This visually stunning new exhibition of wildlife photographs, opening at The Willis Museum on 5 July, explores our fascinating relationship with predators
Details of the project can be found at www.toothandclaw.org.uk
or email nick.suffolk@hants.gov.uk
Tooth & Claw has been three years in the making. The photographers – Peter Cairns and Mark Hamblin – have travelled extensively in Britain and overseas and have interviewed conservationists, researchers, farmers, hunters and ecotourism operators to gain a fascinating insight into our lives alongside Britain’s predators.
Predators in Britain mean different things to different people. For some they are a spectacle of the natural world and a key part of the countryside. For others they are an inconvenience and a financial burden on the rural economy. Love them or loathe them, a predator’s need to kill is often what provokes our extreme reactions.
This ground-breaking photo-documentary project examines how our attitudes towards foxes, eagles and wolves are distorted by myth, culture, politics and economics and encourages a better understanding of different view points.
Tooth & Claw asks us searching questions of us all and exposes our fears and prejudices. Ultimately it reminds us of our place in nature – as the most powerful predator of all.