Suzi Eszterhas

Graeme Green meets the wildlife photographer who goes to the ends of the Earth to capture her images of young animals

- Graeme Green

Suzi Eszterhas has been “completely obsessed” with baby animals ever since she was a child. “It’s because of the vulnerability and innocence,” she says. “When these images touch people, it can soften their hearts and make them care about things they don’t necessarily care about.”

Getting people around the world to care about wildlife is an urgent mission, with many species currently facing the threat of extinction, and issues such as habitat loss, poaching and climate change creating a global biodiversity crisis. Eszterhas is one of a growing number of photographers using her work to give wildlife a better shot at a future.

Her pictures, which have appeared in globally renowned publications such as Time, The New York Times, Smithsonian and BBC Wildlife, focus on newborn animals and family life in the wild, including tigers, gorillas, bears, orangutans, whales and more. Many of her best images are collected together in her book New On Earth.