Annette Bonnier

Coral Gables, FL – March 7, 2014 – Over the course of three intense years, photographer Annette Bonnier has crossed the globe to document the mystifying nuances of India’s most sacred and revered animal. The result was India’s Elephants, a series of vividly hued images throughout various provinces of India. On Friday evening Bonnier hosted a public launch of India’s Elephants at Books & Books in Coral Gables. There she hosted an exhibition of framed images for sale and took the time to meet with fans and autograph her works. India’s Elephants offers candid images of mahouts and the elephants with which they work. The photo book is organized by themes including elephants in their natural habitat, decoratively painted and beaded for religious festivals, blessing patrons in temples, and captivating underwater photography showing elephants swimming in the Adaman Islands.

Annette Bonnier

Annette Bonnier

Mitchell Kaplan

Annette Bonnier & Mitchell Kaplan

Mitchell Kaplan

Dyllan Thompson & Annette Bonnier

Sharon Socol, Annette Bonnier, & Maggie Steber

Tara Solomon & Annette Bonnier

Petra Mason, Ausbert De Arce, & Tara Solomon

Dyllan Thompson & Annette Bonnier

Ausbert de Arce & Annette Bonnier

Tara Solomon & Annette Bonnier

Annette Bonnier

Annette Bonnier, Betsy Gonzales Nemni, & Petra Mason

Ausbert de Arce & Ronan de Arce

Ausbert de Arce, Petra Mason, Betsy Gonzales Nemni, & Ronan de Arce

Annette Bonnier

Ronan de Arce, Betsy Gonzales Nemni, & Ausbert de Arce

Sharon Socol & Mitchell Kaplan

Sharon Socol, Mitchell Kaplan, & Shelly Gitlow

Tara Solomon & Betsy Gonzales Nemni

Tara Solomon & Nick D’Annunzio