Robin Schwartz: Amelia and the Animals

Overview

As we're technically adults and can't spend all day in bed watching Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys, sometimes we have to find other ways to live vicariously alongside the natural world. And the new exhibition opening at Black Eye Gallery is just the ticket.

Amelia and the Animals is open from May 2-14 and features photos taken by Robin Schwartz of her daughter (pretty much the IRL version of The Wild Thornberrys) as they travel around the world. And 13 years of adventures yielded a certifiable truckload of amazing imagery. The exhibition covers the life of Amelia, Schwartz's daughter and muse, and her adventures with animals. But not garden variety pets — she's run with monkeys, tigers, llamas, and elephants.

Schwartz is a US-based photographer and the 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography. Her work is displayed in galleries around the world.