanessa was introduced to the Knie family of the renowned Circus Knie. She spent time studying with Franco Knie Jr, master of elephants, who introduced her to his animals
In 2013, Vanessa was introduced to the Knie family of the renowned Circus Knie. She spent time studying with Franco Knie Jr, master of elephants, who introduced her to his animals: Patma, Siri, Sumatra, Ceylon and Mapelai.
She befriended and earned the trust of the animals enabling her to capture the intimate images that will go on display at the end of November.
This is not Vanessa's first project involving a nude having photographed Victoria Beckham naked in 2005.
The star posed wearing nothing but a piece of Cartier jewellery and a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes - for a book in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation.
All the photographs in the publication, Four Inches, the brainchild of former chief creative officer and co-founder of Jimmy Choo Tamara Mellon, were taken by women, with the former Spice Girl snapped by Vanessa Von Zitzewitz.
Photographer Vanessa von Zitzewitz will present her series of life-size black and white photographs, Dancing with Elephants, in a one-week exhibition at First Floor at Simon Lee Gallery from 23rd to 29th November 2015.
In 2005 Vanessa photographer Victoria Beckham nude for a charity photo shoot in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation
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