I  personally consider my company ANIMAN, a vessel uniting art, anthropology, writing, storytelling, and vision: it narrates the ancient and the contemporary, tradition and the present. I come from that world of art, civilizations, and ancient cultures. And I believe that today, more than ever, we need to build bridges between worlds, media, and sensitivities.

Through ANIMAN I want to explore humanity, nature, and mystery. Not to explain, but to listen. To create images that are both wounds and beauty, silence and revelation.

The name is a cross: Animal, Man, Soul, Woman. An attempt to portray humanity in its original state.

I’ve traveled extensively across this Continent: Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and gradually felt the urge to go beyond simple pleasure trips and pursue a meaningful project in the continent.

When I met Ruggero Rosfer, I shared with him my travels and my passion for Africa, we soon found out we had the same attraction towards the wild world and wild animals and so we decided to embark on a project together.

On our scouting trip, we met Sean Hensman, owner of the Adventures with Elephants nature reserve, situated at Bela Bela, Limpopo region in South Africa we immediately felt that this could be the perfect location to turn our project into reality.

I oversaw and supported the project with the collaboration of Chicco Tatriele at Mandala Creative Productions and Bang Bang Film Production, Ruggero gave shape to his artistic photographic vision.

Dancing with Nature is the first project produced by ANIMAN and I chosed Fine Art photography which I consider the ideal means of expression to convey powerful emotions and messages.

A portion of the proceeds from the book accompanying this project will be donated to Sean Hensman’s Foundation, RHCRU (www.rhcru.co.za)

Narghes Sorgato