FLORIAN SULZER
Conversation with an elephant

The Mymensingh Forest Division, a habitat of wild Asian elephants, is located in the north of Bangladesh and abuts to the Indian State Meghalaya. About 60-100 trans-border migratory elephants, which are considered to be critically endangered in Bangladesh, live in this region. Due to ongoing deforestation, the enlargement of settlements and scarcity of food the conflict between humans and elephants is increasing. Elephants visit the home of villagers to look for food at night. In doing so they damage crops and attack villagers, who often try to protect their crops. In 2022 seven elephants and ten villagers have been killed in this ongoing conflict.

Author
Florian Sulzer (*1994 in Graz) is an Austrian documentary- and portrait photographer based between Graz, Austria and Hanover, Germany. He has been studying photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover since 2018. In 2021 he spent a six months internship as a photojournalist at the German daily newspaper Weser - Kurier in Bremen. In 2022 he spent a semester abroad at the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Florian works on long term projects. He is interested in environmental - and human animal conflict stories.

Website
https://www.floriansulzer.com

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