Evan Ratliff's Photographs From Cameroon

Nathan Wolfe chats with a local art dealer near the headquarters of his Cameroon research project, Yaounde. Baby gorilla orphan rescued from the bushmeat trade, at the Mefou National Park primate sanctuary, operated by the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund outside of Yaounde. Adult gorillas, orphans of the bushmeat trade, raised at Mefou National Park. One […]


Nathan Wolfe chats with a local art dealer near the headquarters of his Cameroon research project, Yaounde.

Baby gorilla orphan rescued from the bushmeat trade, at the Mefou National Park primate sanctuary, operated by the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund outside of Yaounde.

Adult gorillas, orphans of the bushmeat trade, raised at Mefou National Park.

One of the research project’s field vehicles, a Toyota Landcruiser, stuck in a ditch along a main road between Douala and Okoroba.

Veterinarian Eric Ebai Takang prepares to take a sample from Sampson Array’s hunting dog, assisted by the project’s local field liaison, Oben Oliver Oben.

Veterinarian Eric Ebai Takang prepares to take a sample from Sampson Array’s hunting dog, assisted by the project’s local field liaison, Oben Oliver Oben.

Veterinarian Eric Ebai Takang and field liaison Oben Oliver Oben take a blood sample from a hunting dog.

Hunter Array Sampson finishes off a recently shot hornbill with his machete.

Hunter Array Sampson with his days catch - a hornbill, shot out of a nearby tree.

Hunter Array Sampson at a river crossing, in the forest near Okoroba.

Array Sampson butchers a hornbill outside of his house in Okoroba.

Veterinarian Eric Ebai Takang packages blood samples in Okoroba, for the trip back to the lab.

A break for palm wine following a morning hunt, at a bush hut near Okoroba.