Taming Predators Through Photography.

From the abstract: (...) Nature photographs are trophies and means
for social respect. Photographing wild predators is a rite, an
ordeal of initiation. It is a physical and emotional endeavour
subjected to unwritten laws. Succesful photographs of wild
predators are pictures that embrace a socially defined aesthetic.
These aesthetically uniform pictures provide a ticket to the
growing social community of photographers. As a result public
interest in nature is heightened, but only as far as it is tamed
and controlled in colourful images.