Peter Beard

Known for: photography and collage diaries documenting Africa

Peter Beard spent decades in Kenya documenting wildlife and landscape on his Hog Ranch estate, producing photographs and collaged diary pages that blurred the boundary between documentary record and personal archive. His book The End of the Game (1965), documenting the mass death of elephants in Tsavo National Park, was one of the earliest photographic arguments for wildlife conservation. He disappeared from his Long Island property in March 2020 and was found dead a month later.