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Elephant House

By (photographer) Dick Blau, By (author) Nigel Rothfels

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In Elephant House, photographer Dick Blau and historian Nigel Rothfels offer a thought-provoking study of the Oregon Zooâ€™s Asian Elephant Building and the daily routines of its residentsâ€”human and pachyderm alike. Without an agenda beyond a desire to build a deeper understanding of this enigmatic environment, Elephant House is the result of the authorsâ€™ unique creative collaboration and explores the relationships between captive elephants and their human caregivers. Blauâ€™s evocative photographs are complex and challenging, while Rothfelsâ€™s text offers a scholarly and personal response to the questions that surround elephants and captivity. Elephant House does not take sides in the debate over zoos but focuses instead on the bonds of attentiveness between the animals and their keepers. Accompanied by a foreword from retired elephant keeper Mike Keele, Elephant House is a frank, fascinating look at the evolving world of elephant husbandry.