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| Brawl breaks out at Laurent de Salvon's animal photo shoot for new series opening in August. |
These prima donnas act like they came from the zoo!
Photographer Laurent de Salvon had an easy enough time picking the animals for her new series, "Natural Animalia In A Neutral Color Cube," and shooting them individually went as well as she could have hoped, getting great shots of Crocodile, Camel and Tiger.
What she hadn't anticipated, and certainly hadn't bargained for though, was the difficulty that would consume her important shot: the group portrait. Salvon's own personal Noah's Ark.
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| The group portrait from Salvon's "Natural Animalia In A Neutral Color Cube," Opening Aug. 1. |
The shoot took place at The Rick Santorum Auditorium of Boredom, a place with plenty of empty rooms. "I was naive to think these different animals would get along for the sake of art," Salvon admits from her high rise two days after the incident.
Rather than mingle in the Auditorium, the animals chose to stay shut-in in their personal rooms, until it was their turn for the shoot.
"I really was unaware of any tension between any of the animals," she claims. "As soon as I started trying to direct them into position for the shoot, it was clear there were some underlying issues between some of them."
Salvon was only able to snap a few shots before the tension broke and the smiles on the animals' faces turned. They shouted insults in their native dialects at each other until the clash caused a collapse among them. Featured in the shoot was Camel, Cheetah, Chicken, Crocodile, Dolphino, Eagle, Baby Elephant, Baby Gorilla, Rabbit, Seagull and Tiger. With so many divergent species it was potentially a very dangerous moment.
"It was Code Red," Salvon said. She shot each animal, one by one, with tranquilizer darts, which she had on hand as a last resort, to quell the rising tide of anger. "It's something I hope I never have to do again."
Camel, who stood by out of the fray said, "I'm not gonna say who, but there were arguments. Animals weren't happy with their placement, didn't want to stand next to such and such. It was all a bunch of nonsense, really."
Chicken, blindsided by the melee, did not survive. The rest of the animals were transported back to their respective habitats by the Department of Homeland Security.
None of the other animals could be reached for comment.
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| The second, and final, group photo from "Natural Animalia In A Neutral Color Cube" |
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