These feet are fascinating

Posted by on Aug 19, 2011 | Comments Off

We recently did a story on the Cle Elum Seven, a group of chimpanzees which has found a home three years ago near the town of Cle Elum, Washington.

I photographed the story, including photos of the chimps and other activity at the sanctuary, all of which was interesting. But what I found most striking were the feet and hands of the chimps.

Jamie the chimp hangs onto the wall of her cage at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest near Cle Elum, Wash. Aug. 12, 2011. (GORDON KING/Yakima Herald-Republic)

The lines, the shapes, the texture all fascinate me. They are just so…human.

–Gordon King