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"""With each day spent outdoors I am reminded of what a beautiful world we all call home, and the challenges that face ecosystems across the world."" – Alfie Bowen ""The photographs are outstanding, and the story behind them inspirational. Given the odds stacked against Alfie throughout his life, this book is a significant success and bodes very well for a continued and very inspiring career as a world-class photographer."" – Chris Packham Alfie Bowen is an exceptionally talented young autistic photographer and wildlife activist. His latest project offers a glimpse into the private lives of numerous wild animals from across the globe and reveals the highs and lows of living as an autistic environmental campaigner. Bowen's photographs are truly breath-taking. Hours are invested into every piece to ensure the results are exactly as Bowen envisioned, and Bowen conducts in-depth research on every animal he captures, believing it is of the utmost importance to understand his subjects. In this book, Bowen discusses overcoming the limitations of technology and how autism has given him the obsession needed to persevere in often cold, lonely and difficult circumstances. From Bowen's relation of his struggle to capture the perfect picture of a cheetah, to his majestic portraits of some of the most beloved animals on the planet, this book captures the powerful sensory experience Bowen enjoys whenever he immerses himself in nature. Featured animals include: lions, cheetahs, leopards, tigers, snow leopards, Geoffrey's cats, red pandas, chimpanzees, monkeys and colobuses, lemurs, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, deer, flamingos, eagles and other birds, and koi. AUTHOR: Alfie Bowen took up photography in 2014. It became an escape for him, and he credits it with saving his life. He uses his photography to raise awareness of the plight facing many species across the world, and to increase acceptance and understanding of autism. Bowen is proud to be an ambassador for Clinks Care Farm, Big Blue Ocean Cleanup and Young Bird Photographer of the Year. He also works closely with WWF. SELLING POINTS: . A stunning compilation of wildlife photography from autistic environmental campaigner Alfie Bowen . Evocative, beautiful pictures of animals, from lions to lemurs, flamingos and koi fish . Foreword from wildlife presenter Chris Packham and an introduction from Alfie Bowen himself"

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"“There are few things more calming than the beauty of nature – and no one understand the power of the natural world more than Alfie Bowen.” - Danielle Lett, East Anglia Daily Times ""The illustrated book Wild World captures that powerful sensory experience, which Bowen enjoys when he's in the Nature immerses."" - Photo Weekly Germany ""There are illustrated books that go straight to the heart, leave you speechless and humbled....and ""Wild World"" by Alfie Bowen is just such an illustrated book. Wildlife photography in perfection, for which there are no words, because Bowen succeeds in letting the viewer look directly into the soul of the animals with his photographs."" - Lovely Books Germany"

There are few things more calming than the beauty of nature - and no one understand the power of the natural world more than Alfie Bowen. -- Danielle Lett, East Anglia Daily Times;

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Alfie Bowen took up photography in 2014. It became an escape for him, and he credits it with saving his life. He uses his photography to raise awareness of the plight facing many species across the world, and to increase acceptance and understanding of autism. Bowen is proud to be an ambassador for Clinks Care Farm, Big Blue Ocean Cleanup and Young Bird Photographer of the Year. He also works closely with WWF. Alfie Bowen is based in Beccles, Suffolk.

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