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field simply waiting: not
only for the right shot, but
also for a creature she may
have been tracking (to
chart its life and the life of its young in
pictures) for as long as two years, to show
up.
Her work and patience has paid off.
Eszterhas, also an ardent conservationist
active with several international wildlife
preservation organizations, has become
one of the most successful nature
photographers in the world. She has won
numerous awards, including one of the
BBC's coveted Photographer of the Year
accolades, considered the Oscars of
photography.
At 43, the camera pro is a trim, honey-
haired woman with a huge smile and a
remarkably grounded presence when you
talk with her. And while anyone hearing
Suzi Eszterhas spends count-
less hours in far-off locales,
allowing her to capture imag-
es such as this Bengal tiger
and her four-week old cubs at
their den in India's Bandhav-
garh National Park.
A Bornean orangutan male
sits on a tree buttress in
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Indonesia.
- Photos by Suzi Eszterhas
