Three lions rest close together, their faces aligned through a veil of pale vegetation.
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Studio 54 Fine Art · Represented artist
Laurent
Baheux
The presence
of the wild.
Black-and-white photographs that hold an animal’s strength, vulnerability and individuality in the same frame.
Wild, in Silver
A portrait.
A presence.
A world worth protecting.
Baheux brings the visual concentration of portraiture to animals in the wild. Colour gives way to light, texture and gesture; a photograph becomes an encounter with an individual.
Discover a selection of lions, cheetahs, elephants and zebras from the Studio 54 programme, with dedicated pages for each work.
Explore the Artsy viewing roomThe Studio 54 selection
Eight encounters
with the wild.
Archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 315gsm. Explore each photograph for its story, available formats and edition details.
Three cheetahs share the same narrow band of space, their spotted coats and alert profiles forming a tightly connected composition.
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Cheetah Standing
2019A cheetah stands against the weathered architecture of a tree.
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Elephant in Dust
2013Dust gives the elephant’s solid form an atmospheric counterpoint.
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Elephant’s Ear
2010The folds and edge of an elephant’s ear turn anatomy into a study of shape and surface.
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The zebras’ contrasting stripes establish a graphic rhythm within the surrounding plain.
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Two animals share a field of morning light, their proximity giving the panoramic composition an intimate focus.
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A panoramic encounter with elephants moving through open country.
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Print details and EUR prices follow the selected Studio 54 Fine Art Artsy listings reviewed on 21 October 2026. Framing and delivery are quoted separately. Current edition availability is confirmed by the gallery.
Looking closer · A gallery perspective
Stillness
has its own force.
In the lion photographs, attention often replaces action. A turned head or two bodies at rest can carry the full intensity of an encounter. Baheux’s tonal choices let the animals emerge from their surroundings without losing the grass, shadow and atmosphere that place them in the wild.
Discover this photographBiography
The wild world
in black and white.
Laurent Baheux is a French fine art photographer celebrated for his powerful black-and-white portraits of wildlife. Through deep shadows, luminous highlights and dramatic contrasts, he reveals the beauty, character and individuality of animals in their natural habitats.
Born in Poitiers in 1970, Baheux is a self-taught photographer who began his career covering sport and current affairs. In 2002, he turned his lens towards Africa, beginning a journey that would shape his artistic practice and his commitment to the protection of wildlife.
His photographs capture moments of strength, tenderness and quiet intimacy. Lions emerge from darkness, elephants move across vast landscapes, and the smallest gestures become portraits of remarkable emotional depth. Each animal is presented as an individual, with its own presence and personality.
Baheux’s work extends beyond the African continent to Arctic environments and, more recently, to free-roaming horses. Across these subjects, his distinctive visual language remains the same: a sensitive use of light and shadow that brings the viewer closer to the living world.
In 2007, his work received a Special Commendation in the Creative Visions of Nature category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. His photographs have since been exhibited in galleries and photography festivals internationally and published in numerous books, including The Family Album of Wild Africa, Ice is Black, Lions and Elephant.
Conservation is central to Baheux’s practice. In 2013, he participated as a goodwill ambassador in the United Nations Environment Programme’s Wild & Precious initiative, an international project raising awareness of threats to wildlife.
Studio 54 Fine Art is proud to present the work of Laurent Baheux to collectors worldwide. The gallery’s relationship with the photographer began in 2016 and developed into formal representation in 2026.
Reading the work
Three ways
of seeing.
The animal as an individual
A face, an ear or a distinctive posture gives the photograph a specific subject. The viewer is invited to notice character and presence, as in portraiture.
Black and white as structure
Stripes, folds, dust and grasses become lines and tonal fields. The photographs can read as graphic compositions while remaining encounters with living animals.
Relationships within a habitat
Pairs, groups and herds connect individual animals to one another. The wider landscape supplies both scale and the context on which their lives depend.
Conservation & public engagement
Beauty carries
a responsibility.
The photographs’ appeal is inseparable from the vulnerability of the lives they depict. Baheux has used his work to support public awareness of wildlife and habitat protection.
UNEP documents his participation in Wild & Precious, launched in Bangkok in March 2013 with GoodPlanet and CITES. The exhibition travelled through public transport and airport settings, bringing the consequences of wildlife consumption and trafficking to a broad audience.
Read UNEP’s account
Selected exhibitions
Wildlife, seen
around the world.
- 2025
- Albums de famille animaleGalerie Imag’In Art · Les Estivales Photo de Saintes · Saintes, France
- 2024–2025
- Équi-LibreArTypique Galerie · Carouge, Switzerland
- 2024
- Afrique sauvageHôtel de Ville · Levallois, France
- 2023
- AfricaAll About Photo · Online solo exhibition
- 2021
- ExhibitionLa Hune gallery · Paris, France
- 2017
- Afrique sauvageArgelès Photo Nature · Argelès-sur-Mer, France
- 2016
- Wild AfricaPMQ · Hong Kong
- 2016
- Album de Famille de l’Afrique SauvageFestival Photographique de Moncoutant · France
- 2013–2014
- Wild & PreciousInternational group exhibition · Bangkok, Shanghai, Beijing and Nairobi
- 2009
- Beau et VitalParis, France · In partnership with WWF France
- 2007
- Land of LionsObjectif Bastille, Paris · Rencontres d’Arles, France
- 2006
- Land of LionsChâteau Royal de Collioure · France
Selected publications
A life in
photographs.
- 2021
- Elephant
- 2019
- Lions
- 2017
- Ice is Black
- 2015
- The Family Album of Wild Africa
- 2011
- D’ivoire et d’ébène
- 2009
- Terre des Lions
Collecting the photographs
Choose the scale.
Know the edition.
The eight selected photographs are offered in three numbered print sizes, totalling 40 numbered prints per image across those sizes. Dimensions follow each composition’s proportions.
| Format tier | Numbered prints | Print price |
|---|---|---|
| First size | 25 | €2,000 |
| Second size | 10 | €4,000 |
| Largest size | 5 | €6,000 |
Open an artwork page for its exact dimensions. These Artsy listings describe the prints as not signed and include a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity. Ask for the available edition number and complete specification before purchase.
Conservation framing can be tailored to the photograph and your interior. Mount, frame, glazing, outer dimensions and delivery are agreed as part of your quotation.
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Research sources & image credits
Biography, selected exhibitions and publications supplied by Studio 54 Fine Art; additional career research draws on the photographer’s publisher and exhibition organisers, alongside UNEP’s campaign record. Artwork information is drawn from the linked Studio 54 Fine Art Artsy listings. Visual readings are gallery commentary. All photograph copyrights belong to Laurent Baheux.