PhotographyANNE BERRY's Monkeys: Shy, Passionate, Sad, Serious, Curious, and Considerate
Berry traveled across Europe and the Americas for several years, stopping at small zoos and photographing the primates she saw there. Smaller zoos gave Berry more opportunities for one-on-one interaction with her subjects, which wasn't easy in large zoos, where hundreds of toddlers crowded the glass, and teachers narrated everything from elephants to zebras for third graders. Berry would sometimes have to wait several days to get the shot she wanted. Few photographers conveyed the depth and complexity of primate emotion like Berry.
Like Charles Darwin, Anne Berry believed in the emotional lives of animals. In 1872, he published a groundbreaking study on animal expression, the first of its kind. Darwin seriously believed that dogs, cats, and monkeys felt happiness and experienced fear, even if not exactly like humans, they at least hinted at our shared kinship. Darwin's most significant innovation in *The Hound* was using Berry's photographs as illustrations. Berry's (ANNE BERRY) photographs followed Darwin's spirit. Her primates were shy, passionate, sad, serious, curious, and considerate.
-Corey Brown
